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Investable indexes: February 2010 returns

The February 2010 returns for investable indexes, including Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index, Dow Jones Investable Indexes, Frontier Capital Multi Asset Platform Fund versus the indexes, Hedge Fund Research Indexes and Lyxor Alternative Index.

Beyond diversification: absolute return funds of ETFs

In the March article we drew on a recent Edhec-Risk Institute publication on risk control through dynamic core-satellite portfolios of exchange traded funds (ETFs) supported by Amundi (1) to look at the dynamic core-satellite approach to risk management…

Seeds of change: seeding of hedge funds

The pool of investors willing to provide start-up capital to hedge funds has shrunk significantly since the financial crisis. For the survivors the opportunities have never been greater.

Dendrochronology for hedge funds

A spate of recent surveys and studies has confirmed the hedge fund tree is still alive and growing. Reading between the rings, it seems the financial crisis that reversed growth may have been a good thing for the industry.

Alternative Fund Administration Survey 2010

Changing fortunes: Competition for alternative assets is intensifying as the 2010 survey results show some ranking changes. Sophia Morrell reports on the shifting environment reflected in this year's alternative fund administration survey.

Surviving the fallout

As regulators rush to reassess international banking regulations, insurers are also at threat of seeing more stringent regulations imposed on them on the basis that they are systemically risky. But the industry is fighting back. John Ferry reports

Crumbling relations

The so-called ‘Piigs’ countries – Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain – have been an ongoing source of worry for the financial markets in 2010. While the prospect of a Eurozone country being allowed to default appears low, insurers are under…

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