Asset management
Divide and rule?
MSS Capital's head of structuring in EMEA, Caelim Parkes examines the benefits and drawbacks of managed accounts, in answering why at least a portion of one's hedge fund assets should be managed in segregated accounts
Unbiased reporting
Edhec's Walter Gehin assesses the importance of database quality and impact on various biases, on hedge fund returns
London raises the bar...
As the London Stock Exchange says it will launch the Specialist Fund Market for hedge and other specialist funds, David Walker examines listing options
Getting strongly bullish about the prospects and future opportunities in the land of the bear
russia equity long/short
Tentative decisions
Private equity has shied away from investment in energy assets in the past. But as Ian Bagshaw and Charles Jacobs, partners at Linklaters, explain, some players are now starting to show an interest
AFT to the fore?
Sovereigns
The Shape of things to come
Tetragon is one of a new breed of hedge funds trying their luck as a publicly traded company. Following its IPO in April, it hopes to bring its specialist brand of highly managed CLOs to a wider pool of equity investors. Dalia Fahmy speaks to the firm's…
Legal Spotlight
Powers extended to the new pensions regulator in the UK may make it more difficult for some merger and buyout transactions to take place. Bob Buhr explains how credit investors may stand to gain
Q&A - Robert Gardner
Under pressure to improve transparency, pension schemes are increasingly seeking to manage deficit/surplus volatility. The co-founder of consultancy Redington Partners in London explains how credit can play a part in that drive
Issuer Focus - Network Rail
Network Rail's head of corporate finance, Samantha Pitt, talks to Nikki Marmery about the company's unique historical legacy, its plans to start issuing debt from its own balance sheet and its renewed focus on index-linked bonds
When speed is of the essence: working the short sell in Asia
Speed is critical when going short in Asia's emerging markets, says Lionhart's Jason Kennard. Success means knowing the market and your customers, and having 24-hour access to a trading platform that can adequately back up your strategies, he adds
The responsive alternative...
Barclays Capital's Michael Brian explains hedge funds' nimbleness does put pressure on prime brokers to respond in kind but, as is the case with all rapidly changing industries, the cream does still rise to the top
There's more than one way to skin a cat
The ability to invest long and short is central to efficient risk mitigation in today's capital markets, so the theory goes, but your IT systems need to be able to keep up