Asset management
Long/short equity sees $7.5 billion net inflows over 12 months
But strategy also experiences net redemptions in Q1 2015 of nearly $2 billion
Long/short return calculations can ignore effect of leverage
Net exposure should be smaller than long exposure, not larger, says academic
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Unregulated Israel hedge funds face battle for AIFMD compliance
Industry keen to find Europe-based platforms for growing Israeli funds to use
Single pricing engines key to driving down business costs
Increasing role of technology is key trend in two decades since launch of Asia Risk
Imap exposes differences on one-in-200-year risks
Diverging views remain on calibration of stresses
Backtesting Solvency II value-at-risk models using a rolling horizon
The author of this paper performs an analysis on a review of the equity stress parameter for Dutch pension funds.
Patchy Solvency II implementation worries US regulator
Consistency might take time, says NAIC's head of international regulatory affairs
Investors unwise to rely on side-letter transacted with manager
Caymans court: question manager's authority and letter’s interaction with fund constitution
Danish insurance association calls for daily discount curves
Local regulator commits to cover gaps in Solvency II information from Eiopa
Trade repository data quality to impact Mifir and Emir review
Regulators bemoan poor data quality from trade repositories impacts policy implementation
Hedge fund managers still human, research finds
Funds fall victim to IPO hype and behavioural biases affecting traders
Mifid II will strangle package trades, industry warns
Disclosure rules may catch multi-part trades if any component is deemed liquid
Liquidity-at-risk sees 'intriguing' similarity in stock profiles
Apple and WD-40 Company liquidity remarkably similar over 10 years
‘Fairness not part of Solvency II’ – Danish regulator
Directive ignores risk of intergenerational subsidy, says Finanstilsynet's Parner
Esma said to be mulling softer Mifid transparency rules
Meetings held within Esma on June 4 and 5, as regulator weighs options
MetLife CEO lambasts regulators over Sifi designations
Systemically important label is "our biggest concern", says Kandarian
Tarullo: few signs of illiquidity in OTC markets
Fed governor says markets are in transition
AHL spies futures in China rebar, iron ore and polymers
Hedge fund puts algorithms to work in new liquid futures and OTC markets
Prime of primes reduce reliance on prime brokers
Forex prime brokers have reduced their services after Swiss franc move
FCA survey finds high levels of leverage in hedge fund sector
Gross notional exposure to interest rate and forex derivatives on the rise
CFTC steps up enforcement of data reporting violations
Agency “much more aggressive” in fining firms for reporting errors, say lawyers
EU insurers lament barriers to infrastructure investment
European Commission’s efforts to attract insurers’ money could have opposite effect