Asset management
Cern Pension chief urges others to ‘think like global macro hedge funds’
CEO of the Cern Pension Fund Theodore Economou says pension funds should use the techniques of the best global macro hedge fund managers to control risk and volatility while producing absolute returns
Winners announced for European Single Manager Awards 2013
2013 winners include BlueCrest’s Leda Braga for outstanding contribution to the hedge fund industry. Others honoured include Cern Pension Fund, Winton’s David Harding as well as some big-name funds
European Single Manager Awards 2013 winners
Profiles of and video interviews with some of the winners of the European Single Manager Awards 2013
Avantium Liquid EM Macro Master Fund: Avantium Investment Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Skyline Ucits Fund: Skyline Capital Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Corto European Fund: Pictet Asset Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Martin Currie European Absolute Alpha Fund: Martin Currie Investment Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Hadron Alpha Select Fund: Hadron Capital
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
G7 Fixed Income Fund: Aviva Investors
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Astellon Special Opportunities Fund: Astellon Capital Partners
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards
‘Required return’ framework aids hedge fund allocation decisions
Rethinking risk and return
Economic woes and regulation add to VA hedging challenge
Jumping the hedge
Performance pick-up for equity long/short
Equity long/short regains its glamour
Life and Pensions Nordics: regulators and insurers must respond to guarantees challenge
Solvency II must support long-term guarantees but insurers must develop simple products, says Nordea Life and Pensions CRO
Hedge funds escape Japan rout with minor losses
Global macro hedge funds show no signs of bailing out of the ‘Abe trade’ after weathering the sudden reversal in Japan. Global macro and managed futures funds lost on average 0.6% on the day
FoHFs begin recovery
Separate accounts and advisory mandates boost FoHF growth