Feature
Multiplying challenges
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
Braced for impact
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
You get what you pay for
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
Litigation avoidance
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
More clarity demanded
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
Changing relationships
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
Focus on middle and back office
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
Competition is good, but independence is better
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
Investors seek variety
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
Technology quandary
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
US still reluctant to outsource
Global Fund Administration Management Report 2010
All change
Global Fund Administration Management Report
Splitting up the risk: counterparty risk in a post-Lehman world
Counterparty risk shot to prominence in the financial crisis. Hedge Funds Review looks at the models being proposed by prime brokers to aid fund managers in risk mitigation.
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.
After the storm
Strategy: convertible arbitrage
Taking a wide view
Strategy: global macro
Art of FoHF management: interview with Peter Rigg, head of alternative investments group, HSBC Private Bank
Investor profile: HSBC Private Bank
On the right track
Prime broker profile: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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.
New approach to risk management
Unencumbered cash is probably “the most important risk management tool at the disposal of a hedge fund,” according to a research paper from Columbia University.
Divergence, convergence and common trends in global industry
Are European and US hedge fund managers diverging?
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.
Between volatility and variance
Banks and investors were hammered on short single-stock variance positions during the financial crisis, leading many dealers to withdraw from the variance swap market. The alternative that some have reverted to is the volatility swap, although this has…