Hedge Funds Review - April 2014
Articles in this issue
Liongate: hedge fund regulation impacting returns
'40 Act and Ucits restrictions risk stifling entrepreneurial spirit of the hedge fund industry
Hedge fund directors lack credibility, says survey
Investors say directors should provide active oversight
Dynamic factor modeling reveals hidden risks
Risk management must be folded into investment decision-making process
American hedge funds dominate AUM
US hedge fund market is four times the size of the UK's
Alfi rebuffs pro-Irish domicile report
Luxembourg assets "at all-time high" as the domicile continues to attract new fund initiators
High governance funds find success in low governance stocks
But the high/low governance spreads of stocks are positively related with non-hedge fund ownership
July deadline for Fatca compliance looms
Many prime brokers will require global intermediary identification numbers even in Model 1 IGA jurisdictions
Dispersion predicted in fixed income returns
Managers disagree on diversification benefits of fixed income absolute return
Insch: the more equity markets fall, the better
A systematic, trend-following currency program can serve as a hedge against falling equity markets
Europe’s high yield new issuance “lacks fundamentals”
Investors chasing returns risk defaults
Europe’s management companies find new life in AIFMD
Can management companies save hedge funds from the threat of AIFMD?
US hedge fund launches continue to surge
Redemption terms tighten with most offering quarterly liquidity
Basel III battleground for primes
Consolidation predicted among prime brokers following regulatory shakeout
