Hedge Funds Review - May 2013 Issue 150
Articles in this issue
Frontier hedge fund investors eye Iraq
A slate of telecoms IPOs and efforts to modernise banking regulations have some frontier market hedge funds enthused about prospects for Iraqi equities as institutional investors sit on the sidelines
Myriad factors impact major currency pairs, says Gallo
Clashing currencies
Various skills needed to run a hedge fund
Tricky path to success
Monitoring daily hedge fund performance when only monthly data is available
The ability to infer daily performance from less frequently observed returns data can help hedge fund investors understand intra-month gains and losses
Hedge fund Mariner navigates turbulent markets
Navigating turbulent markets
Hedge fund Everest Capital heads for the frontier
Inefficient frontiers
CTAs eye swap futures
Future of managed futures
AIFMD is catalyst for expansion
Sponsored Q&A: Amundi Alternative Investments
Hedge funds favour collaborative outsourcing
Collaborative approach
Japan-focused hedge funds show strong gains in first quarter
Japan-focused hedge funds surprise investors with continued strong performance as Russia also produces better returns than normal. Securitised credit still strong favourite but returns segmented
Tōkum Strategy: Perella Weinberg Partners
Healthy profits
Cayman corporate governance reforms face legal challenge
Efforts to enhance the corporate governance framework for hedge funds in the Cayman Islands have run into opposition from local fund directors, who take issue with the regulator’s plans to create a public directors’ database
Hedge funds need positive public relations campaign
Searching for truth
Harbert Value Fund: Harbert Management Corp
Opportunistic player
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
Photo gallery: Performance awards (over one year)
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Photo gallery: Emerging manager performance awards
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Photo gallery: Long-term performance awards 2013
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Photo gallery: Alternative Ucits performance awards
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Photo gallery: Qualitative awards
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
PineBridge appoints CIO for Mena and Turkey team
People moves