Hedge Funds Review
Buy side backs call for US Treasury new-for-old scheme
A programme of bond exchanges could revive liquidity in off-the-runs
Brexit lessons on handling redemption runs
July experience shows fund suspensions can be used without spillover effects
FoHFs – shrinking without trace?
Funds of hedge funds are struggling to attract investment more than the funds they invest in
Bank stress, Brexit drive DoubleLine out of European credit
Fund manager warns ECB’s corporate bond buy-backs may produce “adverse outcome”
Bond funds use derivatives to buy time for bargain hunting
Buy side turning to ETFs and CDSs to meet exposure targets, switching them for bonds later on
Model firms vie to pinpoint ‘X factor’ in private equity, property
Difficulties gathering data plague efforts to determine correlation between private and publicly traded assets
Risk premia providers claim Brexit success
Index providers say strategies passed critical test convincingly
FSB buy-side plans a 'step forward', says industry group
Investment Association welcomes suggestions to regulate illiquid and levered funds
Intraday data does not improve daily VAR, research suggests
Bids to use bigger datasets give no better loss forecasts, says hedge fund
Best group: Pictet Asset Management
Pictet has developed a unique hedge fund unit within its asset management business
Outstanding contribution to the industry: Martin Lueck and Anthony Todd, Aspect Capital
The co-founders of Aspect Capital have seen the rise and fall of trends and markets, while adapting to changes
Best investor relations team: Old Mutual Global Investors
OMGI's award-winning investor relations team sees its remit as far more than just investors
Lifetime achievement: David Anderson
Since the early 1970s, David Anderson has been key in the European hedge fund industry
Best new hedge fund: Elementa (Elementa Management)
Deep research and a careful strategy has delivered impressive returns for Elementa
Best directional hedge fund over three years: managed futures/CTA: Lyxor Epsilon Global Trend Fund
Lyxor's Epsilon fund and its research model gives it top spot in the best directional hedge fund category
Outstanding contribution to the industry by an institutional investor: Roy Kuo
Religion and hedge funds are an unusual mix, but Roy Kuo has mixed them successfully at the Church of England
Best multi-strategy hedge fund: LFIS Vision – Premia Opportunities (La Française Investment Solutions)
The team at LFIS hope their new spin on risk premia will be attractive to investors
Hedge fund of the year: dbSelect Hathersage Long Term Currency Strategy
Hathersage wins hedge fund of the year for its dbSelect currency trading strategy
Analysing exposure and risk in the 30 largest hedge funds
Risk most dispersed, but most extreme, in macro funds
Myths and realities of cyber security
A fund’s biggest risk may be a hacker’s access to its investors’ information
Flexibility of new stay protocol seen as draw for buy side
Dealer-by-dealer approach calms worries over fiduciary duty, lawyers say
Leverage puts hedge funds in the systemic-risk spotlight
Regulatory attention shifting to hedge fund users of derivatives
The academic insights behind fears of a buy-side crunch
Risk of fire sales by highly levered funds is chief worry among influencers of regulatory thinking
A Brexit stress test for the buy side
Markets are betting 2–1 the UK will remain in the EU but securities will tumble if they're wrong