Hedge Funds Review
Chasing transparency: replication may be the key
Transparency is something almost all investors into hedge funds want but which hedge funds are reluctant to provide. Phyllis Feinberg critiques a returns-based technique that could provide greater transparency for funds.
IT is the place to be
Sara Utecht spoke with Christopher Cruden to hear all about Insch Capital's latest venture - an IT branch in Bulgaria ..
Securities lending in emerging markets
Emerging Markets: Stock loan
African dream
Regional Focus: Africa
Investable indexes - December 2008
Credit Suisse /Tremont Hedge Fund Index - Dow Jones Hedge Fund Benchmarks - Frontier Capital Multi-Asset Platform Fund - Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index - HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index - Lyxor Global hedge Fund Index
The benefit of insight - why distribution in Japan calls for managed accounts
Asia in Focus: Japan
The Iong and short of it
Short Extension
Hedge funds in the post-07 age: back to basics
Information Technology
Salt of the earth - Macquarie seeks, and finds, alpha returns from commodities
Macquarie has an enviable experience in the commodities and softs markets both trading and structuring products, so it was only logical it has put this to work in a hedge fund format, writes David Walker
Reaching for the stars ..
Alpstar has launched a range of credit-related funds and products, and is branching into equity hedge fund management as well. David Walker sat down with the team at Alpstar to find out more ..
Reflections on Asia's golden age to come
Asia in Focus
Halbis enjoys the best of both worlds
Halbis's fund offerings are as broad as they are interesting, writes David Walker
Far-sighted foresight
Stenham has got key decisions right, at the right time in the past, about the future, so David Walker asked Harry Wulfsohn about what the future now holds for the FoHF group
Energetic algorithmics ..
Algorithmic Trading
The right tools: equities vs CFDs vs spreads
Synthetic Prime Brokerage
From alpha to beta
Michael Azlen, founder of Frontier Capital Management, explains to David Walker why he is no alpha fan
Famous five
Traders' Toolbox
Between a Rock and an easy place to move to
Country Focus: Gibraltar
Mellon Global Alternative Investments - January 2008
Managing around $1.9bn in a number of MGAI funds of hedge funds specialising in these underlying strategies necessitates it, of course, but it is a key reason each of them is still smiling after summer’s thin markets and credit woes for many.
Latest books, reports, papers from risk books
Publications
Cool-headed and anything but distressed
David Walker met Mellon Global Alternative Investments' directors Derek Stewart and Scott MacDonald to find out how they coped last year and their plan for 2008
Disaster recovery planning: issues, considerations and strategies
Disaster Recovery