Hedge Funds Review
Light work or spoiling the broth?
prime broking
Take coverrrrrr!
insurance
Challenges abound when it comes to hurdling the Great Wall
research: china
Making some meaty profits in choppy markets
meat goods
Welcome to the brains trust
Jersey's Ermitage has made a name for itself investing in leading managers and as its chief executive officer, Ian Cadby explains to Solomon Teague, finding and mixing them to avoid the worst of market downturns goes far further than a good contact book.
Perfect partner?
information technology
Which way is up? - measuring performance
academic paper
"Seeing the whites of their eyes" - Asian opportunities abound, but do be sure to look closely before you leap
operational risk/due diligence
Yodel for joy! The Swiss give go-ahead for single hedge funds
country focus: switzerland
Great expectations, great demands
administration
The magic of macro...
While getting the strategy and manager mix right may be the 'visible' end of a successful fund of hedge funds house, Permal's Omar Kodmani explains to Solomon Teague advances, such as those in technology are also allowing the $35bn London house to…
Where change equals opportunity
Flux is a good thing if you know what to do with it. In changing markets that produce evolving opportunities, some of the hedge fund managers at Threadneedle Investments sat down in London recently, to discuss the challenges and opportunities the markets…
Eagle-eyed regulators make compliance and control allocators' key in loan market
loans/distressed debt
Best of breed
Hedge Funds Review honoured Europe's most successful single hedge funds managers and hedge fund groups in July, in London, at its annual single-manager European Performance Awards. The envelope please, and the winners were…
The best possible outcome...
Whether trading on exchanges or outside their boundaries, managers will find themselves compelled by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive to ensure they are measuring, achieving and monitoring 'best execution.' But London lawyers counsel…
Smart money
ION Asset Management has made quite an impression managing its Israel long/short equity fund, chalking up 34.7% net in its first year to 30 June. David Walker spoke with ION's co-founder Stephen Levey (pictured below) to find out more...