Hedge Funds Review
Hedge funds fall for that Gallic charm
While institutional investors in France may be turning their attention to non-correlated returns, they know what they like (and don't like), and it pays for managers to find out first, as David Walker explains
Chicago: more than just a windy city?
When it comes to managing hedge funds Chicago, with its wealth of exchanges and universities, is like nowhere else, say the city's major service providers. Phyllis Feinberg gets the lowdown on the centre's service providers' offerings
With merger mania, can short ever be sweet?
UK equity hedge fund managers believe private equity bid deal analysis holds the answer to working a short book in the current markets, says Solomon Teague
Chicago's thriving hedge fund culture
The Windy City, despite its geographical distance from the main financial centres, is proving a hotbed of hedge fund action attracting portfolio managers from every international corner, says Scott Schweighauser, a partner at investment firm Harris…
Being nimble and fleet of foot...
Scotia Capital's Jim Buckley says an international profile and the ability to source and risk‑assess new market instruments are critical to good client relationships. He adds that being jack of all trades but master of none is little good for a prime…
Fund derivatives and financing
IGS Group's Michael Romanek observes a certain amount of give and take in negotiating the right fund financing
US and UK firms become allies in the fight for futures
Chicago, home to the futures exchanges, is an obvious draw for fund managers, but the partnership strategies of local players are further opening up the market, suggests Astor's Robert Stein. By Phyllis Feinberg
How granular profits could profit hedge funds
A confluence of supply and demand stresses could see corn and other grains make hedge funds trading in them some handy money, as David Walker explains
Knowledge is power
Edhec's Noël Amenc and Mathieu Vaissié outline the information that investment firms' activity reports should contain if they are to measure and manage their risk effectively
Beyond stock loan and margining
Merrill Lynch's Jeff Penney explains why the leading prime brokers have gone beyond talking about margin and lending, and why those such as Merrill Lynch have moved into the more elegant sphere of financial engineering for their hedge fund clients
Enter the dragon, via Hong Kong
Chinese firms continue coming to market, but Hong Kong is where the value is best, writes Solomon Teague
Derivative products, but an original approach to prime broking
Andrea Angelone, head of the equity finance desk at JP Morgan's equity derivatives group (pictured, left) and Neil Taylor, executive director, equity finance, from JP Morgan explain how the prime broker specialises in derivative solutions, and what…
Short investing for the long haul
Today's short selling processes may be more refined, but industry best practice is still a way off, says Michael Marburg of Ramsey Asset Management
Full steam ahead of the fund floating boat
The rush to launch permanent capital vehicles has not slowed, despite the grandfather of London's closed-ended, listed vehicle market replacing the manager of one of its key funds of funds due to what it saw as underperformance as David Walker reports
EFG Private Bank - June 2007
While structuring products may once have been the preserve of large asset management houses, private banks are starting to open their expertise in bespoke structuring to the outside world, as Rasik Ahuja, head of EFG Private Bank’s active advisory.
On FASB, hedge funds and fair value...
If you thought all acronyms were born equal, Grant Thronton's Michael Patanella begs to differ. He explains why one called FAS 157 could help managers show why their fund isn't one of the pack, either, when it comes to valuations
The charge of the lite brigade
With 130/30 funds predicted by some to pull in $1trn in five years and attracting allocators like CalPERS, Phyllis Feinberg went to see who was offering them, and if hedge fund managers should be worried...
Home ground disadvantage
Christopher Donoho and Marc Gottridge of Lovells discuss whether US Bankruptcy Court 'avoidance' powers bring up more risks for investors in, and prime brokers to, hedge funds
All software systems are Go! as Asia and Japan get algorithmically well connected
Some Asian exchanges have been less well equipped to handle algos, writes David Walker. Now, that is all changing - to hedge funds' delight...
Crystal ball gazing
tete à tete: strategies
Unearthing value early
London's CDCapital, investing in pre-IPO commodities firms, draws its initials from those of its founder Carmel Daniele, but they may just as easily stand for 'Chinese demand ' when it comes to finding profitable exits from trades, as Carmel Daniele…
At your service
Hedge Funds Review gathered 10 of the administration industry's great and good to share their thoughts on the most pressing issues facing the industry today...
From alpha to omega
It's all about higher moments. The kind where you decide what is really important about what you do and how you allocate your resources. Lionel Martellini presents the Edhec guide to hedge fund enlightenment