Hedge Funds Review
Tailoring risk modelling for hedge fund investors
Combining returns and positions-based models recommended
Behavioural analytics takes root in hedge funds
Traders and compliance departments find use for data analytics
Expected drawdown parity tackles tail risk
GAM portfolio construction offers alternative to backward-looking methods
Germany/Russia correlation not to be underestimated
Ukrainian situation shows its impact on the markets
Candriam finds momentum with New York Life
Dexia AM undergoes transformation with sale to NY Life
Hedge funds poorly positioned for DC
unds could suffer from DB de-risking, consultants claim
Gibraltar offers the foundations for building a strong fund industry
Sponsored Q&A: Gibraltar Finance
Hedge funds reluctant to use Jobs Act
Traditional methods of gathering assets favoured by managers
ECB calls for lighter treatment of high-quality ABS
Bank of England and ECB to promote coherent approach to ABS regulation
AIFMD warning on ‘informal' risk management
Risk regulation under the alternative investment fund managers directive is not simply a series of data points, says SS&C's James Ramenda
Finisterre Capital appoints Burnside as partner
Anglo-Italian Tages Capital forms partnership with Germany’s GDW AM
American hedge funds dominate AUM
US hedge fund market is four times the size of the UK's
Basel III battleground for primes
Consolidation predicted among prime brokers following regulatory shakeout
Insch: the more equity markets fall, the better
A systematic, trend-following currency program can serve as a hedge against falling equity markets
Europe’s high yield new issuance “lacks fundamentals”
Investors chasing returns risk defaults
High governance funds find success in low governance stocks
But the high/low governance spreads of stocks are positively related with non-hedge fund ownership
Liongate: hedge fund regulation impacting returns
'40 Act and Ucits restrictions risk stifling entrepreneurial spirit of the hedge fund industry
US hedge fund launches continue to surge
Redemption terms tighten with most offering quarterly liquidity
Europe’s management companies find new life in AIFMD
Can management companies save hedge funds from the threat of AIFMD?
Dispersion predicted in fixed income returns
Managers disagree on diversification benefits of fixed income absolute return
July deadline for Fatca compliance looms
Many prime brokers will require global intermediary identification numbers even in Model 1 IGA jurisdictions
Dynamic factor modeling reveals hidden risks
Risk management must be folded into investment decision-making process
Alfi rebuffs pro-Irish domicile report
Luxembourg assets "at all-time high" as the domicile continues to attract new fund initiators
Hedge fund directors lack credibility, says survey
Investors say directors should provide active oversight