Hedge Funds Review
European Single Manager Awards 2014 nominations open
The 14th European Single Manager Awards recognise the best performance of managers and funds based in Europe. The judging process takes into account qualitative and quantitative criteria
Mena brightspot for fund flows
Funds of hedge funds, India and commodities strategies see redemptions but Mena focuses attract flows
Questions over prime broker/depository discharge
Game of blame
Hedge fund size determines performance
AUM and performance appear intrinsically linked
Paquin: AIFMD a ‘concentrating catalyst'
Coping with complexity
GLG: coaching corrects behavioural biases
Coaching correction
Cyber threat real for hedge funds
Under attack
No increased possibility of 2014 equity correction
Unpredictable equity
Small managers lagging on AIFMD compliance
Size matters
Emerging markets volatility lucrative for discerning investors
Lucrative volatility
AIFMD applications face timing pitfalls
Timing applications
Prime brokers to escape AIFMD segregation burden, sources say
Regulators have agreed a solution in row over client asset segregation, according to five industry sources
Single-stock futures skirt US dividend-equivalent withholding
Skirting the tax
Shareholder activism hedge funds stand out
Event driven and distressed were among the best performing hedge funds segments in 2013 with shareholder activism funds at the fore
Melanion bets on progress of dividend futures as an asset class
As the first pure-play dividend futures hedge fund, Melanion Capital believes it has an advantage in giving investors a solid return on investment by using this new asset class to generate pure alpha
Remuneration policy occupies hedge fund minds
The politics of pay
AIFMD 'depo-lite' financial strength questions
Do depository liability rules leave hedge funds defenceless?
Few hedge funds applying for AIFMD authorisation
Funds delay on AIFMD authorisation
Bottleneck in buy-side reporting feared
Beware the bottlenecks
Aperios finds value in concentrated emerging market long/short strategy
Aperios Emerging Connectivity Master Fund: Aperios Partners Investment Management
CDS trades litigation possible for funds
As well as Libor proceedings, funds should pay attention to EC investigations into credit default swaps and identify trades suitable for litigation, says Sue Millar of UK law firm Stephenson Harwood
Finisterre denies Ucits rules will hamper returns
Finisterre Capital founder Paul Crean says Ucits rules do not impose significant restrictions on its new fund launched in October
Regulators demand hedge fund look-through transparency
Looking through
Fed action need not stymie credit strategies
Presenting an outlook for 2014, Putri Pascualy of Paamco says there are more legs to alternative credit strategies