Hedge funds
Largest funds face more equity and credit risk six months on
But industry sees less interest rate risk and inversely exposed to volatility
Decline of FoHFs saps due diligence efforts
Investment consultants accused of offering poor substitute to decent research
Esma considering revisions to CSDR buy-in technical standards
Extra-territoriality, costs, information gaps in settlement chains are challenges
Millennium: selective price discovery mitigates illiquidity
Route orders to intermediaries willing to absorb risk, says currency manager
Third-party cap intro opportunity as prime brokers scale back
Cap intro said to sit in PB out of evolutionary convenience, not business logic
Funds to consolidate jurisdictions after OECD tax initiative
Beps project means managers to choose key locations for activities
Book review: trend following with managed futures
Seven centuries of data shows average return of 13% with volatility of just 11%
How to kill a zombie - before regulators step in
What to do with funds holding illiquid assets past their original maturity date
Citadel shaking up swaps competition
Chicago firm is now a top-four market-maker on US swap platforms
SunGard unveils clearing utility as FCM exit fears grow
Barclays is first client for service that promises 20% savings for FCMs
Swaps industry mulling new utility for margin compliance
Utility would run daily margin calls, using open source version of industry’s standard model
EU exit not disastrous to UK investors: Lamont
Black Wednesday chancellor says turmoil fears following UK withdrawal overblown
Operational controls caused Aviva £17.6m fine
Allocation policies and correct oversight the solution
Repo and securities lending face swap-style stays
Regulators and industry to meet in London on March 2
US and UK insider trading regulators diverge
Courts rein in SEC while FCA probes investors' poor safeguards
Managed futures redemptions slow in H2 2014
Strategy generated more in 2014 than last three years combined
Changing face of stock-lending and repo
New entrants eyeing opportunities
Basel III transforming securities lending market
New entrants respond to challenges facing primes and lenders
Call for user-owned utilities to lower central clearing cost
But monopoly or duopoly inefficient, BNY Mellon says
Lions' Den Series 2: Advice For The Cubs
Hedge Funds Review and Eurex invited successful candidate Patrick Boyle, Palomar Investments, and hedge fund investor ‘Lion’ Andrew McCaffery, Aberdeen Asset Management, into the studios to speak with Renaud Huck, Eurex Exchange-Deutsche Börse Group.
Ownership data key to picking top fund managers, says Novus
Position sizing manager's most important quality, says study
Switching from UK GAAP unlikely to boost hedge fund profits
Accountants caution UK managers seeking IFRS tax arbitrage
Hedge funds eye actively managed synthetic CDOs
Active deals seen as “the next step” after last year’s revival of static CDOs
UK's FCA warns fund groups over market abuse controls
Most asset managers lack strong safeguards