Hedge funds

Adapt or fail

Since October last year, extreme movements in South Africa's foreign exchange rate have caused offshore hedge funds to exit the market, while dealers have been reluctant to take on risk. Those that remain active have had to adapt their behaviour. By Mark…

Adapt or fail

Since October last year, ructions in South Africa's foreign exchange rate have caused offshore hedge funds to exit the market, while dealers have been reluctant to take on risk. Those that remain active have had to adapt their behaviour as a result. By…

The ideal copy

A series of hedge fund redemptions in the third quarter of 2008 have alerted investors to just how illiquid these investments can be. Add in the restrictions that some of funds have placed on withdrawing cash, and it is easy to see why structured…

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