Hedge funds
Reporting: a better performance measure
Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. RiskMetrics' John Matwey says more and more investors will therefore inevitably demand third-party reporting of risk positions taken by hedge funds.
SG enters HK retail hedge fund market
SG is looking to dispel some of the myths surrounding the dangers of hedge funds with the launch of its first hedge fund product aimed at Hong Kong’s retail investors.
Hedge funds find investors on their side in SEC registration debate
After months of dialogue with hedge funds, funds of funds and prime brokers, the SEC released its much anticipated report on the hedge funds industry. But its recommendations have met with widespread scepticism.
Fraud is here to stay, say industry experts
The SEC could not stamp out fraud even if regulation of advisers comes to pass, according to industry experts.
Using trees to grow money
Performance analysis
The challenges of diversity
Contents
Weighing the cost of illiquidity
Performance analysis
Latin lovers
Emerging markets
Capital Structure Arbitrage: the past, present and future
Sponsor's Statement
Big systems for small start-ups
Technology
Get your house in order
On Thursday August 14 this year, the lights went out across the northeast US and the Canadian province of Ontario, in the worst ever power failure in North American history.
Risk transparency without position transparency
When high-profile blow-ups hit the headlines, calls for greater transparency come to the fore. By Peter Davies, vice-chairman, RiskMetrics Group
US bulge-bracket firms get serious about compliance
US bulge-bracket firms are starting to address a number of complex compliance and ethical business issues in the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by investing in technology to monitor their employees' conduct.
The dilemmas of risk disclosure
Barry Schachter discovers that the path towards a workable structure for hedge fund quantitative risk disclosure is very narrow. Bad news for the post-LTCM lobbyists
The new orthodoxy
Introduction
Building a risk-efficient portfolio
Investing
A clear winner
Review
Trading places
Recruiting
RMF: a consistent performer
Profile
Trading transparency tug-of-war
Prime brokerage
A liquidity haircut for hedge funds
Cutting edge: Liquidity risk
Deciding hedge fund allocations
Pension funds