Institutional investors
Europe’s high yield new issuance “lacks fundamentals”
Investors chasing returns risk defaults
Hedge fund size determines performance
AUM and performance appear intrinsically linked
Hedge Fund Lions’ Den: Emerging managers face the test
Hedge Fund Lions’ Den continues with episode three, The Pitch. Strategis Capital Management, Laurentia Funds and Aperios Partners Investment have two minutes to impress the lions
Lions share industry wisdom
Episode two of Hedge Fund Lions’ Den has the three industry heavyweights sharing their collective knowledge, expertise and experience about starting hedge funds and what can go wrong
Small FoHF proves experience and nimbleness produce performance
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013
Amundi AI sees AIFMD as key to unlocking European investor flows
Seeking alpha generation
Appetite still strong for Ucits hedge funds
Alluring aspects
Hedge funds urged to promote risk management benefits to investors
Emphasise the positive
EM sell-off a buying opportunity, says Ada
Changing times
EM currency turmoil reflected in hedge fund performance and flows
Institutional investors may start pulling back from emerging market-focused hedge funds as performance figures in July show a mixed story for the sector as a whole. Flows have slowed significantly
Hedge funds play key role in Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Seeing the bigger picture
Amundi Alternative Investments sees opportunities with the introduction of AIFMD
Sponsored Q&A: Amundi Alternative Investments
Strong performance and inflows push global hedge fund AUM to record $2.41 trillion
Positive hedge fund performance and more net inflows from investors boost assets under management to an all-time high of $2.41 trillion, according to Hedge Fund Research data
Regulatory compliance and independent governance top investor ODD agenda
Hedge fund investors are putting more emphasis on regulatory compliance and independent governance structures as part of their pre-investment and on-going operational due diligence says Deutsche survey
Amundi puts emphasis on advisory functions
Sponsored Q&A: Amundi Alternative Investments
Lack of CSAs restricts forex hedging options for Australian institutions
Returns for hedging via long-term cross-currency swaps are attractive, but few are able to do so because of the lack of credit support annexes in place
CQS plots course for ambitious growth
Building for the future
Hedge funds can rescue pension fund industry, says Cern pension chief
Radical conservative
Risk institutional investor rankings 2013
All mixed up
Cern Pension chief urges others to ‘think like global macro hedge funds’
CEO of the Cern Pension Fund Theodore Economou says pension funds should use the techniques of the best global macro hedge fund managers to control risk and volatility while producing absolute returns
Absorbing institutional inflows is biggest challenge for hedge funds
Shifting situations
European investor appetite for niche FoHF offerings growing
Europe's fund of hedge funds industry has suffered AUM declines since 2008 but there are signs of a rising appetite for niche strategies and bespoke mandates. Stenham has launched two niche FoHFs