Hedge funds
AIFMD warning on ‘informal' risk management
Risk regulation under the alternative investment fund managers directive is not simply a series of data points, says SS&C's James Ramenda
Finisterre Capital appoints Burnside as partner
Anglo-Italian Tages Capital forms partnership with Germany’s GDW AM
Custody Risk announces shortlist for Americas Awards 2014
The shortlist has been announced for the Custody Risk Americas Awards 2014
American hedge funds dominate AUM
US hedge fund market is four times the size of the UK's
Hedge funds argue against tougher rules at CFTC roundtable
Investors should be free to pick risky strategies, managers say
Basel III battleground for primes
Consolidation predicted among prime brokers following regulatory shakeout
Insch: the more equity markets fall, the better
A systematic, trend-following currency program can serve as a hedge against falling equity markets
Europe’s high yield new issuance “lacks fundamentals”
Investors chasing returns risk defaults
High governance funds find success in low governance stocks
But the high/low governance spreads of stocks are positively related with non-hedge fund ownership
Liongate: hedge fund regulation impacting returns
'40 Act and Ucits restrictions risk stifling entrepreneurial spirit of the hedge fund industry
US hedge fund launches continue to surge
Redemption terms tighten with most offering quarterly liquidity
Europe’s management companies find new life in AIFMD
Can management companies save hedge funds from the threat of AIFMD?
Dispersion predicted in fixed income returns
Managers disagree on diversification benefits of fixed income absolute return
Hedge funds wary of betting on rates
Managers cite 2013 fixed-income rout as reason for caution
July deadline for Fatca compliance looms
Many prime brokers will require global intermediary identification numbers even in Model 1 IGA jurisdictions
Dynamic factor modeling reveals hidden risks
Risk management must be folded into investment decision-making process
Alfi rebuffs pro-Irish domicile report
Luxembourg assets "at all-time high" as the domicile continues to attract new fund initiators
Hedge fund directors lack credibility, says survey
Investors say directors should provide active oversight
Markowitz attacks hedge fund diversification claims
Nobel prize winner Harry Markowitz says alternative investments may not deliver the diversification benefits sought by investors
Commodities investing is still fundamentally sound
Commodity investors may have had a bad year, but putting money into commodities of finite supply continues to makes sense
Global Advisors’ Masters looks ahead to commodity rebound
Daniel Masters, the former head of energy trading at JP Morgan and co-founder of hedge fund Global Advisors, has seen his share of ups and downs. Alexander Osipovich reports
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