Investors
India steers offshore investors away from P-notes towards direct market access
Sebi tries to exert greater control over foreign investment by tightening rules governing P-note issuance and streamlining foreign investor approval process
Hedge funds play key role in Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Seeing the bigger picture
Communicating portfolio risk intuitively and effectively
Visualising risk
Hedge funds can rescue pension fund industry, says Cern pension chief
Radical conservative
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
Triple-scoring strategy for commodities generates superior risk-adjusted performance
Triple scoring of commodities: momentum, term structure and idiosyncratic volatility
Monitoring daily hedge fund performance when only monthly data is available
The ability to infer daily performance from less frequently observed returns data can help hedge fund investors understand intra-month gains and losses
Hedge funds face dilemma of implementing socially responsible investing
Responsible investing challenge
Talent fuels growth of Asian hedge fund industry
Asian advancement
Hedge funds fall short on compliance
Operational due diligence analysts find more red flags in hedge funds’ compliance and regulatory functions than any other area
Institutional investors shift portfolio allocations to hedge funds
Institutional investors are set to allocate 11% more to hedge funds this year, according to a Deutsche Bank survey. Less money is flowing to FoHFs while emerging managers are in favour.
NewAlpha and Woori Asia seeding fund makes first investment
Former Brevan Howard and Trafalgar Capital hedge fund manager is recipient of first joint seed investment by NewAlpha and Woori Absolute Partners. The strategy is Asia equity long/short.
Hedge fund fees are in the spotlight
Costly strains
Overall hedge fund performance needs to remain positive to keep investor interest
Beginning again from the end
Endowments question merits of hedge funds after negative returns in 2012
Hedge funds remain the single largest allocation for US university endowments but an extended period of lacklustre returns is leading some in the endowment community to question their value.
Hedge fund due diligence process considers myriad aspects of qualitative and quantitative factors
Attention to due diligence
Hedge fund managers show skill in finding value throughout 2012
Skill in finding value
Deutsche responds to shifting investor demands for managed accounts
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