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Hedge Funds Review gathered 10 of the administration industry's great and good to share their thoughts on the most pressing issues facing the industry today...
From alpha to omega
It's all about higher moments. The kind where you decide what is really important about what you do and how you allocate your resources. Lionel Martellini presents the Edhec guide to hedge fund enlightenment
Follow the leader as EFG proves private banks is where structuring's smart money is
While structuring products may once have been the preserve of large asset management houses, private banks are starting to open their expertise in bespoke structuring to the outside world, as Rasik Ahuja, head of EFG Private Bank's active advisory, tells…
Short manouevres come to India
RAS Capital Management co-founder Robert Rahbari discusses the onset of shorting in the booming Indian markets
Carry on reaping the profits?
The yen carry trade was all the rage with hedge funds until, earlier this year, suddenly it wasn't. Daniel Murray from EFG Private Bank in London surveys the carry strategy and discusses whether it still has the legs to run
Preparing for a bumpy ride
James Casper of Olive Tree Capital surveys the outlook for greater volatility - and hedge funds' capacity to deal with it
Built for performance
London's MPC Investors is looking at taking in at least an extra $600m for its latest European fund launch and is setting itself up as a direct destination for institutional allocators, as its CEO Peter Harrison told David Walker
An equitable relationship?
correlation
Backtesting ain't crashtesting
valuation
Hi ho, Silver Street Capital!
When Gary Vaughan-Smith and Alex Da Costa rode off into the sunset from ABN Amro last summer, few doubted they would reappear - and now they have galloped back onto the scene by establishing Silver Street Capital in London. David Walker trotted along for…
Momentum overrides fundamentals in CO2 market
carbon trading
Six of the best - the secret to Hexam's success
Managers at boutique Hexam Capital have vowed Hexam will not have more than six partners, will cap assets at $3bn, and abide by process. David Walker chats with them...
EnTrusting what you know
ENtrust Capital's equities fund has been turning a profit for over eight years by sticking to what it knows best. It's still growing, by the way, as David Walker discovered when he put the following questions to the fund's co-founder, Mark Fife (pictured)
Closed-ended envy
fund structures
So what if the US slows? The party's thumping in Asia
Allocators to hedge funds are one-eyed that Asia and commodities are where it's at - but their other eye is firmly on the US, report Solomon Teague and David Walker...
Deriving credit for change
credit risk
And now, Eurex has a short story about Russia for us…
Being bearish in the land of the bear was once nigh impossible, but Eurex told David Walker all that was about to change...
"And how would Madam like us to make it?"
Credit Suisse says bespoke is the way forward, notes Solomon Teague - but it does have bets placed each way
Hold your horses! debt managers advise
distressed debt
ABCDSreaching their (sub)prime
instruments