Strategy
Go west, young Griffin
London's Griffin Capital Management has expanded its Eastern European hedge fund focus with a Western European portfolio that has returned 12.3% net in its first eight months
Revisiting hedge funds: the institutional investor's perspective
pension investing
Investors get specialised in their allocation to US fund managers
Equity long/short
Has the death of merger arbitrage been greatly exaggerated?
merger arbitrage
Time for relative returns
performance measurement
Making money from your money
currency overlay
Reopen for business
As GAM reopens some of its multi-fund hedge portfolios to new investors, David Smith reflects on the hedge fund industry, GAM's progress and staggering intake of money in 2004
Old hand with a new vision
Les Jones has invested in Japan's stock market for 23 years, bringing a wealth of experience to Old Mutual's Pan-Asia fund… and experience of wealth to his hedge fund's investors
Awarding excellence
awards
Entering with one eye on the exit
selling your business
African banks buoy euro's fortunes as greenback's decline continues
foreign exchange
Managers foresee a Happy New Year for hedge fund strategies
Fund managers forecast favourable conditions in 2005 after a tempestuous 2004 for hedge funds
Convertible arbitrage managers await market shock shake-out
convertible arbitrage
Equity hedge and distressed the places to be in anaemic October
Gloomy news shows little let up for fund of fund managers with most strategies disappointing
Sabre's latest fund launch ready for take-off growth
London's Sabre Fund Management does not just stop at stock-picking in its European long/short fund. It applies style rotation to sectors as well
Alternative investments: Tactical asset allocation
tactical asset allocation
In the future perfect
Despite a rough few months for managed futures and CTAs, Refco Alternative Investments' Advantage Multi-Manager Fund continues to offer diversification away from traditional assets, and other hedge fund strategies in its allocation to underlying CTA and…