Hedge funds
Directional, with focused discipline
Scotland's Cartesian Capital has turned in a healthy first year with its UK long/short hedge fund. David Walker found out why they had such an enjoyable first birthday...
Synthetic considerations...
tete à tete: shorting
This lunch packs an educational punch!
One lunch, four managers, many products. Solomon Teague observes the very different market predictions of a convertible bond researcher, property fund developer, an asset manager and investment committee chairman.
Model mismatch
While mark-to-market may be the prefered route to pricing, sometimes it just isn't possible. The Bank of New York's Tim Murphy and Markit's Richard Earl look long and hard at models as they apply to the pricing for OTC instruments
Chicago's exchange merger mania
exchanges
Hedge funds fall for that Gallic charm
While institutional investors in France may be turning their attention to non-correlated returns, they know what they like (and don't like), and it pays for managers to find out first, as David Walker explains
Chicago: more than just a windy city?
When it comes to managing hedge funds Chicago, with its wealth of exchanges and universities, is like nowhere else, say the city's major service providers. Phyllis Feinberg gets the lowdown on the centre's service providers' offerings
With merger mania, can short ever be sweet?
UK equity hedge fund managers believe private equity bid deal analysis holds the answer to working a short book in the current markets, says Solomon Teague
Chicago's thriving hedge fund culture
The Windy City, despite its geographical distance from the main financial centres, is proving a hotbed of hedge fund action attracting portfolio managers from every international corner, says Scott Schweighauser, a partner at investment firm Harris…
Being nimble and fleet of foot...
Scotia Capital's Jim Buckley says an international profile and the ability to source and risk‑assess new market instruments are critical to good client relationships. He adds that being jack of all trades but master of none is little good for a prime…