Profile
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
Erik Penser sees demand for structures linked to US and UK equities
Erik Penser's sterling year
Paquin: AIFMD a ‘concentrating catalyst'
Coping with complexity
Who is Timothy Massad?
He cooks, he’s quiet, he’s confident, and he will cope with everything Wall Street throws at him. That is the picture painted by former colleagues – and adversaries – of the US Treasury Department’s Timothy Massad, probable new chairman at the Commodity…
GE Capital dealing with Sifi status and AMA push
Systemically important status is hard enough when you're a bank – for non-bank institutions such as GE Capital, meeting the mark can be even more challenging. Enterprise and operational risk leader Ann Rodriguez discusses the reform process with OpRisk
Prime Finance: Golden's quest for completion
Prime mover
Melanion bets on progress of dividend futures as an asset class
As the first pure-play dividend futures hedge fund, Melanion Capital believes it has an advantage in giving investors a solid return on investment by using this new asset class to generate pure alpha
Availability of RMB instruments lags demand for insurance – Wim Hekstra profile
China is the driving force of Sun Life Financial Hong Kong’s business but a lack of hedging instruments is a problem, as its chief executive tells Asia Risk
Aperios finds value in concentrated emerging market long/short strategy
Aperios Emerging Connectivity Master Fund: Aperios Partners Investment Management
Finisterre denies Ucits rules will hamper returns
Finisterre Capital founder Paul Crean says Ucits rules do not impose significant restrictions on its new fund launched in October
Lynton Jones laments IPE's hesitation over electronic trading
Lynton Jones, the IPE’s former chief executive, tried hard to promote electronic trading in Brent futures. But those efforts met with strong resistance, he tells Mark Pengelly
Avoid one-size-fits-all capital approach, says Osfi’s Zelmer
Regulators have increasingly been pushing for less reliance on bank internal models, but Osfi’s deputy superintendent of the regulation sector, Mark Zelmer, thinks internal models have a place
UK's Tier One Capital seeks secondary structured products
Listed products are secondary nature at Tier One Capital
Future looks bright for continued growth of managed accounts
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013
Prisma continues growth path with bespoke portfolio construction
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013
Lyxor expects demand for alternatives to increase
Close relationships with hedge funds and Lyxor staff are at the heart of its reputation for independent research, asset management, its managed account platform and its other activities globally
Equity long/short FoHF that finds value in manager selection
As many investors return to the most basic hedge fund strategy, equity long/short, European Capital Holdings continues to stick to its winning formula, selecting only Europe’s best managers
NewAlpha sees brighter prospects for seeding in 2014
A major merger with NExT, a specialist in early-stage private equity investment, has pushed NewAlpha into a bigger universe where it can leverage its hedge fund seeding expertise in a wider context
Man takes advantage of GLG funds to create in-house FoHF
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013
Regulation could be saviour of Europe’s FoHF business
While many moan about the EU’s AIFMD and other rules, one fund of hedge funds leader is optimistic the regulations will stimulate activity in Europe and bring assets back to the industry
Risk management at heart of Prima Capital FoHF success
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013
Senator Crapo urges Dodd-Frank tweaks and CFTC-SEC merger
United Senate?
GAM looks at whole portfolios to advise on alternatives
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013
Swedish FoHF adopts different approach to CTA manager selection
12th Annual European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2013