Hedge Funds Review
Funds of hedge funds outperform hedge funds over 12 months
But typical FoHFs ‘more exposed to market risks now than in recent memory'
EC's criticised tax blacklist 'insignificant' for hedge funds
Larger clouds loom for jurisdictions seeking third-country passport issuance
Tendance Finance sees risk in ETF liquidity
French hedge fund also fears regulators may cap leverage and curtail shorting
Harvest looks to reap investor-targeting benefits
But social media site for hedge funds creates compliance challenges
ISAM made a killing on porcine virus trade
CTA unflapped by Greece and unimpressed by regulatory uncertainty in Chinese futures
Niche services growing in forex prime brokerage – RBS
Competing purely on price no longer enough
Evolving reporting/valuations in $2.8trn fund admin survey
National regulator AIFMD validation checks said to be neither uniform nor consistent
'Dark age' hedge funds have antique fees, says Albourne’s Ruddick
New boss at consultant, John Claisse, to focus on liquid alts research
Insurance one of the last ‘great opportunities' for investors
Attractive returns to be found in reinsurance risk via insurance-linked securities
Omni reaps reward of expansion into real estate lending
Omni Secured Lending Fund wins most innovative hedge fund
Ucits VI threatens derivatives in alternatives funds, says Candriam
Sixth iteration of directive could pose danger to portfolio risk management
Chenavari exploiting opportunities in energy, Asia and liquid alts
Credit player launches Ucits European vehicle and eyes '40 Act funds
DTCC's Abel flags three hurdles to US shift to T+2
Abel gives his thoughts on T+2 ISC's white paper and proposed timeline
Family offices need professionals, says PHF Capital's Fletcher
Investment veteran decries managers who aren't ‘real investment professionals'
Investors want to know logic behind machine learning
Big data tools a hard sell without clear explanations, says Winton researcher
Emerging markets domestic focus rewards Aperios
But fund not envisaged to grow larger than $500 million
Long/short equity sees $7.5 billion net inflows over 12 months
But strategy also experiences net redemptions in Q1 2015 of nearly $2 billion
Long/short return calculations can ignore effect of leverage
Net exposure should be smaller than long exposure, not larger, says academic
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Unregulated Israel hedge funds face battle for AIFMD compliance
Industry keen to find Europe-based platforms for growing Israeli funds to use
Investors unwise to rely on side-letter transacted with manager
Caymans court: question manager's authority and letter’s interaction with fund constitution
Trade repository data quality to impact Mifir and Emir review
Regulators bemoan poor data quality from trade repositories impacts policy implementation
Hedge fund managers still human, research finds
Funds fall victim to IPO hype and behavioural biases affecting traders
Liquidity-at-risk sees 'intriguing' similarity in stock profiles
Apple and WD-40 Company liquidity remarkably similar over 10 years