Hedge Funds Review
One in 12 alternative firms to face SEC action
In 2013 SEC increased formal orders of investigations by 20%
Primes re-pricing and exiting their tails
Start-ups struggling to establish multiple PB relationships
Mariner: improve liquidity with non-bank broker dealers
Hedge funds need to step in, says CIO Williams
Event driven boosted in 2014 by $43 billion flows
Activist strategies account for approximately $14 billion of total
Ukip sees influx of hedge fund money
Hedge funds have donated more than £160,000 to the UK Independence Party
Swiss franc fallout claims hedge fund victims
Major hedge funds in London and New York affected
Allianz plans to expand low-risk alternatives
Doubling in assets shows demand for low-return investments
Complexity and returns behind PFZW decision to ditch hedge funds
Dutch pension fund to focus on controllability and intelligibility
Bond holdout provisions ‘could be challenged as oppression'
Hedge fund activism - trends and predictions for 2015
Fund of hedge fund winners offer strategy picks
Culross's Chris Keen says small-name banks are undervalued
Managed futures ‘not a tail risk strategy'
Investors should not try to time allocations, says Abbey
CTAs beat hedge fund rivals in 2014
Investors hope that CTAs’ fortunes have changed for good
BlueBay: "ever higher" market dislocation, mispricing of risk
But bank deleveraging problem loans creates opportunities
Oil promises better investment environment for hedge funds
Price drop not short-lived, and is boon for investors
Hedge funds' year in review
Event driven strategies disappointed in 2014, while trend-followers thrived
Lyxor takes best FoHF investor relations team award
Diverse nationalities and broad skill range mark its team out
Prime Capital: hedge fund failings are high fees and false liquidity
Lax due diligence and heroic top-down positions highlighted too
Amundi considers deals with institutions to 'rent' its platform
MAP also seeks to expand its range of CTA managers
Pictet blasts herd mentality that permitted Madoff
Why invest in managers you can't meet, says awards winner
GSAM: experience, talent and alert system protect clients
Intraday bond move sent Goldmans into ‘state of alert level two'
DB could expand Aggregator strategy "into outright distressed"
Illiquid hedge funds vehicle continues to find opportunities
Kairos rejects consensus trades
Concern over crowding in equity space and long US dollar
PB lobbying perceived to soften Esma on asset segregation
Surprise AIFMD provisions do not require strict AIF segregation
Esma proposes two options for PB asset segregation
AIFMD consultation to be followed by final report in Q2 2015