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Hedge funds need positive public relations campaign
Searching for truth
Cayman corporate governance reforms face legal challenge
Efforts to enhance the corporate governance framework for hedge funds in the Cayman Islands have run into opposition from local fund directors, who take issue with the regulator’s plans to create a public directors’ database
AIFMD is catalyst for expansion
Sponsored Q&A: Amundi Alternative Investments
Japan-focused hedge funds show strong gains in first quarter
Japan-focused hedge funds surprise investors with continued strong performance as Russia also produces better returns than normal. Securitised credit still strong favourite but returns segmented
Falling correlations could give hedge funds bumper returns
A fall in asset-to-asset correlations could mean a good year for many hedge fund strategies, even though volatility is expected to remain relatively low, according to research from Axioma
EU equivalence requirements set to hit trade with India
India has no plans to become an equivalent country under EU regulations on financial services. India’s decision is likely to foreshadow problems with other emerging countries trading with the EU
Hedge fund Everest Capital heads for the frontier
Inefficient frontiers
Hedge fund Mariner navigates turbulent markets
Navigating turbulent markets
Hedge funds favour collaborative outsourcing
Collaborative approach
CTAs eye swap futures
Future of managed futures
Mandate Watch: BNY Mellon leads the pack
Mandates trend to alternatives
Hedge fund valuation practices under scrutiny
Under pressure from regulators and investors, hedge funds are establishing robust pricing policies for hard-to-value assets.Rubber stamping the manager's pricing model is no longer acceptable
Tough stance on insider trading at hedge funds getting results
David Kirk, the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s chief criminal counsel, says "dubious trading activity" has fallen by 50% in three years as FCA vows to continue crackdown on hedge fund traders
US warns EU over financial transaction tax
The US will not allow the EU financial transaction tax to happen, according to the head of US Chamber of Commerce Thomas Donohue. Co-ordination between G-20 countries on financial regulation is needed
Various skills needed to run a hedge fund
Tricky path to success
IndexIQ carves out hedge fund replication niche
Replicating success
Monitoring daily hedge fund performance when only monthly data is available
The ability to infer daily performance from less frequently observed returns data can help hedge fund investors understand intra-month gains and losses
Hedge Funds Review Americas Awards 2013 open for entries
Hedge Funds Review is now accepting entries for the Americas Awards 2013. These awards recognise the top-performing hedge funds and funds of hedge funds in the US, Canada and Latin America
Risk management central to hedge fund capital raising, says survey
As more institutional investors opt for hedge funds, robust risk management is being seen as a central function needed in order to raise capital, according to a survey by Prmia and SunGard APT
LGT Capital Partners opens China office
People moves
Frontier hedge fund investors eye Iraq
A slate of telecoms IPOs and efforts to modernise banking regulations have some frontier market hedge funds enthused about prospects for Iraqi equities as institutional investors sit on the sidelines
Mariner picks ex-BlackRock rates head for macro strategy
Eric Pellicciaro, the former head of global rates investments at BlackRock, will manage a global macro portfolio for Mariner’s newly launched incubation fund
Armajaro plans hedge fund diversification and expansion
Staying power