Hedge funds

An absorbing business for credit hedge funds

Analysts predict there will be a wave of consolidation in the credit hedge fund sector as battered funds look for ways to survive the market turmoil. Already a number of smaller managers have had to bow to the inevitable and merge with larger players…

Traders get a taste for pick and mix

Relying exclusively on third-party applications for trading, pricing and risk management of mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities does not make sense for all buy-side firms. Alternative investment manager Highland Financial Holdings Group has…

The drive for convertibles

Hedge funds are exploring opportunities in convertible arbitrage, a trade that appeared to have gone out of fashion permanently back in 2005. With the promise of lucrative returns having put this strategy firmly back on the map, investors now need to be…

Roundtable: Sounding out the buy side

With the markets still reeling from the liquidity crisis, Credit gathered together three luminaries from the buy side to discuss the effects of the summer slowdown and, more importantly, how things will pan out over the next few months

Funds of funds surge back into credit

Lured by the return of relative value, funds of funds are once again investing in credit. In these troubled times, they argue that the diversification of their strategies offers safer investments than single-manager credit hedge funds. Nikki Marmery…

Bad luck, bad timing and bad bets ..

Extreme levels of volatility and parched liquidity have shaken up the global hedge fund industry. Nikki Marmery reports on the winners and losers in the summer's relentless ride

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