Articles by Kris Devasabai
Getting off on the right foot: structuring a hedge fund for launch
Getting off on the right foot
Distressed debt hedge funds find few opportunities
Waiting game
Prime movers: an inside look at small and mid-sized prime brokers
Introducing primes
Stuck in neutral: a look at equity market neutral
Strategy: equity market neutral
Movin' on up the value chain: fund administration and risk reporting
Hedge fund administrators have broadened the suite of services they offer and are intent on moving up the value chain.
Seeds of change: seeding of hedge funds
The pool of investors willing to provide start-up capital to hedge funds has shrunk significantly since the financial crisis. For the survivors the opportunities have never been greater.
After the storm
Strategy: convertible arbitrage
On the right track
Prime broker profile: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
New approach to risk management
Unencumbered cash is probably “the most important risk management tool at the disposal of a hedge fund,” according to a research paper from Columbia University.
Acting up
Strategy: activist
Concordia Global Multi-Strategy Fund: Concordia Advisors
Profiting from the relative value cycle
Stock loan exchanges gain traction
Exchange trading of stock loans promises to inject a needed dose of transparency and liquidity into the securities lending business. Hedge Funds Review reports on the latest developments.
Open for business: a look into prime brokerage
Prime brokers are prepared to ramp up their lending to hedge funds but demand for leverage remains low.
Valuation under the microscope
Hedge fund valuation is coming under more scrutiny than ever before. Kris Devasabai speaks to industry experts about best practices in this area and how the framework of the US Financial Accounting Standard Board’s classification of financial assets…
A positive turn of events
Strategy: event-driven
BTR Strategic Growth Fund: Salida Capital
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Alive and kicking
Interview with Courtenay Wolfe, president and CEO of Salida Capital
Rules of the road: Ucits and mutual funds reveal shift to regulated products
The quest for new sources of investment coupled with investor demands for liquidity and transparency have combined to push more hedge funds and funds of hedge funds into Ucits III products. In the US there are also some signs of a preference for…
System addicts: a look at systematic trading
Systematic trading
Fractal Strategic US Treasury Fund: Fractal Advisors
Treasury fund offers simple solution
Good credit: interview with Andrew Feldstein, BlueMountain Capital Management
Fund manager profile: BlueMountain Capital Management
Luminous Capital
Illuminating the credit markets