Kris Devasabai
Editor-in-chief, Risk.net
Kris Devasabai is the New York-based editor-in chief of Risk.net. Previously, he was bureau chief and US editor of Risk magazine. He manages the editorial team. Prior to joining Risk, Kris covered hedge funds, asset management, cross-border investing and law for several publications.
Kris holds a bachelor’s degree in law and government from the University of Manchester, and he completed his legal training at the Inns of Court School of Law in London. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 2003.
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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
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
Hedge fund investors divided on SAC probe
SAC hopes to put an insider trading probe by the US Securities and Exchange Commission behind it after agreeing to pay a record fine, but hurdles still remain
Hedge funds fall short on compliance
Operational due diligence analysts find more red flags in hedge funds’ compliance and regulatory functions than any other area
Falling correlations signal better times for equity long/short hedge funds
Analysis from JP Morgan shows strong relationship between intra-stock correlation and equity long/short hedge fund returns
Principal muscles into FoHF sector with Liongate stake
US asset manager Principal Global Investors acquires majority stake in FoHF manager as traditional distributors move into the struggling sector
Endowments question merits of hedge funds after negative returns in 2012
Hedge funds remain the single largest allocation for US university endowments but an extended period of lacklustre returns is leading some in the endowment community to question their value.
Flurry of deals as big asset managers target stakes in hedge funds
The past couple of months have seen six established hedge funds sell minority stakes to large fund managers, including Neuberger Berman and GAM
Ex-Citadel managing director's structured credit hedge fund secures seed deal
Grosvenor Capital Management has committed $85 million in seed capital for a structured credit hedge fund started by a group of former Citadel executives.
Mariner absorbs Concordia as hedge fund consolidation gathers pace
Concordia Advisors, which manages around $1 billion in relative value-oriented interest rate, credit and equity strategies, is to merge with $10 billion hedge fund Mariner Investment Group.
MKP sells stake to Dyal and bolsters senior management team
Private equity fund Dyal Capital Partners has made its fifth hedge fund investment with the purchase of a minority stake in MKP, a hedge fund manager specialising in global macro and credit strategies.