Hedge funds
Alternative Fund Administration Survey 2011
Alternative Fund Administration Survey 2011
Structured hybrid products prove popular in Korea
Reinforcing structures
Hedge funds play dangerous volatility game
A dangerous game
Stanley Fink, chief executive, International Standard Asset Management (ISAM)
When Stanley Fink decided to come out of retirement after only a couple of months, few were surprised. The man who was one of the dominating characters of the hedge fund industry commands respect.
Q&A: Derren Geiger, chief operating officer of Caritas Royalty Funds
A conventional play
Higher collateral demands have reduced hedge fund systemic risk, say Risk Europe panellists
Panellists at Risk Europe, held in early April in Brussels, claim banks are demanding much higher levels of collateral from hedge funds today, reducing a source of systemic risk
Collection of videos from the Risk Europe 2011 conference
A selection of videos from the Risk Europe 2011 conference on April 5 & 6 in Brussels, Belgium
SEC charges hedge fund managers with abusing client assets
New York SEC director says two managers “violated the most fundamental duties of an investment adviser"
Short volatility exposures pose risks
A dangerous game
Global events fail to rock dispersion trades
Recent global events have not dented the popularity of dispersion trades among hedge funds, claim bankers
Diggle to re-launch Asia long volatility fund under new vehicle; inflation hedging another target
Stephen Diggle, co-founder of defunct Singapore hedge fund Artradis, which closed after incurring losses of $700 million, will re-launch an Asian long volatility fund under his new vehicle Vulpes Investment Management in May.
Artradis collapse a failure of judgement, not risk management, says co-founder Diggle
Artradis was one of Asia’s most successful hedge funds until it hit difficulties in 2009 and 2010 that resulted in losses of $700 million and culminated in its closure in late February. But the fund’s co-founder says error of judgement and a lack of…
EU's Libyan asset freeze casts cloud over hedge fund FM Capital
FM Capital - a UK hedge fund with ties to Libya - gets HM Treasury licence to keep trading, but dealers are wary
More hedge funds using ETFs as diversification tool
Exchange-traded funds provide a straightforward way to diversify a portfolio across markets and asset classes for hedge funds, says Sonia Schulenburg, head of The Maya Fund.
ETF trading struggles to gain traction in Europe
Arrested development
Investcorp to introduce range of systematic funds
According to sources, Investcorp's launch is the culmination of seven years of research, known internally as the "alpha project"
SEC charges hedge fund four over insider dealing
Four US hedge fund managers accused of insider dealing
World's first leveraged loan ETF will launch on New York Stock Exchange
Powershares expects leveraged loan ETF to appeal to mutual funds, hedge funds and individual investors.
Concerns over Egypt & inflation push oil derivatives trading volumes to record levels
Oil prices will continue to rise to triple-digit highs over 2011 on long-term Egypt risk premiums and continual unrelated underlying issues, say market experts
US distressed debt funds look to euro crisis for opportunities
Stressful situations
Energy players expect further market fragmentation
Energy market fragmentation is likely to continue as larger players scale back their activities under Dodd-Frank
Deutsche Bank launches hedge fund ETF in London
Deutsche Bank's London-listed ETF provides access to the returns of real hedge funds rather than a replication strategy
Diversification can be dangerous, warns Noster Capital
Diversified investing is not the way to achieve returns and investors should avoid broad market exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and anything structured, according to hedge fund Noster Capital