Cryptocurrencies and the digital asset ecosystem continue to move towards a mainstream institutional marketplace, with the number of institutional participants either already allocating or planning to allocate to the nascent asset class imminently.
Getting technology infrastructure correct on day one – and avoiding cutting corners despite budgetary pressures – is vital for start-up and emerging hedge funds, and staff with coding and tech backgrounds offer a “big step forward” during the initial launch period.
Despite the changing environment and challenges that Covid-19 has presented to operational and investor due diligence processes, sophisticated allocators still demand a “high level” of compliance and institutional infrastructure, according to Jenny Kim DeSmyter (pictured), Managing Director, Sales Strategy, SS&C Eze.
Emerging hedge funds must tread with caution in the face of increasingly complex operational infrastructure as their businesses gather pace and raise assets, speakers at Hedgeweek’s fourth annual HedgeweekLIVE North America Emerging Managers Summit said on Wednesday.
Digital assets’ disruptive potential could herald a seismic shift in markets, with crypto hedge funds bringing bumper returns uncorrelated to other asset classes – but investors remain wary of the patchwork of ad-hoc rules and regulations covering the sector.
Brummer & Partners, the long-running Swedish multi-strategy hedge fund firm, has named four new partners and is preparing to add two new sector-specialist long/short equity strategies to its flagship Brummer Multi-Strategy vehicle.
In this podcast, Alex Botte (pictured), CFA, CAIA, Client Solutions Research at Two Sigma and Venn, discusses what impact Covid-19 has had on the way risk is perceived, modelled, and ultimately managed within investor portfolios. And how next generation AI tools are helping to generate fresh insights on how factor risks are understood. During the discussion, Alex provides some examples of how Venn thinks about managing inflation risk exposures, crypto asset risk exposures, and what the latest developments are on translating ESG considerations into risk factor decomposition.
Investor caution over current inflation risks will see volatility remain at elevated levels, in turn offering rich investment opportunities for vol arbitrage trades, according to Dominicé & Co Asset Management, whose long-running flagship strategy continues to ride high this year.
Chinese growth is unbalanced and plateauing, giving rise to alpha-generating opportunities in relative value plays, Lyxor Asset Management strategists said this week.
By Neil Coxhead (pictured), Waystone – On 7 May 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), unveiled plans to create a new regime with the specific aim of channelling investment into more illiquid assets, giving asset managers a hint of how UK fund regulation will develop after Brexit.
Trend-following hedge funds and CTA strategies remain in broadly positive territory heading into the final stretch of 2021’s first half, as defensive bets on fixed income look set to pay off against a backdrop characterised by economic recovery and rising inflation.
London-based GWM Asset Management has launched a novel merger arbitrage hedge fund strategy which uses ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors in its investment process.
