What is perhaps different for today’s start-up manager as compared to five years ago is the need to launch with greater amounts of capital. Moreover, they are doing so with a greater awareness of the need to adopt best practices
The Managed Funds Association (MFA) has released a new position paper detailing the changes financial markets have undergone since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, as well as the expanded role alternative investments now play. The paper, “Dodd-Frank at 5:
New York-based Liquid Holdings offers a significant real-time risk management solution to the hedge fund community. Its cloud-based Liquid platform integrates portfolio and risk analytics by leveraging the firm’s heritage in bringing next generation technology expertise to the hedge fund
Amsterdam-based hedge fund seeding firm IMQ Investment Management is ready to embark on a new initiative as its current IMQubator fund begins to reach the end of its seven-year investment lifecycle; the fund will be liquidated in December 2015. That
Milan Khatri, chief economist at Aberdeen Property Investors outlines the implications of the UK’s latest Budget announcement. The property industry will be relieved that the announced increase in the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) rate will only apply to residential
Since Lyxor Asset Management was established in 1998 it has grown into one of the industry’s largest managed account platforms with over USD12billion in AuM. Manager selection is key to the success of the business model. Managers must pass a
By Marianne Scordel – When Hedgeweek decided to compare the US to the European hedge fund market a year ago, we found it pertinent to address the question from the perspective of an industry analysis, in order to provide new managers
DMS Offshore Investment Services (‘DMS’) was established in the Cayman Islands by Don Seymour in 2000. Over the past 14 years it has grown into one of the industry’s leading fund governance firms with over 200 people. “It’s been a
Fund company executives’ top concern is the data integrity in their fund reports, according to a Confluence Global Fund Administration survey. More than 130 executives from Europe and North America cite data integrity as their top back-office challenge. Confluence
Last year SEI grew its business across three client segments: 1) New clients, 2) Existing clients consolidating their administration services with SEI and 3) Existing clients utilising more of SEI’s product offerings. “We’ve achieved much more market acceptance of some
