For start-up and emerging managers, successfully launching and running a hedge fund is trickier than ever before. As markets ebb and flow, the level of support provided by prime brokers in the early stages remains critical.
Macro hedge funds surged to lead industry-wide gains in March, completing a record Q1 by again posting sharp returns as financial market volatility was exacerbated by skyrocketing inflation, rising interest rates and expectations for continued increases, and escalation of the
Confidence levels among hedge fund mangers remain resilient despite the war in Ukraine, Russian economic sanctions, and global inflationary concerns, according to AIMA.
With the most severe obstacles to businesses imposed by the pandemic beginning to ease, both hedge fund investors and managers showed marked signs of confidence in alternative investments in 2021, according to The Seward & Kissel New Hedge Fund Study,
Professional investors want to see improvements in regulatory compliance and custodial services for tokenised assets, new global research from tokenisation platform Token City shows. The study, conducted among professional investors in France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK who are
Stock picking is the dominant source of alpha in almost 90% of institutional portfolios, new analysis from Inalytics, a specialist in identifying investment skill, has found. Based on analysis of more than 750 equity mandates managed on behalf of pension
Hedge fund managers just starting out can sometimes underestimate the significance of selecting a law firm to assist in their fund launch. Selecting a firm solely based on cost can set a fund back and potentially turn out to be
As the hedge fund industry expands into newer markets and asset classes, smaller prime brokers can carve out boutique offerings in niche and specialist areas – but scalability challenges remain.
Over half of new ESG jobs at hedge funds over the past two years have been filled by women, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites a study by HFObserver, an online employment data platform focused on the
New trends – from technology and data to digital assets and ESG – are transforming the way hedge fund firms invest and operate. What new innovations, products and services are prime brokers offering to keep pace with this evolution?
