For longer than most investors and hedge fund managers care to remember, the chief attraction of Latin America has been the kind of political and economic turbulence and market volatility that prov
Hedge funds have been able to protect capital and generate modest positive performance this year despite high levels of volatility and declines in the equity markets, research by Hennessee Group shows. The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 0.49 per cent

Fitch Ratings says fund flows for credit asset managers have in general remained positive, as concerns about sovereign and bank debt and the economic outlook are balanced by generally sound corporate fundamentals. "Despite an increase in investor risk aversion,
By Ken Somerville, Senior Director, Fund Accounting, PFPC International Over the past few years, the outsourcing of hedge fund administration has been a fast-growin
In 2004 the global hedge fund industry experienced remarkable expansion of roughly
By Ronan Daly, Managing Director, BISYS Hedge Fund Services (Ireland) Although Dublin is home to administrators of both hedge funds and traditional long-only vehicl
The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 0.38 per cent for August, with strong performance in macro and relative value strategies only partially offset by weakness in equity hedge and event driven funds. The HFRI Macro Index gained 2.16 per

Despite the financial crisis and scandals, the hedge fund industry in Switzerland is well on track. Clear trends include a shift from funds of hedge funds to single hedge funds, the new position of institutional investors as the most important