Gibraltar has a long-established pedigree as an international financial centre and it has been a domicile for alternative funds for years, but it was the introduction of legislation establishing th
The Edhec-Risk Institute has released a publication which proposes a formal analysis of the optimal investment policy and risk management practices of sovereign wealth funds. The publication, “Asset-Liability Management Decisions for Sovereign Wealth Funds,” contains the results of the first-year
Hedge funds as measured by the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index advanced during the month of March and moved into positive territory for the year.
By Doug Nairne – One of the most important changes in the global financial industry over the past three years, and indeed the business environment as a whole, is the increased importance placed upon due diligence. That means paying closer
By Simon Gray – Risk is the element that hedge fund managers above all others, are supposed to thrive on, but members of the industry long ago understood that there are many more facets to the concept than the market
By Paul Compton – The traumatic crisis that engulfed the industry two years ago prompted a renewed concern among many hedge fund managers to gain control over their positions and exposures. Traumatised investors started asking managers many more questions about
By Lance Smith – The market turbulence of the past three years has exposed a number of flaws and limitations in traditional approaches to risk management. In the aftermath of the crisis, investors are increasingly pressuring alternative investment managers to
Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group, a provider of business consulting services, has announced that Kevin P. Gibbons and Peter E.
By Simon Gray – The alternative investment management industry has already had to come to terms with a wholesale shake-up in attitudes toward risk assessment and management in response to demand from investors. They are no longer willing to take
Moody’s has extended its hedge fund Operational Quality Rating Methodology to encompass managed accounts. Moody’s will use the same OQ rating definition, scale and approach for managed accounts, including managed account platforms, as for a traditional hedge fund. "The operational
