Emerging hedge fund managers aren’t yielding to fee pressure, but could raise capital faster by adopting innovative fee structures and investing more in marketing, according to new research from alternative prime broker GPP and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).


Fi-Tek, a US based financial services solutions provider, is establishing its European headquarters in Dublin. Fi-Tek provides software products and solutions for the alternative investments, trust, asset servicing and securities processing industries. The company’s HedgeTek product, a fully integrated book
Investor and regulatory pressure are leading the hedge fund industry to become more transparent about its operational controls with investors, acco
Bear Grylls and his team, including Future Capital Partners chief executive Tim Levy, have completed a 13 day trip through the formerly frozen NorthWest Passage to raise awareness of the effect of climate change on the planet. The team became
The business of hedge funds is caught between rising costs and falling management fees, holding little profit for managers who do not perform. That's one key finding from the second annual global survey of the economics of hedge funds in
The accusation that offshore centres have an unfair tax advantage is unfounded, according to speakers at an event organised by RBC Wealth Management. The EU Code of Conduct Group will hold its meeting in Brussels today to discuss the zero-ten
Companies are increasingly incorporating corporate event data into their trading strategies in order to mitigate monetary losses and react more quickly to market volatility, according to Wall Street Horizon’s latest Corporate Event Research Survey. The survey, which polled more than
Institutional investors are still looking for a way out of the interest rate trap while seeking to protect their allocation from market fluctuations and are increasingly opting for hedge funds when making investment decisions. According to hedge fund database
Seven out of ten strategies in the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index posted positive performance in August as managers generally remained cautiously positioned with relatively low portfolio risk levels. The index gained 0.23 per cent in August and
By Vumi Dube and James Kattan (pictured), Directors, DMS Governance – As of 31 March 2018, there were 933 segregated portfolio companies (SPCs) out of 10,500 entities registered as mutual funds with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. While this represents about
