Even though the introduction of regulation into Switzerland under the revised Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA) has changed the landscape it doesn’t appear to have put off fund managers. Markus Fuchs, Managing Director of the Swiss Funds & Asset Management
By James Williams – Last year was a dismal one for hedge fund managers, who as a group plunged into negative territory for the second time in four years, and so far 2012 hasn’t been much better. Although most strategies
By Ras Sipko – The alternative investment industry has had to reinvent itself over the past few years following the financial crisis, which has resulted in the emergence of a number of hybrid schemes that make use of both hedge
Interview with Ted Jasinski, Admiral Administration – The emergence of esoteric products such as private equity-type hybrid funds means the alternatives space is starting to get a whole lot more alternative, according to Ted Jasinski, general manager of Admiral Administration’s Richmond-based
Interview with Jack Seibald, Concept Capital – Unless an introducing broker can demonstrate a wide array of services to support clients’ needs on one hand, and instil robust operational risk controls to satisfy the increased demands of clearing houses on the
Interview with Lonnie Macdonald, UMB Fund Services – “I get RFPs from clients all the time for complete middle-office services,” comments Lonnie Macdonald, president of JD Clark & Company, the hedge fund administration arm of UMB Fund Services. “We need to
By James Williams – If there’s one tangible benefit to the way regulation is reshaping the hedge fund industry, it’s that service providers have to work in even closer collaboration with each other than they did previously. This is good
Interview with Toni Pinkerton (pictured) and Kim Waldman, Maples Fund Services – Increased regulatory and investor pressures are inexorably raising the barriers to entry in the hedge fund industry. Managers launching today face an uphill battle to raise assets yet must
It’s been a barnstorming last few months for London-headquartered Peregrine Communications with some strong client wins including Acadian Asset Management, Wells Fargo Asset Management, Mirae Asset Global Investments and Rogge Global Partners. 2014 is set to be another stellar year
The last few months have been a flurry of activity for Cordium. In December 2013 it acquired Sigma Partnership, a London-based compliance and accounting firm. This was followed by the acquisition of HedgeStart in January 2014, a multi-service provider to
