Up to around a decade ago, risk management solutions were extremely expensive and available only to the largest financial institutions such as central banks, pension funds and investment houses.

After a traumatic year for alternative fund managers and their investors in 2008, the hedge fund industry is having to take risk measurement and management processes a great deal more seriously.

The evident risk management failings laid bare by the hedge fund industry’s troubled performance over the past year are opening up a wide range of opportunities for providers of systems and service

Due diligence is a concept that has been around for a long time, but its profile has risen significantly over the past decade.

Advent International, the global private equity firm, has acquired 30 per cent of CETIP – Balcao Organizado de Ativos e Derivativos, the largest central depository for private fixed-inc

SkyBridge Capital, which provides strategic capital to new and early-stage hedge funds, has committed to invest in WyeTree Asset Management, a London-based investment management firm fo

SEC Compliance Consultants, a provider of compliance and operational due diligence reviews, has stressed the need for asset managers and investors to be on the same page regarding the n

Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish up 1.29 per cent in April, based on 55 per cent of assets reporting.