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Credit derivatives

A prime time to invest

Choosing a prime broker can be a daunting task for any hedge fund manager. David Walker met Lehman Brothers' Gunner Burkhart for some tips on how to make the right decision and avoid the political pitfalls......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jan 2008secure

Tech nibs

Invesco Worldwide Fixed Income has selected Quantifi XL for their Investment Grade structured credit business. Quantifi XL is an extensive suite of add-in functions for Excel which includes a substitution......

Hedge Funds Review | 20 Dec 2007secure

Paulson predicts US recession as house prices decline further

The US is headed at least for recession, and while the sub-prime trade has "run 90% of its course", house prices could fall by a further 15%–25%, John Paulson told delegates at Hedge Funds Review's Middle......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Dec 2007secure

GEMS Recovery X2

Gems Advisors is to launch Recovery X2 and Recovery X2 Alpha, which are twice levered versions of its successful Recovery Portfolio, which has produced unlevered returns of 16.05% annualised as at 31 October,......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Dec 2007secure

Tech nibs

By Jamie Wynn-Williams

Hedge Funds Review | 08 Oct 2007secure

The leaders of the pack!

Fourteen leading hedge funds and funds of hedge funds presented their case to attendees at Hedge Funds Review's Family Office Leadership Summit at the Dorchester Hotel in London, in mid-September. For......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Oct 2007secure

Niche funds up, avoiding sub-prime's crisis and the last of the summer whine

While many investors have bemoaned summer's high cross-asset class correlation, some non-correlated hedge fund niche strategies have performed very nicely - you just have to know where to look.Stephen......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Sep 2007secure

Collateral damage?

Sub-prime got hit in July, but Solomon Teague uncovered some who did not…

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Sep 2007secure

Demystifying the practice of synthetic CDO valuation

Nosheen Khan, vice president, structured credit valuations at Markit, examines the base correlation mapping methods for implying bespoke collateralised debt obligation (CDO) correlations from standard......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Aug 2007secure

Beyond stock loan and margining

Merrill Lynch's Jeff Penney explains why the leading prime brokers have gone beyond talking about margin and lending, and why those such as Merrill Lynch have moved into the more elegant sphere of financial......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jul 2007secure

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