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Hedge fund industry looks set to grow as Benelux improves regulations and laws

While the Benelux union of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg does not offer a common solution for hedge fund marketing or establishment, there are opportunities to attract investment to funds and......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Nov 2008secure

Porcupine fund defends itself from spiky market

One of the more unusual animals in the global hedge fund jungle is Castlestone Management's Porcupine Global Macro Plus fund. Like most global macro funds, it aims to profit from fundamental mis-pricing......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Nov 2008secure

Three early lessons from the subprime crisis

European leaders, eager to be absolved of responsibility for last summer's crisis, laid blame on the seemingly detrimental role played by hedge funds. France and its president were quick to cast funds......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jun 2008secure

EU financial securities regulators close to valuation accord

EU securities regulators are close to agreeing key issues surrounding the valuation of financial instruments, including collateralised debt obligations, mortgage-backed vehicles and other hard-to-price......

Hedge Funds Review | 14 Apr 2008secure

The benefit of insight - why distribution in Japan calls for managed accounts

Japan's Financial Services Agency has made transparency a key requirement of financial products sold in its market, as per Basel II and some revised local laws. Caelim Parkes of MSS Capital explains how......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Feb 2008secure

Industry - Lyxor Asset Management hits $100bn mark - thanks largely to hedge funds

Lyxor Asset Management has hit $100bn under management in the various branches of its business, with around $37bn in each of its alternative investment and exchange traded funds (ETF) arms, and around......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jan 2008secure

Basel bonanza a boon for cold hard cash

While hedge funds may be used to holdings in cash management funds for investor redemptions, Basel II has given banks a greater incentive, to allow their use as collateral as well, Solomon Teague reports......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Aug 2007secure

Divide and rule?

MSS Capital's head of structuring in EMEA, Caelim Parkes examines the benefits and drawbacks of managed accounts, in answering why at least a portion of one's hedge fund assets should be managed in segregated......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Aug 2007secure

ABCDSreaching their (sub)prime

The recent slump in US sub-prime mortgages was the first real test of the latest index on the block - ABX.HE, which references a basket of credit-default swaps (CDSs) on asset-backed securities (ABS).......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Apr 2007secure

Activism - a hedge fund strategy comes of age, but a key US report doubts its longevity

One of the strategies of the day, activism has had its future opportunity set questioned by one US report. Not all of the strategy's practitioners agree, however

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Oct 2006secure

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