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ANALYSIS: Attitude shift seen in risk management

By Kris Devasabai, US Editor Risk management and portfolio construction are set to undergo major change as hedge funds get to grip with a post-financial crisis world.

Hedge Funds Review | 07 Apr 2009secure

FEATURE: Modelling could be alternative to credit ratings

By Dario Cintioli, head of risk, StatPro Group Ratings are subject to great criticism. Their failure to anticipate a number of events during the credit crisis of 2008 has profoundly damaged trust in......

Hedge Funds Review | 23 Feb 2009secure

Fund of Hedge Fund Awards 2008

The best of the funds of hedge fund (FoHF) business were honoured at the Hedge Funds Review's 2008 European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards gala dinner. The winners of the 18 categories highlighting the best......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Dec 2008secure

Carbon markets defy global downturn

Carbon trading, while slow to take off, is beginning to catch on with hedge funds as a new asset class. Kris Devasabai, US Editor, and Stephen Quigley report

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

Free access to daily shock VAR offered

Riskdata, a provider of risk management solutions, is providing free access to daily shock value at risk (VaR) calculations to help overcome the temporary under-estimation of risk that typically happens......

Hedge Funds Review | 14 Oct 2008secure

Multiplicity of legal risks confront embattled hedge funds industry

A variety of areas have been highlighted as potential legal risks in the hedge funds industry. Stephen Quigley and Jamie Wynn-Williams talk to a wide range of legal, fund administrator and consulting experts......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Oct 2008secure

Focus on regional strategies brings value for investment managers

Following a strategy focused on a specific region gives managers a chance to concentrate on a specific universe of investment opportunities that can bring good returns for portfolios. Stephen Quigley and......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Oct 2008secure

Hedge funds ignore value added risk at their peril

Hedge funds have got into trouble by overleveraging and ignoring value added risk (VAR), according to solicitors Levington Partners. Speaking at the seminar "Understanding the Risk in Value Added Risk"......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jun 2008secure

Commodities offer alpha win

Alex Gioulekas, director of research and trading at IPM, andRus Newton, principal partner, risk management and research at Global Advisors, discuss alpha generation in commodities.

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Mar 2008secure

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