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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 2009
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 2009
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 2008
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 2008
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 2008
Incubation seeds early-stage high performers
Since its creation ADI has positioned itself as a specialist in alternative asset management with a strong presence in high-value-added strategies such as convertible bond arbitrage, credit arbitrage,......
Hedge Funds Review | 01 Oct 2008
Risk management concerns focus attention on technology solutions
When it comes to risk management, the larger multi-strategy hedge funds - those with assets over $1bn - tend to build their own risk infrastructure "because the off-the-shelf packages available would all......
Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jun 2008
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 2008
Credit funds seek flexibility and sustainability from IT solutions
Innovative software solutions for credit strategies are a challenge. IT companies offer a plethora of solutions for an environment that lacks standardisation and needs a high degree of automation. Jamie......
Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jun 2008
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 2008
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