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Features/Operational Risk

Ticking the boxes

Suggestions of what investors should include in a due diligence questionnaire vary. The Alternative Investment Management Association’s (AIMA) illustrative questionnaire covers most aspects of a fund’s......

Hedge Funds Review | 10 Oct 2009 | secure

Why does Madoff matter?

Since the arrest in December last year of Bernard Madoff on charges of fraud, questions have been asked as to how both the authorities and investors failed to spot the investment manager’s Ponzi sch......

Hedge Funds Review | 10 Oct 2009 | secure

Digging into due diligence

With the industry quaking from the shock of the financial crisis, due diligence has never been such a hot topic. Hedge Funds Review finds out what investors want to know about funds and managers.

Hedge Funds Review | 10 Oct 2009 | secure

Sentiment shifts on securities lending

The securities lending business was thrust into the limelight when regulators around the world moved to ban the short sale of banking stocks in 2008. The bans have had some unexpected repercussions.

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Mar 2009 | secure

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 2008 | secure

Challenges abound in 2009

Everyone agrees that 2009 will be a challenge. Just how different the financial markets and overall environment will be for hedge funds is an open question. Some of the leading figures in the industry......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Dec 2008 | secure

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 2008 | secure

Investors' interest intensifies in hedge funds as countries compete for business

With vast sums looking for attractive investment opportunities, the Middle East is ripe for hedge fund development. While there are significant challenges still to overcome, liberalisation and the development......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Nov 2008 | secure

Managed futures strategy benefits from deeply liquid markets

In the managed futures sector, there are a number of different styles of trading. The majority of managers will be systematic but others can be discretionary. There can be short- or long-term traders and......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Sep 2008 | secure

Hedge fund ponder choices and challenges of pre-trade analytics

Finding the right technology solution to give historical and current trade analysis is a challenge. Stephen Quigley talks to a variety of providers and discovers how hedge funds are coping with the variety......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Aug 2008 | secure

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