Institutional investors push more allocations to hedge funds, says AIMA study

Institutional investors’ shift from 60/40 portfolios into hedge funds is continuing, according to research by the AIMA Investor Steering Committee (ISC).

Posted on: 23 May, 2013
Posted in: Investors

Hedge funds advised to ask Bloomberg on potential data privacy breaches

Hedge funds have been advised to seek reassurance from Bloomberg that they have not been subject to any data privacy breaches in light of revelations that the company’s journalists had inappropriate access to terminal data.

Posted on: 22 May, 2013
Posted in: Operational Risk

Morgan Creek acquires Signet

Morgan Creek Capital Management, the US asset manager, is to acquire the $700 million funds of funds business of fixed income specialist Signet Capital Management as the industry continues to consolidate.

Posted on: 21 May, 2013
Posted in: People Moves

2013 marks slowest rate of growth for hedge funds, according to eVestment

Hedge funds experienced the slowest rate of growth to the start of a year, with just $5.8 billion of net inflows entering the asset class in 2013, according to eVestment.

Posted on: 21 May, 2013
Posted in: Investors

Bill Prew of INDOS Financial continues his monthly blog of AIFMD developments.

Bill Prew of INDOS Financial continues his monthly blog of AIFMD developments.

Posted on: 20 May, 2013
Posted in: Regulation

Time to think about sub-custody risk

Among the many risks fund managers are too busy to monitor is sub-custody risk.

Posted on: 20 May, 2013
Posted in: Operational Risk

Retail assets in liquid alternatives to triple by 2017, according to Citi Prime Finance

Retail investors could pile up to $939 billion into liquid alternatives by 2017, or three times today’s levels, according to a study by Citi Prime Finance.

Posted on: 17 May, 2013
Posted in: Prime Brokerage

European Commission and ESMA warned on EMIR equivalency rules by SEC

The European Commission and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have been urged to be non-prescriptive and more transparent on proposed third-country equivalency rules contained in the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)

Posted on: 16 May, 2013
Posted in: Regulation

Solvency II could provide OPERA boost to Albourne

Uptake of Albourne Partners’ OPERA (Open Protocol Enabling Risk Aggregation), an in-depth risk reporting tool, is likely to be given a boost by Solvency II, a senior executive has said.

Posted on: 16 May, 2013
Posted in: Investors

Northern Trust launches online Form PF toolkit

Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services has unveiled an online tool to help streamline the Form PF submission process.

Posted on: 14 May, 2013

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Institutional investors push more allocations to hedge funds, says AIMA study

Institutional investors’ shift from 60/40 portfolios into hedge funds is continuing, according to research by the AIMA Investor Steering Committee (ISC).

This comes as a growing number of investors use hedge funds to meet risk-adjusted...

Post on: 23 May, 2013
Posted in: Investors

Hedge funds advised to ask Bloomberg on potential data privacy breaches

Hedge funds have been advised to seek reassurance from Bloomberg that they have not been subject to any data privacy breaches in light of revelations that the company’s journalists had inappropriate access to terminal data.

It was revealed...

Post on: 22 May, 2013
Posted in: Operational Risk

Morgan Creek acquires Signet

Morgan Creek Capital Management, the US asset manager, is to acquire the $700 million funds of funds business of fixed income specialist Signet Capital Management as the industry continues to consolidate.

The deal, which is subject to...

Post on: 21 May, 2013
Posted in: People Moves

2013 marks slowest rate of growth for hedge funds, according to eVestment

Hedge funds experienced the slowest rate of growth to the start of a year, with just $5.8 billion of net inflows entering the asset class in 2013, according to eVestment.

The report added these inflows accounted for a mere 0.2% growth...

Post on: 21 May, 2013
Posted in: Investors

Bill Prew of INDOS Financial continues his monthly blog of AIFMD developments.

Bill Prew of INDOS Financial continues his monthly blog of AIFMD developments.

There are now just over 60 days to go until the 22 July 2013 AIFMD implementation date. It has been a busy month since the last update and, as a result, this...

Post on: 20 May, 2013
Posted in: Regulation

Time to think about sub-custody risk

Among the many risks fund managers are too busy to monitor is sub-custody risk. Yet any manager who trades or invests in foreign securities markets is dependent on the financial stability as well as the operational calibre of the sub-custodian...

Post on: 20 May, 2013
Posted in: Operational Risk

Retail assets in liquid alternatives to triple by 2017, according to Citi Prime Finance

Retail investors could pile up to $939 billion into liquid alternatives by 2017, or three times today’s levels, according to a study by Citi Prime Finance.

The report – ...

Post on: 17 May, 2013
Posted in: Prime Brokerage

European Commission and ESMA warned on EMIR equivalency rules by SEC

The European Commission and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have been urged to be non-prescriptive and more transparent on proposed third-country equivalency rules contained in the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR...

Post on: 16 May, 2013
Posted in: Regulation

Solvency II could provide OPERA boost to Albourne

Uptake of Albourne Partners’ OPERA (Open Protocol Enabling Risk Aggregation), an in-depth risk reporting tool, is likely to be given a boost by Solvency II, a senior executive has said.

Solvency II requires insurers allocating into hedge...

Post on: 16 May, 2013
Posted in: Investors

Northern Trust launches online Form PF toolkit

Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services has unveiled an online tool to help streamline the Form PF submission process.

The system provides an interactive, online workflow tool for compiling, reviewing and finalising Form PF filings. The toolkit...

Post on: 14 May, 2013
Posted in: Fund Administration
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