risk management

PENSION FUNDS: how to make a hedge fund

Funds Europe -

In 2005, the Danish pension scheme ATP started to build its own hedge funds. Success means the number of teams will increase to twelve...

OTC DERIVATIVES: Pushing Up Daisies

Funds Europe -

The focus on counterparty risk in the OTC derivatives market is starting to gain importance after the Bear Stearns episode, but only slowly. Nicholas...

HEADS UP: Investor Services Interview

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Hans Hufschmid (pictured), formerly at doomed hedge fund LTCM and now CEO of GlobeOp, tells Nick Fitzpatrick (editor of Funds Europe) how LTCM has...

IRELAND: A Step Too Far

Funds Europe -

The Irish regulator’s decision to allow physical shorting through Ucits has been suspended pending a review by the European Commission. Nicholas Pratt examines the...

FUND LAUNCHES: high alpha, low cost

Funds Europe -

Fund launches in the first quarter of the year reflect an effort by the industry to provide diversification and alpha. The launches take place...

SUB-PRIME: Survival techniques

Funds Europe -

The credit crunch is biting ever deeper into the fund management industry. Fiona Rintoul looks at what managers must do to survive and finds...

PEOPLE WATCH: Gary Pitts joins RAB Capital as chief compliance officer

Funds Europe -

RAB Capital has hired Gary Pitts to be its chief compliance officer. Pitts joins from Brevan Howard Asset Management, where he held a similar...

UCITS: Driving higher profits

Funds Europe -

Selling higher revenue products and increasing geographical reach is important for many asset managers’ profitability. Nick Fitzpatrick asks if Europe’s Ucits III funds can...

RISK MANAGEMENT: Repackaging strategies

Funds Europe -

In the fifth and final instalment in a series of articles on risk management techniques in asset management, NoÃ«l Amenc and Lionel Martellini look...

SECURITIES LENDING: Handing it over

Funds Europe -

Despite recent credit woes, securities lending hasn’t taken a nosedive. Sarah Coles finds that it’s a low risk strategy, which generates reasonable returns if...

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