AlphaWeek Q&A: Tom Walek, Founder & Managing Partner, Peaks Strategies
Walek explains how hedge fund PR has evolved in the past 10 years
The Quest for Skew and Alpha
The Quest For Skew And Alpha
Lamp Capital's Pratt Talks Start-Up Challenges
The issue of raising seed capital to launch is something of a chicken and egg situation
The Obstacles ESG Needs To Overcome
A recent survey from Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Global Asset Management found that the use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles when investing is on the rise, but misconceptions remained
Macromoney Bets on US Economy for Fund Growth
The fund is registered through the NPPR in the UK and Switzerland
Hedge Funds And Global Custodians: Not Such Unlikely Bedfellows
The global custody world is responding by building an entire ecosystem that digitises systems and processes all geared toward assisting efficient decision-making
AlphaWeek Q&A: Mark Flanagan, Risk, Special Projects and Operational Due Diligence, Aon Hewitt
Flanagan discusses his two roundtables and what has come out of the conversations so far
Haidar Capital's Two-Pronged Macro Approach
Their niche is to take a short term look at events that are coming up or going to happen and then position themselves accordingly
How Hedge Funds Use ETFs and Why
ETFs are attractive because of their ability to get in and out of markets, their low cost and transparency
Aston Capital – Bucking the Fund of Hedge Fund Trend
Aston Capital Management is a Florida and Brazil-based fund of hedge funds that has seen its AUM rise 50% in the last two years
AlphaWeek Q&A: Brian Taitz, Founder, Charter Group Fund Administration
Taitz discusses the current state of the fund administration industry
Sidewinder Funds: ETF Arbitrage
Sidewinder Funds consider themselves an alternative asset manager specialising in ETF arbitrage
AlphaWeek Q&A: Oliver Fochler, Managing Director, Stone Mountain Capital
Fochler discusses some of the trends he is seeing in alternative asset fundraising
Devet Capital: More Than a Lucky Number
One of the aspects of the fund that appeals to investors is that the strategy is non-correlated to other benchmarks
What Rising Rates Mean For Hedge Fund Returns After Fees
As interest rates begin to rise from historically low levels, investors should be cognizant that a performance fee on total performance creates a larger drag on a hedge fund’s ability to outperform a mix of stocks and bonds that has similar exposures, risks, and objectives
