Hedge Funds Contributed Editorial

Why Hedge Fund Technology Vendors Need A SOC Report

5 August 2020 Public Dave Shastri

Heavier emphasis upon outsourcing arrangements has driven the need for independent standards that can be verified outside of an organization

Capital Raising: Getting To Grips With The New Reality

4 August 2020 Public Jeremy Siegel

Covid-19 re-alters hedge fund capital raising

Managing Offices During Lockdown: Why Hedge Funds Should Consider Early Dilapidations Review

1 July 2020 Public Matthew Sharkey

With office doors closed during the lockdown, hedge funds across the country have been faced with a question rarely presented before

Sizeable Hedge Fund Allocations Help Swiss Investors Through Covid-19 Market Tumult

4 June 2020 Public Patrick Ghali

Allocations of up to 20% helped Swiss investors through the market dip and increased volatility should mean additional interest in hedge fund strategies

Outsourced Trading – The Next Wave Of Recovery

2 June 2020 Public Chris Jenkins

The question for the people in charge of exchanges and trading floors is what exactly does the ‘new normal’ look like?

Echoing The Times Of Hoover

15 May 2020 Public Timothy Jacobson, CFA and Lawson Stringer

Investors should prepare for a potential lengthy recovery and may benefit from alternative methods to gain equity-like exposure in the event expected market returns are not available

Communication In A Crisis

7 May 2020 Public Ole Rollag

When the communication from a manager goes silent, this starts to worry the allocator

Trusting The Tech: How Honest Algorithms Can Boost ML Applications In Financial Organisations

14 April 2020 Public Davide Zilli

Algorithms have been the subject of scrutiny recently due to the bias they can introduce into machine learning (ML) processes. Davide Zilli, Client Services Director at Mind Foundry, explains how transparent algorithms are key for tackling bias and building trust in the technology to push forward widespread implementation

A Summary Of ESMA’s Guidelines On Performance Fees In UCITS, Certain Types Of AIFs

10 April 2020 Public Mark Shaw

There are five broad guidelines relating to the implementation, operation and disclosure of performance fees in UCITS and certain AIFs that are marketed to retail investors

Pinnacle Global Alpha: Short Tesla

9 March 2020 Public Pinnacle Global Alpha

We believe Tesla is a structurally cash flow negative, debt-laden, business trading at an unjustifiably high valuation

The EU’s Position On ESG: Sustainability-Related Disclosures In Financial Services

17 February 2020 Public Mark Shaw

We sit at a fascinating time for the development of environmental, social and governance investing

Cayman Gears Up For Significant Fund Regulation Changes

22 January 2020 Public Joanne Huckle

Following industry briefings in the first couple of weeks of the year, the activity by firms and lawyers in the Islands is gathering pace

Crash Or Consolidation: The Next Phase In Equity Markets

23 October 2019 Public Timothy Jacobson, CFA and Lawson Stringer

Pearl Capital Advisors examines a cyclical relationship between two types of corporate earnings measurements produced by the St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED Data) and the performance of the S&P 500