26/10/2011
Aiming High in Asia Pacific
Carol Hall of State Street talks to HFMWEEK about expectations for strong growth in the region, operational and regulatory challenges, and the expanding role of administrators Positive inflows into Asia-Pacific hedge f...
20/10/2011
Discussing China’s Funds Future
Despite China’s remarkable economic growth over the past three decades, Chinese assets remain significantly under-weighted in international fund portfolios. With China’s economy expected to continue its strong growth tra...
27/09/2011
Private Equity in Asia: A Growing Opportunity
As investments around the world continue their long, slow recovery from the global financial crisis – notwithstanding bumps in the road due to European and US debt crises – private equity in Asia stands out as a particul...
26/09/2011
Focus on Cayman Islands
Changing investor needs and the evolving regulatory framework post-crisis are driving significant change and innovation in the hedge fund space. This wave of change has sparked debate about which hedge fund domiciles wil...
26/09/2011
Tactical Asset Allocation Revisited
Institutional investors traditionally consider their asset allocation mainly in strategic terms, focusing on the long-term target allocation and establishing portfolio objectives such as risk/return tolerance and funding...
21/09/2011
Defining Hedge Fund Transparency - The Challenge of Balancing Risk Management and Alpha Generation
Pat Hayes writes about a new breed of fund administrators with a pivotal role in delivering the type of transparency that benefits hedge fund investors without overloading them with vast volumes of fund data and investme...
12/09/2011
The Prospects and Challenges of Southeast Asian Financial Integration
With approximately $2 trillion in collective assets, the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are the equivalent of the world’s fifth largest market in terms of purchasing power. Since its establ...
08/09/2011
UCITS IV: Risk Reporting Delivers Competitive Edge
Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) funds have gained global acceptance and success on the back of a strong record of sensible regulation, sound risk management and good governance. T...
07/09/2011
UCITS IV Expands Scope for Risk Management
As the Ucits framework has evolved over the years, its reputation for robust risk management has been underpinned by the measures outlined in successive directives. Ucits IV represents another significant step forward in...
07/09/2011
New Measures of Systemic Risk
Systemic risk has emerged as a critical challenge for asset owners and managers around the world. But what exactly is systemic risk? Can it be measured? Can financial professionals deploy an early warning system to ident...