Agecroft Partners is seeing widespread demand from institutional investors for Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), which is a dramatic change from the historical reluctance of many institutional
investors and their consultants to allocate to this strategy.
The May edition of Preqin's Spotlight newsletter examines the ways in which institutional investors are evolving as a growing number look to include hedge funds in their portfolios.
As insider trading continues to dominate the hedge funds, ensuring that any prospective hedge fund investment is properly insured is becoming increasingly important to investors wishing to avoid
any potential legal costs being paid out of their investment returns.
Single manager hedge fund assets increased by 11% to $1.6trn, in 2010, PerTrac's 2010 Hedge Fund Database Study has revealed.
Nearly half of all managers surveyed have seen a proportional increase in capital from institutional increase over the past two years, according to research firm Preqin.
Over a third of institutional investors are planning to increase the amount they invest in hedge funds over the course of 2011, according to a survey conducted by research firm Preqin
With remuneration now a key topic for those working within the asset management industry, global law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel outline the main issues surrounding the proposed legislation
currently facing both the UK and the EU.
Global law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel provides a comprehensive overview of the recently-proposed pan-European rules on short selling.
The October edition of Preqin's Spotlight newsletter examines the impact of the financial crisis on the hedge fund industry, the growing popularity of Ucits and the continuing institutional of the
sector.
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has released the findings of its latest ‘Hedge Fund’ and ‘Hedge Fund as Counterparty’ surveys, which aim to highlight the potential
risks hedge funds could pose to financial stability.