06 May 2022
Hedge Funds & ESG: Navigating internal change and responsible investing
May 2022 | With responsible investing trends accelerating and investors pushing managers on their diversity and inclusion policies, ESG is…
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Tech trading in turbulent times
Hedge funds trading technology companies endured a bumpy start to 2022, with bets on a slew of blue-chip stocks souring as investors took…
Marshall Wace LLP cements position as manager with greatest European short exposure, says SEI Novus
Marshall Wace maintained its position as the manager with the greatest short exposure in April, accounting for 21.99% of registered short…
05 May 2022
Quant hedge funds increasingly popular with investors
Research from SigTech’s 2021 annual Hedge Fund Research Report saw 80 per cent of hedge fund managers expecting institutional investors to…
04 May 2022
UK hedge funds’ patriotic bias continues to influence investment strategy
IG Prime, the institutional prime brokerage unit of IG Group has released the survey findings on the influence of patriotic bias on UK…
How industry electronification is reshaping hedge fund recruitment
Attracting and retaining the top tech talent is now tougher than ever for hedge fund managers, as competition for data engineers, coders…
03 May 2022
Mind and Machine: How market mechanisation is blurring the discretionary-quantitative boundary
As financial markets have rapidly digitised over the past decade, and the availability and pace of the information exchange has…
29 Apr 2022
Q1 market volatility sees hedge funds attract biggest inflows in seven years
A volatility spike, sparked by inflation fears, rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions, has seen hedge fund attract the largest…
Cost and security pushing hedge funds to outsource more tech services
Over the past two years, three trends have emerged across all-sized hedge funds regarding outsourcing. The first: outsourcing more services…
27 Apr 2022
New entrants push global hedge fund industry over $5tn threshold
The hedge fund industry turned back to outflows in February, experiencing -$3.19 billion in net redemptions, -0.07% of industry assets,…
Navigating the alt-data avalanche
As hedge funds continue to tap into alternative datasets to help manage risk and boost performance, the need for managers to strengthen…
World’s largest allocators added $130bn to private markets last year, says Vidrio research
Mandate activity among the largest institutional investors soared in 2021 across hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate…
25 Apr 2022
Technology to survive and thrive in a world of growing threats
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has created a breeding ground for an increase in fraudulent activity, as the world shifted to working…
The onward march of the machines
A revolution in technology is transforming the way hedge funds operate, offering managers advantages – as well as challenges – in…
22 Apr 2022
Investor allocations to hedge funds hit highest level since 2015, says HFR
Institutional investors allocated the largest amount of new capital to hedge funds since 2015 in Q1 2022, as Macro funds lead industry…
