October 2024 | This data-driven Hedgeweek report, sponsored by IG Prime, explores the industry’s changing global footprint. Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the most obvious examples of emerging financial centres challenging those traditional industry capitals. Hedge fund buyside talent has been rapidly moving to the UAE as top firms expand with new offices, while a new ecosystem of businesses has sprung up to service those firms. The second part of this report explores activity in a region with older industry roots but which offers a unique role as an alternative sectoral hub: the Nordics.