Tag Archives: risk management


Hedge Fund Elliott Management’s Market Commentary

Seeking Alpha – Very in-depth and analytical commentary out of Elliott Management in their recent second quarter 2009 letter to investors. The hedge fund has penned a 24 page letter covering topics of risk management, the automotive industry, regulation, distressed […]

Ex-Man team backs Bayswater hedge fund relaunch

Reuters – Bayswater Asset Management, a computer-driven hedge fund shut down last year after big losses during the credit crisis, has relaunched after revamping its risk management controls, its new backers said on Wednesday. San Francisco-based Bayswater had initially been […]

QUOTEBOX: Hedge funds ponder rough year at Monaco meeting

Reuters – Hedge fund managers, administrators and investors have gathered in Monaco for the annual GAIM industry conference following a tough year marked by poor performance and client outflows. Below are selected quotes from the first day of the conference: […]

Consolidation looms for Swiss funds of hedge funds

Reuters – Many of Switzerland’s smaller fund of hedge funds providers could be forced to consolidate in order to cover increasingly onerous expenses if they are unable to attract significant assets, a Swiss academic said on Monday. The small average […]

Why Hedge Fund Managers Shouldn’t Lever Up

Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital, whatever his merits as a hedge-fund manager, is a spectacularly good memo-writer. And his latest makes a particularly germane point: Once you decide to lever a fund, “risk management” becomes more important than “portfolio management.” […]

European Commission Looking For Commentary From Hedge Funds

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In an effort to makes major changes to the EU financial regulation services, the European Commission (EC) has launched ‘Driving European Recovery’, a consultation  on major structural changes to European financial services and markets regulation. […]

Hedge funds seek to head off regulation

The Independent – Three major European and US hedge fund groups yesterday pledged to work towards worldwide best practice standards after G20 ministers outlined plans to regulate the freewheeling sector. The London-based Alternative Investment Management Association and US counterparts the […]

Hedge fund Artradis hires RBS’s Dredge

Reuters – Artradis Fund Management, Singapore’s largest hedge fund manager, said on Monday it has hired David Dredge from Royal Bank of Scotland as managing director for portfolio management. Dredge was deputy global head of local markets at RBS as […]

Singapore hedge fund Artradis hires RBS

HedgeCo.net – Artradis Fund Management, Singapore’s largest hedge fund manager, said on Monday it has hired David Dredge from Royal Bank of Scotland as managing director for portfolio management. Dredge was deputy global head of local markets at RBS as […]