Incisive Views from Professionals
By Radi Khasawneh of TABB Group Prime brokerage, the last bastion of resistance to wholesale transparency and efficiency in the equity markets, is being dragged into the light. New capital and leverage ratios to be introduced by the Basel Committee for Banking Standards will penalize prime brokers whose securities financing operations will now be […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff With the release of the the fourth quarter results for Citigroup yesterday came an announcement that Citi will quit the hedge fund administration business: “Citi announced it also has plans to exit some non-core securities services and transaction businesses in the Institutional Clients Group (ICG), including from hedge […] Read more »
By David Frank, CEO & Managing Partner, Stonehaven, LLC Over Stonehaven’s 14 year history we have witnessed and played a role in many shifting dynamics across the alternative investment industry. We are well-positioned in the marketplace to see trends with a 26 person platform representing over 20 asset managers to the global investment community. […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff One of the best surveys in the hedge fund industry comes from the consultant Aksia. The 2015 survey, conducted during November and early December of 2014, includes responses from 187 managers representing over $1 trillion in hedge fund assets under management. What makes it particularly worth reading is that the […] Read more »
From eVestment LLC eVestment’s 2015 Hedge Fund Industry Outlook predictions of hedge fund trends for the upcoming year include: Barring a large and unexpected global or financial event, hedge funds are positioned for another year of solid growth as institutional investors seek to gain alternative exposures to traditional equity and fixed income markets. […] Read more »
A Q&A With Frank Gallagher and Peter Drippé, Portfolio Managers at Visium Funds Q1: The Treasury Department recently tightened tax rules to deter U.S. companies from moving their corporate headquarters to lower-tax countries. How will these new regulations impact the current level of mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity? The new Treasury regulations will make […] Read more »
From Activist Insight An Interview With Kai Liekefett and Stephen Gill of Vinson & Elkins Have you noticed an upsurge in activism in the energy industry recently? Kai Liekefett: Up until 2012, activists weren’t really focused on this sector. But in the last three years, there were more than 30 reported activism campaigns in […] Read more »
By Neil Azous Managing Member of Rareview Macro LLC Most of us hand over dollar bills every day without ever really looking at them very closely. They are too familiar. But if you pause to look closely at the one dollar bill, you will see, right below the one-eyed pyramid, the Latin phrase “Novus […] Read more »
By Alexis Graham, CEO Accelerate Product Partners, LLC Accelerate Product Partners [www.accelerateproduct.com] has recently launched a new video-based information website that provides information on hedge and other alternative investment funds, with the aim of leveraging the internet and technology to improve the efficiency of the investor-manager communication process. The service allows investors to remain anonymous and only contact managers at their discretion […] Read more »