Incisive Views from Professionals
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight Changes to capital requirements imposed on banks by regulators are expected to have a significant impact on hedge fund-related activity. Indeed in only the last week or so two industry insiders told Hedge Fund Insight independently that it was THE biggest factor driving change in the […] Read more »
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight Increasingly, large hedge fund groups have to be structured in how they address staffing issues. Nearly a year ago Citi Prime Finance commissioned research for a paper titled “Exploring the Concept and Characteristics of People Alpha” – the result of having surveyed 24 large and medium-sized […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Today’s Chart Of The Day comes from the Citi Prime Finance 2013 Business Expense Benchmark Survey released this week. We have known for some time that the balance of supply and demand post 2009 has been such that it has meant that hedge funds, even very well known and large […] Read more »
From Citi Prime Finance The business of hedge funds is caught between rising costs and falling management fees, holding little profit for managers who don’t perform. That’s one key finding from the second annual global survey of the economics of hedge funds in the just-released Citi Prime Finance 2013 Business Expense Benchmark Survey. According to […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Citi Prime Finance has commissioned research titled “Exploring the Concept and Characteristics of People Alpha” – the result of having surveyed 24 large and medium-sized hedge fund management groups on staffing processes and policies. Today’s Graphic of the Day reflects a suggestion that staff management will become the third leg […] Read more »
(BUSINESS WIRE) It takes at least $250 million in assets for a hedge fund to be self-sustaining on its management fees alone, while the largest hedge fund firms incur significant additional costs due to complexity and size, according to the first global survey of the costs of establishing and managing a hedge fund business. The […] Read more »