Hedge Fund Reinsurers Struggle to Match Traditional Market Rivals

By Steve Chirico of AM Best   Reinsurers, for the most part, have been struggling to optimize one side of the balance sheet and its ability to contribute to the return measures and competitiveness of the organization. This is evident by declining investment yields that are due in part to artificially depressed yields on fixed income […] Read more »

Market Shares in Prime Brokerage and Fund Administration of Asian Hedge Funds

By Hedge Fund Insight staff   Hedge funds investing in Asia are on a growth trajectory again. The growth of the last few years are an echo of the growth seen pre-Credit Crunch. Of course, as a more mature industry now the rate of growth is lower. There was an explosive growth in the number […] Read more »

Goldmans Better Tactical Traders Of Gold Than Paulson

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By Hedge Fund Insight staff There is no doubt that the role of gold for hedge fund managers can be seen in the context of monetary policy, and specifically US monetary policy. Indeed this site has carried a number of gold-related articles in which the phrase “fiat money” has featured strongly. Although Eric Sprott could […] Read more »