‘Front-Office First’ Approach Sought For Investment Research Management/Monitoring

By Henry Price, CEO of Red Deer   In this article Henry Price responds to FCA Chief Executive Andrew Bailey’s keynote speech on MiFID II at the European Independent Research providers association today.   Ongoing client issues: Where investment managers have implemented legacy or non-compliant systems, or attempted to solve a problem manually, there is now a significant push […] Read more »

Market Research as a Source of Insight for Hedge Funds

From Hedge Fund Insight staff and Surveygoo.com   The staff of Hedge Fund Insight have taken the view that just publishing the info-graphic below without some context would leave too many readers baffled as to the relevance. There will be readers that do not get the significance of market research for hedge funds. In an […] Read more »

Organising Research & Staff Development in Equity Hedge – A Podcast with Stuart Mitchell

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An interview with Managing Partner and CIO STUART MITCHELL of SW Mitchell Capital   The interview focuses on staff recruitment and development, and how investment research is conducted at the firm. How do you develop your investment staff? What do you look for in a recruit on your investment side? How do you remunerate them? […] Read more »

Hedge Funds’ Access to Investment Research Under Change

By Vicky Sanders, Co-CEO and Founder RSRCHXchange   Quality Crowded Out   For most hedge fund managers, research is a problem when it should be a resource to make your life easier and help you produce more alpha. Despite having a well-paid sales contact at every sell-side firm, there is little to no filtering or […] Read more »