BlueCrest Inquiry Highlights Internal Fund Risks By Rachael Levy February 10, 2016 A fund for employees at BlueCrest Capital Management has apparently caught the attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission – and highlights the risks hedge fund managers face in...

Must have knowledge of derivative products, risk management, compliance procedures, technology implementation and project management. An MBA or graduate degree in financial engineering is required. A certified financial analyst designation is preferred. Those are the...

Here’s what U.S. state and city pension funds are getting this year for the hundreds of millions of dollars in fees they’re forking over to hedge funds: almost nothing. The investment pools gained 0.4 percent through November, putting them on pace for the worst year...

Below is link to the audio podcast on “Institutional Quality Risk Management for Family Offices: Governance, Processes and Controls,” featuring Sam Won, Founder, GRMA. Sam is a brilliant thought leader on the financial aspects of risk management, which is gravely...

In the aftermath of the financial crisis that began in 2008, the term “risk management” has now entered virtually everyone’s lexicon. For most family offices, there are numerous risks they face as an organization such as operational risk, enterprise risk, and...

Gründer des Beratungsunternehmens Global Risk Management Advisors, ist davon überzeugt, dass die derzeitigen Probleme einiger Hedgefonds darauf zurückzuführen sind. To read the article PDF, please click here

Both banks and hedge funds recognise the management of risk as a central business imperative. At a high level, all firms that manage financial assets share a key objective of risk management: to better structure a portfolio of trading securities and/or investment...

A statistical portrait of the hedge fund industry the SEC issued this month fails to provide a full picture of the risks fund operators pose to the financial system, according to risk-management professionals. The Oct. 16 release represents the SEC’s first attempt to...

Some 417 hedge funds announced shutdowns in the first half, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc. While that number isn’t on track to surpass the 864 funds that closed in 2014, the market turbulence of the last two months caused by concerns about China’s slowing...