Scandinavia: The Winning Formula
Jul 2005
To the outside world, Scandinavia is widely regarded as a prosperous region with an enviable history of industrial and social innovation. What is often overlooked, however, is that because of the export-oriented nature of so many Scandinavian multinational firms, their open national economies have also spawned dynamic financial markets. And against that backdrop of financial sophistication, the region has given birth to an impressive and rapidly growing hedge fund industry.
Portable Alpha: The answer to institutional investors' needs
Jun 2005
As more institutions try to figure out how to add hedge funds to their portfolios, portable alpha is emerging particularly in the US as a way of using hedge funds, without significantly changing a pension fund's asset allocation. Here we define portable alpha by talking to the investors who are using the strategy today.
How to start a European hedge fund
May 2005
Running a successful hedge fund takes a lot more than having a trading 'edge', as illustrated by the average number of closures every year