Tag Archives: Hedge Funds

Protecting against losses is not the same as generating a profit – guest blog from Ralph Frank

Posted on January 28, 2015 by henry tapper

  The Swiss National Bank’s (“SNB’s”) decision to abandon the currency ceiling of the Franc relative to the Euro has drawn attention to risk management and hedging. The losers from the SNB’s actions, including retail leveraged trading platforms, investment banks … Continue reading →

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Is the game up for active fund management?

Posted on May 3, 2014 by henry tapper

The Department for Communities and Local Government announced yesterday that £85bn of actively managed assets could be transferred to passive management and that the fund of fund structures could be collapsed into a collective investment vehicles. This is very significant … Continue reading →

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