Who Is the Next Star? How Past Performance Can Forecast Expected Hedge Fund Returns

Every investor has come across the typical disclaimer: "past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results". While this might be true for a single investment, given the many qualitative and quantitative aspects to consider ...
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Industry Spotlight: Chatbots and Hedge Fund Investing

Resonanz Capital's data scientist, Chang Liu and software engineer Dinko Georgiev share insights on the chatbot they developed for hedge fund investments. How would you explain a chatbot to an intelligent 8 year old child? The chatbot we ...
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Merger Arbitrage: A Turning Point For Managers?

Merger Arbitrage has had multiple challenges during the first half of the year, leading to disappointing performance from many hedge funds in this space, but we now believe that spread widening has priced in much of the risk, and therefore ...
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Industry Spotlight: Capital Fund Management (CFM)

Dr. Philip Seager is the Head of Portfolio Management for Capital Fund Management (CFM). We discuss his thoughts on salient characteristics of quantitative strategies Is Alternative Data the new trend after Big Data? What is Alternative ...
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Finding the Sweet Spot for Long Biased Hedge Fund Investing

What is the optimal market exposure for a portfolio of hedge funds? The answer to this question directly depends on an investor’s risk appetite and the role the hedge fund portfolio should play within their broader allocation. Yet, it is ...
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Is it Duration Time?

The Historic Context The U.S. Treasury yield curve hit its deepest inversion in July since Fed Chairman Paul Volcker's high inflation era. The inversion illustrates financial market fears that a continued Fed hiking cycle sends the United ...
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Is Technical Analysis Extinct?

What is Technical Analysis? Technical analysis aims to predict future market direction and trends based on past prices. Support and resistance are two key concepts among a vast array of technical indicators. On a chart, support is where ...
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QIS: A Liquid Alternative to Multi-Manager Hedge Funds?

Multi-manager hedge funds have offered very attractive returns at relatively low risk levels over the past few years. As a result, they have captured the attention of numerous investors, leading to an ongoing influx of assets under ...
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Industry Spotlight: Man AHL

Mr. Russell Korgaonkar is Chief Investment Officer of Man AHL, with overall responsibility for investment and research. We discuss his thoughts on China focused systematic trading strategies. What are the unique opportunities for China ...
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Beyond The AI Hype

AI is a vast multidisciplinary that seeks to develop computer systems capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, recognizing images, making decisions, and learning from ...
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