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Hedge Funds
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Assets in the Hedge Fund Industry now tops over $1 Trillion with the UK now representing over two thirds of European hedge funds – with London as Europe’s leader in the management of hedge funds. Growth in the European hedge fund industry has primarily been shown by increased investment from institutional investors. There has been a rise in hiring throughout hedge funds with indicators showing star players from key sectors in Proprietary Trading, Equity Finance and Prime Brokerage from business and technology are moving to these groups.
The fastest growing strategies have been fixed income and macro - followed by arbitrage styles such as convertible and equity arbitrage. We are also seeing funds looking towards illiquid markets – utilising relative strategies to yield higher returns. This has been seen through an increase in credit and fixed income securities. Typical Strategies:| | Relative Value Strategies | | | Global Macro | | | Arbitrage Strategies - Convertible, Fixed Income, Statistical and Index | | | Market Neutral | | | Event Driven Strategies - Distressed Securities, Special Situations, Merger Arbitrage | | | Equity Long/Short | | | Fixed Income Long/Short | | | Credit Long/Short | | | Emerging Markets |
Technology
The need for robust scalable systems within the hedge fund industry has been on the increase with a number of larger funds utilising systems from vendors such as Front Arena, Calypso Technologies and Beauchamp Financial. It is clear that these systems are being integrated for the accurate management of data, throughout; analytics, risk management and notably compliance. The requirement for technologists with strong business knowledge is in high demand however it is questionable that the supply can be sustained.
Contact Gerard Milligan for further information.
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