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BY DAVID WALKER
Over the past two and a half years assets in hedge funds • Where is the next wave of investment in hedge funds coming from?
have nearly doubled to a staggering US$ 1.8 trillion. • What are sovereign wealth funds looking for in hedge funds?
However the industry is now in a state of extreme flux, • How can banks improve their capital introduction?
partly due to the credit crunch, but also from hedge • What is the optimal staff structure for prime brokerage operations?
fund managers seeking non-correlated instruments • What are the key trends to watch for in listing funds going into 2009?
and strategies, and banks extending their services into
areas of consulting and business advisory.
Which Way Next for Hedge Funds? draws on the expertise of over 30 leading
industry practitioners from hedge funds and investment banks, including heads
Which Way Next for Hedge Funds? a ground-breaking
of prime brokerage desks, CEOs of multi-billion dollar funds of hedge funds,
report, analyses how recent market conditions have
leading pension consultants, and banking analysts. By reading this report you
affected investment banks and hedge funds, and tackles
will know what innovations and trends to expect.
the key questions to bring future success, including:
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GLOBAL INSURANCE PENSIONS: FROM CRISIS
AND THE CAPITAL MARKETS TO OPPORTUNITY
BY KEITH BOYFIELD BY BARRY RILEY
This unique report thoroughly explores the Existing pension providers face growing
changing relationship between the banking and competition from investment banks and a new
insurance sectors, highlighting potentially great breed of specialist buyout life companies.
growth areas and opportunities for both.
Providing a comprehensive analysis of the defined
Based on extensive primary research and featuring pension market, the problems facing the sector and
independent contributions from many leading the opportunities available, this report evaluates:
industry figures, the report offers key analysis and data
on the insurance and reinsurance sectors:
• What are the restructuring options for defined
pension schemes?
• The global market and key players • Where are the opportunities for investment banks
• Main drivers and regulation on the sectors and capital market specialists?
• Investment strategies • How will powerful existing pension groups defend
their position?
Global Insurance and the Capital Markets also
• What can be learned from experiences in the UK,
covers the current hot topics including monoline
US and The Netherlands?
bond insurance, the US$45trn defaults swap market,
• What will happen over the next 2-3 year and what is
and the growth of the new Insurance-Linked
the long term provision of pensions?
Securitisation (ILS) asset class and will prove essential
reading for senior executives across the investment Pensions: From crisis to opportunity highlights the
banking and insurance sectors. major implications and prospects for pensions on a
worldwide basis and should be required reading for
everyone with a stake in the market.
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