Tag: hedge funds

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, virtual money, Litecoin, Blockchain and so on… You may have heard these terms, but do you know what they mean? To be fair,...

by Fidan Aliyeva It is a well known fact that 2015 was not a successful year for hedge funds, especially from June to September when...

The gender balance is something still very sensitive for the finance industry. This series of articles on women in alternatives have examined the findings of...

Agecroft Partners announced that all profits from its new conference Gaining the Edge – 2016 Hedge Fund Marketing Leadership Summit taking place on April...

Do you prefer to work with man or machine? That is the challenge facing the wealth management industry today as customers decide to either...

In part three of this series we turn our attention to the Millennials. As explained in part one, the Millennial Generation was born from...

The WMA’s annual Financial Crime Conference will tackle the issues with cutting-edge discussion  Cybercrime has dominated the news throughout the year and is a threat to which no-one...

Recently Deloitte carried out a study into generational wealth, looking at how wealth may shift between the generations over the upcoming 15 years. The...

As we saw in Part 1 of this series, ETFs have been very popular. Understanding the trends in this area is helpful in being...

In the first part of this three part series examining the KPMG women in the alternative investment industry we explored the way that the...

by Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA – Managing Partner, Agecroft Partners Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends through their contact with...

Will 2016 change dramatically the board diversity in financial industry? Below are some summary of analysis from recent studies that suggest slow but steady growth...

ETFs are transforming. According to PWC (2013) exchange traded funds have benefitted over 20 years from massive growth due to their fine advantages for...

The alternatives industry is undergoing considerable change. Fund managers have had to focus on improving the efficiency of their operations, increasing transparency and making...

HedgeThink and Intelligenthq.com are proud to present an inspiring and profound video interview with Paolo Sironi - a thought leader, author, academic, technologist, IBMer...

  by Paula Newton and Fidan Aliyeva For many getting started, understanding how to invest can be a challenge. Knowing what to invest and where can...

It is believed by consultancy PWC that asset management will face a Brave New World in 2020. There have been some game changers...

Agecroft Partners has acquired the business of Alta Via Advisors, a New York based hedge fund third party marketing boutique. Alta Via Advisors’ client base...

In Part 1 of this two part series we analysed the reasons why people have lost their trust in the financial services sector. In...

People are frustrated with the financial services industry. There is a lack of trust that has grown from the economic recession and has been...

For asset management firms, by 2020 handling tax risk will be a way that companies differentiate themselves from one another and are able to...

The digital wealth market has changed significantly over the past several years with the evolution of robo advisors. In our previous posts we covered...

Wealth. So much power in this world, so much underlying factors and I would say so much emotions. What does ‘wealth’ hide from us nowadays?...

One of the biggest discussion points in the wealth management industry at the moment is what the impact will be of robo advisors on...

Choosing a fund platform can be a more complex decision than you might at first think for both investors and advisors. Often people will...