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With or without additional hedge fund industry regulation, managers and investors have increased focus on risk management
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York:

Regulation in both the US and Europe may not wind up being as Draconian as was originally expected. This past week US officials reached out to assure the hedge fund community that regulations will not be a hindrance to industry growth (Source), and in Europe there have been signs that some portions of the draft directive on alternative investment managers will be eased (Source). However, investor demand for increased transparency, and manager focus on risk management has been driving industry-wide change without formal regulation.

“We know that our clients are focusing more than ever on risk and operational issues,” Paul Compton, Head of Product Management for Alternative Investments at Sungard, told Opalesque.

Survey results released by 7city Learning (Source) showed that 35% of respondents polled (a mix of both quants and risk professionals randomly selected from alumni from 7city’s Certificate in Quantitative Finance course) replied that risk management was taking up a greater portion of th......................

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