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First partnership for K Funds
K Funds announce its first partnership with one of most innovative upcoming SRI ESG asset manager. Besides awards and performance, the firm saw +$1billion net inflows over the last 24 months alone. The firm runs 9 strategies including L/S Equities, Smart Beta, Absolute Return Market Neutral, Low Vol, Factor Investing and country specific (Global, Europe, Japan,…) amongst others and in various investment formats. K Funds is moreover delighted to support SRI via this first partnership.
Dauphou Edi joins K Funds
Dauphou Edi, previously COO and Head of the Risk Monitoring Group at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch’s Alternative Ucits Funds Platform and key contributor to building that business for 11 years, joins K Funds. Dauphou has deep understanding of the Ucits regulations and investment constraints, risk analysis for portfolio construction and he was fully responsible for establishing the day risk monitoring procedures for the funds on the Baml platform. Dauphou brings an invaluable experience and expertise.
Ilias Benhima joins K Funds
Ilias Benhima, previously EMEA Head of Legal at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch’s Alternative Ucits Funds Platform and key contributor to building that business for 7 years, joins K Funds. He has also worked for a wide range of other global players such as JP Morgan, Amundi, Barclays, HSBC and Morgan Stanley. Ilias brings a wealth of experience and knowledge.
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YTD Flows in HFs
Article – Interesting paper in the FT – A survey of hedge fund investors conducted by Credit Suisse found that 63% put money into a start-up this year, up from 43% last year. Allocators are “more active in early stage managers than they’ve been in the past,” according to Barsam Lakani, head of prime services sales at Jefferies.
https://www.ft.com/content/f2bcc9b4-6050-11e8-9334-2218e7146b04
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“ 2018 is gearing up to be one of the busiest periods for hedge fund launches in years (according to the report)
Future of HF
Research Paper: AIMA’s ‘Perspectives: Industry Leaders on the Future of the Hedge Fund Industry’ is available. An interesting insight into how technology is reshaping the space.
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“ The Hedge Fund industry is at an inflection point. (according to the report)
Preqin HF Outlook for H1 2018
Research Paper: Preqin’s ‘Hedge Fund Manager Outlook H1 2018’ interesting read. Highlights positive flows for Europe in 2017, allocations and outlook for 2018.