Paladyne Blog
New Solutions for Fund Administrators
The adage is no less true for its over-use: today’s fund managers must do more with less. Investors’ due diligence standards have soared since the financial crisis, while every day brings new reporting requirements from regulators, adding to the cost of infrastructure. Meanwhile, a tough business environment means trimming fund expenses to remain competitive and [...]
A State-of-the-Art Investment Management Platform for Kepos Capital
Kepos Capital LP, the global macro asset management firm founded in 2010 by Mark Carhart, former co-head of Quantitative Investment Strategies at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has successfully implemented the Paladyne Suite™ as a core component of its operational infrastructure. Since founding his own firm, Mr. Carhart and the team at Kepos Capital – which [...]
2010 Industry Capital Flows by Peter Curley
Last week Paladyne co-sponsored an event in New York City with Direct Access Partners. The objective of the event was for Peter Laurelli of Hedgefund.net (HFN) to present the key findings of HFN’s 2010 Year-End Capital Flows Report and to offer a preview of the trends HFN is seeing so far in 2011 (click here [...]
Welcome to the New Post-Crisis World by Peter Curley
We believe that 2011 will be a very good year for the hedge fund industry both in terms of asset inflows and returns. It will also be the year that the industry can finally say that it has put the crisis of late 2008 firmly behind it. There are, however, two very important differences between [...]
Hedge Fund Fees – Is the Party Over? by Stuart Calder
The topic of fees charged by money managers is back in the spotlight thanks to a new management company called FundSmith being set up in London by Terry Smith. Mr Smith is a veteran of the financial scene, but his track record is more in brokerage, and this is his first venture into fund management. [...]
European Regulators Closing in on Hedge Funds by Stuart Calder
European politicians have long been hostile to hedge funds. In 2007, the German Vice Chancellor Franz Müntefering famously branded them ‘financial locusts’.
Are you really going to build this thing?
And, no this question has nothing to do with the current subprime crisis or the housing problem. Nor does it require wearing a hard hat to work, although it could perhaps protect one’s head from the bumps and bruises we experience in our industry. What I would really like to understand is what makes a [...]
“Can you beat the sheet?” by Sol Zlotchenko
Being from the software industry does, sometimes, spark interesting conversations at parties, but most of them recently have revolved around the next “killer” iPhone application or the next gadget that will “revolutionize” our households. There are occasions, however, that discussions move into something that is intriguing and thought-provoking. Recently I was asked the following question: [...]
Benefits of Combined OMS and PMS for Hedge Funds by Stuart Calder
Why can HFs benefit from a combined OMS / PMS solution? While it is a popular myth that ‘all HFs trade all the time’, it is certainly true that many do trade much more actively than institutional managers, and are also more reactive to market events. It is also the case that in many HFs, [...]
