Press Releases
Press Releases
2004
September 13, 2004 — BNP Paribas Fauchier Partners and Fauchier Partners select Riskdata for fund of funds risk management
BNP Paribas Fauchier Partners (BNPFP) and its joint venture partner, Fauchier Partners, both of which are London-based managers of fund of hedge funds, have selected Riskdata’s FOFiX risk management product for its range of hedge funds. FOFiX is the first solution for funds of funds to allow risk assessment throughout the whole investment process.
July 29, 2004 — Riskdata releases breakthrough stress test to support hedge fund investors
Riskdata, the leader in risk management solutions for funds of hedge funds, has launched the first risk management solution capable of simulating the impact of historical crises on hedge funds, whatever the level of underlying transparency. According to Raphael Douady, Riskdata Director of Research, the Risk Profiling technology in Riskdata FOFiX represents a breakthrough in crisis risk management for Hedge Fund investors.
May 17, 2004 — ERAAM selects Riskdata for fund of fund risk budgeting
ERAAM, a Paris-based fund of funds, has selected Riskdata’s FOFiX risk management product for its portfolio of hedge funds. FOFiX is the first solution to allow risk budgeting throughout the whole investment process for funds of funds.
April 19, 2004 — Riskdata research establishes that treating hedge funds as a distinct asset class dramatically improves quality of risk prediction
Research by Riskdata’s quantitative team was unveiled by Rapha?l Douady, Riskdata’s Director of Research, in a speech to the Hedge Fund Analytics Conference in New York last week. The aim of the research was to quantify the benefits of Risk Profiling, a breakthrough risk management technique which treats hedge funds as a distinct asset class, capturing their dynamic and accounting for their statistical specificities. The results show that the predictive power of Risk Profiling is above 50% - thus reducing by more than half the uncertainty on future fund returns - compared to a zero or even negative predictive power when using traditional factor analysis.
February 25, 2004 — AGF Alternative Asset Management Selects Riskdata for Fund of Funds Risk Management
AGF Alternative Asset Management, the fund of hedge funds group of AGF Asset Management, has selected Riskdata’s FOFiX risk management solution. Riskdata’s FOFiX is the first product dedicated to fund of hedge funds risk budgeting throughout the investment process.
January 27, 2004 — NewFinance Selects Riskdata for Fund of Funds Risk Management
London - NewFinance Capital Partners, a London-based fund of hedge funds group, has selected Riskdata’s FOFiX risk management solution. Riskdata’s FOFiX is the first product dedicated to fund of hedge funds risk budgeting throughout the investment process.
“The challenge for us was to get an aggregated view of the fund risk profile while tracking the specific risk of each underlying strategy. We think Riskdata is able to address both of these issues simultaneously. Moreover, we can monitor the impact of any portfolio allocation on the fund risk profile.”
Philippe Uzan,
CDC IXIS Multi-Strategy Fund
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