Press Releases
Press Releases
2005
December 19, 2005 — Riskdata clients successful at Hedge Funds Review’s Fund of Hedge Fund awards
Riskdata, the leading risk management solution for fund of hedge funds, would like to congratulate its clients Cr?dit Agricole Alternative Investment Products Group, Lombard Odier, Stenham Advisors and Tarchon Capital Management on their success at the Hedge Funds Review awards on 8th December.
November 21, 2005 — HEDGE FUND RETURNS: SHOULD RED OCTOBER REALLY HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE?
In his speech at GAIM entitled “How can we anticipate which market scenarios can hurt hedge fund performance?”, Dr Raphael Douady, Research Director of Riskdata discussed the lessons of October’s significant losses.
November 7, 2005 — La Fayette picks Riskdata for FOHF risk management monitoring
Paris, France - Top performing La Fayette Investment Management is to use Riskdata’s FOFiX product as part of its risk management approach for its $2.7 billion multi-strategy and multi-manager funds of hedge funds.
September 21, 2005 — Focus Investment Group selects Riskdata for Fund of Fund Risk Management
Hamilton, Bermuda — Focus Investment Group, a leading, global fund of hedge fund firm with approximately $1 billion in assets under management, announced today that it has selected Riskdata’s FOFiX risk management product to enhance its extensive risk management systems. FOFiX allows fund of fund managers to aggregate all available information about individual hedge funds across the entire portfolio, while treating them as a distinct asset class.
August 1, 2005 — Fund of hedge fund clients of Riskdata have seen their AUM grow by 60% over the last 12 months
Over the last year, AUM at Riskdata’s fund of hedge funds client base (a representative cross-section of FoHF from continental Europe, the UK and North America) have increased from a base of 100 in June 2004 to 156 on an AUM-weighted basis in July this year, and to 162 on an equal-weighted basis. The bulk of the growth in their AUM (85%) comes from inflows of institutional investor money, with the rest made up of high net worth inflows and performance gain over the period.
March 23, 2005 — Riskdata appoints Marc Gross as new UK Regional Director
Leading risk management provider for hedge funds and funds of funds Riskdata today announced the appointment of Marc Gross as its new UK Regional Director. Mr Gross joins Riskdata after ten years at Thomson Financial- Vestek/Quantec, where he was Director of European Business and Product Development and established Vestek's first international Sales and Support office.
February 21, 2005 — Liberty Ermitage selects Riskdata for Fund of Fund Risk Management
Liberty Ermitage, a leading international fund of fund manager, has selected Riskdata’s FOFiX risk management product as an integral part of its portfolio construction and risk management systems. FOFiX allows fund of fund managers to aggregate all available information about individual hedge funds accross the entire portfolio, while treating them as a distinct asset class.
January 24, 2005 — Riskdata's FOFiX selected by Tarchon Capital Management for fund of fund risk management
London-based fund of funds Tarchon Capital Management today announced that it has selected Riskdata for the risk management of its portfolio of hedge funds. Riskdata's FOFiX product enables fund managers to assess and budget their risk throughout the entire investment process, offering effective risk transparency.
“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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