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Rays of Hope Amid the GloomReprinted with the permission of eFinancialNews Ltd Marina Lewin, Global Head of Business Development for BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services, talks about investor demands, the evolving regulatory environment and consolidation in the fund administration sector. Author: Marina Lewin
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Counterparty Concerns and Transparency Drive Prime Custody GrowthReprinted with permission of Incisive Media Investments Limited In a post-financial crisis environment dominated by regulation and concerns over counterparty risk, transparency and diversity, prime custody is becoming the choice for hedge funds and investors. Marina Lewin, global head of business development at BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services, discusses these trends with Hedge Funds Review. Author: Marina Lewin
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Alternative UCITS Industry: A View from BNY MellonReprinted with the permission of Financial News Ltd. The Alternative UCITS industry continues to attract healthy inflows of capital and seems set to expand its share of the total UCITS market in the future. Accordingly, it is worth examining the growth factors behind this trend, as well as looking at the key features which new entrants need to be aware of and considering some enhanced operating features which custodians may offer. Author: Mark Mannion
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Prime Custody Comes Into the SpotlightPrime Custody is continuing to gain importance during 2012, the result of continued structural shifts in the hedge fund marketplace. The drivers of this growth from the hedge fund side are more fully paid assets, including investments in financial products that themselves contain built-in leverage, and a heightened awareness of the potential for counterparty credit risk. The definition of Prime Custody continues to change depending on the custodian; however, with different clients and providers using the term to mean different things. As their service models evolve, custodians are also growing into the challenge and opportunity of serving a larger hedge fund client base.
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Risk Roadmap: Hedge Funds and Investors' Evolving Approach to RiskThese continue to be challenging times for hedge fund managers. Regulatory scrutiny is up, public understanding remains low, and even institutional uncertainty about the global economy has negatively impacted the industry. The hedge fund manager must now tread ever more carefully between the concentric boundaries of risk aversion and risk acceptance to achieve goals consistent with a particular fund's stated purpose, pedigree, and assets. Authors: Marina Lewin, Mike McCabe, Orla Nallen, Mark Mannion
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Comment & Analysis: HFMWeek.comReprinted with the permission of HFMWeek Alan Flanagan, Head of Product Management for Alternative Investment Services, explains how three new regulatory practices will affect the alternatives sector. Author: Alan Flanagan
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Regulation: New Operating Models NeededReprinted with the permission of PEI Media As new regulations change the way the market functions, private equity must evolve to meet fresh challenges. Daniel Amir and Brian McMahon of BNY Mellon discuss the most significant regulatory requirements impacting both Europe and the U.S. and identify what they mean for private equity practitioners. Authors: Daniel Amir, Brian McMahon
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Perspectives for Global Fixed Income: Losing Faith in the U.S. Dollar?Standish Global Macro Strategist Tom Higgins argues there is no viable alternative to the US dollar for the world's reserve currency at present, but that the dollar's dominance is likely to erode and gradually yield to a basket of several reserve currencies, with implications for capital markets. Author: Thomas Higgins
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Concerted Monetary Easing Increases Global Economy's Resilience to ShocksStandish Chief Economist Tom Higgins looks at the rally in global capital markets since the start of the year and points to the concerted monetary easing of the major central banks as an important factor. Author: Thomas Higgins
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Decoding the Currency War Rhetoric Amid Unconventional Monetary PolicyStandish takes a closer look at recent currency war rhetoric and argues againt the idea that the primary intention of uncoventional monetary policies in most developed markets today is to weaken their currencies. Authors: Thomas Higgins, Federico Garcia Zamora
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