Isf's first ever Synthetic Prime Brokerage Survey garnered responses from over 200 individual hedge funds. But unlike traditional cash prime brokerage, biggest is not necessarily best in the synthetic world. Craig MacDonald investigates. Read >>
The introduction of a central counterparty to CDS and even CFD trading later this year, under an approving regulatory eye, is going to revolutionise the market. But people need to be careful that the complicated procedure of inserting a middleman into these traditionally bilateral over the counter markets doesn't add a risk of its own. Marek Sanders reports. Read >>
The beta hunters
The subject of hedge fund replication is not a new one. In fact academics have been toying with the idea since the early 1990s. It is one of the topics that creates a clear divide in people's opinion. They either love it or hate it. Ian Hall investigates. Read >>
