With the right administrative support, there’s no reason why retail market can’t be an exciting new source of opportunity for hedge funds. By Fiona Mulligan , Global Hedge Fund Product and Solutions Manager, Securities Services, BNP Paribas. Making detailed long-term predictions is difficult at any time, let alone during unprecedented times. In a world with significant macro-economic uncertainty and volatility, both traditional and alternative asset managers are facing an ever-greater squeeze on their margins amidst increasingly complex demands from investors, rising operating costs and the uncertainty of rate rises. In this complex landscape, the rulebook for fund managers is being torn up. Traditional and alternative managers are embracing a huge range of strategies and vehicles across the liquidity spectrum. Distribution holds the key as investors aim to be closer to their funds, and new, digitised solutions and disintermediated distribution models offer new opportunities to do this. In this article, we will explore how hedge funds are tapping into these new investor demands, raising capital through new avenues and markets while developing an innovative product mix and managing the increased operational requirements that this brings. Retail investors: a new frontier for hedge funds The retail investor market has not traditionally […]
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