Speaking to Gaurav Sharma of the International Business Times Patrick Ghali, Managing Partner, discusses the beginnings of Sussex Partners, the size of hedge fund AUM and why it matters, and his thoughts on managers focusing on Japan and arbitrage.
The full article can be read here.
With many financial circles discussing alternative credit strategies, Pablo Urreta, Senior Partner & Head of Research at Sussex Partners, spoke with Carlo Svaluto Moerolo of Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE). Carlo's subsequent article Alternative credit: Handle with care discusses the caution and opportunity of investing in alt credit with Pablo Urreta commenting "We look at process, and if the process tends to be very light in terms of selection, origination and underwriting, then for us it’s a no-go. We try to track how managers deal with these process. We would much rather they took time to analyse the opportunities rather than deploy the capital for the sake of doing it.”
The full article can be read here.
As part of Opalesque's 17th Roundtable Series, Filippo Montalbano, Head of Switzerland, joined speakers from across the Swiss financial sector to discuss - amongst many topics - how the hedge fund industry is being forced to mature and how to combine true alpha strategies and alternative beta strategies.
A full magazine of the round table can be found here (opens PDF).