Greenwich Associates

• SEC Has Done Softers a Favor

  By Staff Writer  |  July 18, 2006

  The president of a consulting firm that assists asset managers (for hedge funds and others) in tracking and optimizing the value of their soft-dollar commissions said July 13 that he believes the use of such commissions will expand in the years to come.

• Hedge Funds Favor Diversification

  By Staff Writer  |  July 1, 2006

  In the hunt for opportunities in an increasingly crowded space, hedge fund managers are seeking to broaden their strategic options as well as their geographic...

• Research Points to Two-Pronged Diversification

  By Staff Writer  |  June 5, 2006

  GREENWICH, Ct (HedgeWorld.com)--In the hunt for opportunities in an increasingly crowded space, hedge fund managers are seeking to broaden both their strategic and their geographical options according to recent research by financial services consulting firm Greenwich Associates in conjunction with Global Custodian magazine. The research was based on the responses...

• Hedge Funds Prepare for Institution's Second Wind

  By Staff Writer  |  May 22, 2006

  GREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--The latest Greenwich Associates research highlights what pension fund trustees could learn from endowment funds that paved the way for institutional hedge fund investing. These researchers said pension funds won't remain satisfied with their existing fund of hedge fund portfolios for long. They will likely begin to move...

• Hedge Funds Find FX Less Special in 2005

  By Staff Writer  |  May 2, 2006

  GREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Foreign exchange trading volumes increased by almost 14% in 2005, according to a report by the financial services consultants Greenwich Associates. The report was based on research conducted among 1,549 top-tier users of foreign exchange services at large corporations and financial institutions in Europe, North America and Asia...

• Compliance Costs Rising

  By Staff Writer  |  February 6, 2006

  GREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Now that the registration deadline has passed, the real test begins for hedge fund managers, who must comply with the new regulation regime of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Greenwich Associates interviewed 34 hedge fund managers in the U.S. and Europe late last year through early January. They...

• Back Offices Form New Bonds

  By Staff Writer  |  February 6, 2006

  GREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--In an efficient bond trading world, where price discrepancies between dealers have shrunk to the point of near insignificance, asset managers and other institutional investors are spending more time examining other ways fixed-income dealers can add value, and using their findings to choose which dealers get their business....

• Shifts Seen in Asia's Fixed-Income Business

  By Staff Writer  |  December 19, 2005

  GREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--The volume of Asian fixed-income trading fell from 2004 to 2005, and the nature of the market shifted away from government bonds toward higher-risk, higher-yield instruments. So says Greenwich Associates' 2005 Asian Fixed-Income Research Study, released Tuesday. Specifically, a slowdown in institutional trading of government bonds and G-7...

• Despite Promises, European Institutions Never Got Into Hedge Funds

  By Staff Writer  |  October 11, 2005

  GREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--European institutional investors never warmed up to hedge funds the way they once seemed poised to do, and now a renewed conservatism in asset allocation may mean a fizzling of the relationship altogether. Despite telling Greenwich Associates officials for the past three years that they planned to up...

• Greenwich Pins FX Growth on Hedge Funds

  By Staff Writer  |  April 19, 2005

  A new report attributes much of the 25% volume growth in foreign exchange in 2004 to a new class of "professional" investors that are predominately hedge funds.