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Jill Carlton, senior vice president and director of alternative investments at UMB Fund Services, discusses insights from a recent alternative investment survey conducted through a partnership with the Hedge Fund Association.

The days of the generic offshore hedge fund feel like a distant memory. Regulation and other factors, both in the US and Europe, have led to a proliferation of new fund products to cater to the changing needs and desires of institutional investors.

The hedge fund industry and the alternative investment sector as a whole has continuously undergone changes of which sectors are hot and which sectors fall out of favor.

In 2017 cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies came front and center in the investment World. The news of people in this space making huge returns on their investments has led to a record number of new companies launching in the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces and record investor money inflows.

The Hedge Fund Association (“HFA”), a leading global nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organization serving the alternative investment industry, announced the results of the “Top Hedge Fund Strategies” survey it conducted with the sponsorship of industry thought leader UMB Fund Services.

Results and key takeaways from the 2018 second quarter survey of institutional investors, alternative investment managers and industry executives conducted by the Hedge Fund Association and sponsored by thought leader UMB Fund Services.

The Capital Markets Union is an ever-ambitious endeavour of the European Commission to create a seamlessly integrated cross-border capital market in Europe.

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By Holly Singer, HS Marketing: What’s the difference between marketing, advertising and branding? Why is ‘thought leadership’ a big deal? How can you get heard? How can you avoid common marketing traps? These are among the questions prepared by me for speaking during the recent Emerging Manager Seminar (April 19, 2018 in New York, hosted by Pepper Hamilton).