Something’s got to give

Something curious struck me when I was in New York recently for Algorithmics’ Emerging Trends and Risk Management Techniques for Hedge Funds panel discussion hosted by Bloomberg (see page 19). Although the topics for discussion should have involved the methodologies and technologies available to hedge funds in their risk management endeavours, the discussion inevitably meandered away from risk to the most pressing issue in the hedge fund industry at the moment: the deadline of February 1, 20