Each year, PortfolioConstruction Conference features a core, 13-hour independent plenary program. It is interspersed twice daily with six concurrent Due Diligence Forum sessions, delivering research papers developed for Conference by our carefully selected Partners...

Due Diligence Forum speaker

Patrick Tuohy
Asia Pacific Head
HSBC Alternative Investment Group

Due Diligence Forum summary

The funds industry is in the middle of a quiet revolution in the way that investments are structured and managed. The traditional battle lines of relative return versus absolute return are being eroded daily and the players are reinventing themselves with new offerings for the more dynamic world we live in.

This session explores the shift to absolute return focused funds, the merger of long-only hedge funds with 130/30 funds and the acceptance of longer-term, less liquid strategies as a way of delivering alpha. It also looks to the future, examining the role of synthetic hedge fund of funds and what portable alpha may look like.