Alternative Fund Insight
by Will Wainewright
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Ep 60 - How AI is transforming investment management
Ep 60 - How AI is transforming investment management
About this podcast
The AFI podcast takes listeners behind the headlines to explore the key trends in hedge funds and private markets. It features key decision-makers at leading management firms as well as investors, regulators, journalists and other stakeholders. Host Will Wainewright has reported on the sector for more than a decade in London and New York, working for the Bloomberg newswire and editing the trade magazine EuroHedge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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- Ep 60 - How AI is transforming investment management · 18 min · Season 3 Episode 9Hello and welcome to the latest AFI podcast, taking you inside the key trends shaping the $5trn-plus global hedge fund industry. This week we’ll look back at key trends in July…
- Ep 59 - Interview with Glazer Capital, the hedge fund manager which has never had a down year · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 8Hello and welcome to the latest AFI podcast, taking you inside the key trends shaping the $5trn-plus global hedge fund industry, hosted by Will Wainewright. This week we have a…
- Ep 58 - Hedge funds roar on with best quarter of the DECADE · 23 min · Season 3 Episode 7Hedge funds delivered their strongest quarterly performance of the decade so far in the second quarter of 2026, as accelerating returns were accompanied by record investor…
- Ep 57 - 2026 momentum continues, plus the future of the hedge fund middle office · 21 min · Season 3 Episode 6As the industry moves into the second half of 2026 with performance and flows tailwinds, Will is joined by Declan Quilligan, head of hedge fund services, and Ryan Fitzgerald…
- Ep 56 - Hedge funds rebound in April ⬆️ · 15 min · Season 3 Episode 5Will is joined by Declan Quilligan, head of hedge fund services, and Martin McCarthy, head of hedge funds (Europe) at Citco, to explore the drivers behind the sector's rebound in…
- Ep 55 - Hedge funds tested by March maelstrom; AFI Acceleration Summit lookback · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 4Will is joined by Declan Quilligan, head of hedge fund services at Citco, to review hedge fund performance and flows in March and Q1, an eventful few months for the sector. the…
- Ep 54 - Live in Miami - Borealis Strategic Capital Partners on emerging manager alpha · 9 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode, Will spoke to Dan Harris of the Chicago-based hedge fund seeding firm Borealis Strategic Capital Partners about his meetings-filled week in Miami; their research…
- Ep 53 - State of the industry with PivotalPath, live from Miami hedge fund week · 18 min · Season 3 Episode 2AFI headed to Florida this week to join thousands of fund managers and LPs gathered for Global Alts 2026 and the multiple events organised on the sidelines on Miami Beach, for…
- Ep 52 - Hedge funds post gains and draw capital in 'historic' 2025 · 15 min · Season 3 Episode 1On the agenda this episode: a review of performance and flows trends in 2025, a historic year of hedge fund growth, with Declan Quilligan, head of hedge funds at Citco. Related…
- Ep 51 - Hedge funds close in on banner 2025 after navigating turbulent November · 11 min · Season 2 Episode 27On the agenda this episode: a review of November performance and flows trends, with Declan Quilligan, head of hedge funds at Citco, as hedge funds close in on one of their best…
- Ep 50 - Innovation in the hedge fund middle-office; October review · 15 min · Season 2 Episode 26On the agenda this episode: a review of October performance and flows trends, with Declan Quilligan, head of hedge funds at Citco, and an exploration of innovation in the middle…
- Ep 49 - Trium Capital's Tom Roderick on the macro opportunity · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 25This week we speak to Trium Capital’s Tom Roderick, a fund manager from the in-demand world of global macro, which has been one of the sector’s strongest performing sectors this…
- Ep 48 - Strong Q3 puts hedge funds on course for best returns of decade · 17 min · Season 2 Episode 24Hedge funds posted a twelfth straight quarter of gains in Q3, putting the $5trn industry on course for its best calendar year of the decade. On this episode, Will dissects the…
- Ep 47: Future of the West - Simon Nixon on a new world order; Acceleration Summit follow-up · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 23A conversation with Simon Nixon, a senior financial journalist and leading macro thinker. Nixon, formerly the chief European commentator at the Wall Street Journal, was a keynote…
- Ep 46: Polina Kurdyavko, RBC BlueBay, on the EM opportunity · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 22Polina Kurdyavko, head of emerging markets and senior PM at RBC BlueBay Asset Management, was the special guest, sharing insights on her investing approach, career background and…
- Ep 45 - Macro leads August performance; AFI Acceleration Summit preview · 14 min · Season 2 Episode 21Get 360-degree insights and agenda-setting research into hedge funds and multi-strategy with AFI membership. Email [email protected] for corporate discounts…
- Ep 44 - Innocap CEO François Rivard on how managed accounts are transforming the hedge fund industry · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 20Get 360-degree insights and agenda-setting research into hedge funds and multi-strategy with AFI membership. Email [email protected] for corporate discounts…
- Ep 43 - July review: event-driven on the march; inside Citco's data transformation office · 18 min · Season 2 Episode 19Get 360-degree insights and agenda-setting research into hedge funds and multi-strategy with AFI membership. Email [email protected] for corporate discounts…
- Ep 42 - Man Group CIO Greg Bond on AI adoption, multi-strategy and more at the world's largest listed hedge fund manager · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 18Get 360-degree insights and agenda-setting research into hedge funds and multi-strategy with AFI membership. Email [email protected] for corporate discounts…
- Ep 41 - H1 hedge fund report: steady gains, private wealth inflows and increased SMA use, with Declan Quilligan, Citco's Head of Hedge Fund Services · 18 min · Season 2 Episode 17Get 360-degree insights and agenda-setting research into hedge funds and multi-strategy with AFI membership. Use the code PODCAST10 for a 10% discount on AFI Intelligence (first…
