HFM Week

HFM Week
Name	HFM Week
Type	Trade magazine
Format	Print and digital
Founded	2004
Owner	Pageant Media (formerly Pageant Media Ltd.)
Headquarters	London
Circulation	Trade readership (institutional investors, allocators)
Language	English

HFM Week is a trade publication focused on alternative investment industries including hedge funds, asset management, and institutional investing. The magazine provides news, analysis, data, and event coverage aimed at professionals in the asset management, private equity, and hedge fund sectors. Its audience includes allocators, family offices, institutional investors, and service providers across global financial centers.

Overview

HFM Week covers developments relevant to readers in London, New York City, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Zurich, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Toronto, Sydney, Geneva, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Dublin, Amsterdam, Munich, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Brussels, São Paulo, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Riyadh, Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta, Lagos, Nairobi, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Istanbul, Athens, Bucharest, Lisbon, Valletta, Reykjavik, Zagreb, Belgrade, Sofia, Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, Kyiv and Moscow. The publication reports on firms such as Bridgewater Associates, BlackRock, Citadel LLC, Renaissance Technologies, Two Sigma Investments, AQR Capital Management, Man Group, Leonardo Del Vecchio? Not allowed, Marshall Wace, Elliott Management Corporation, Paulson & Co., Moore Capital Management, Och‑Ziff Capital Management, GLG Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Brevan Howard, CQS, BlueCrest Capital Management, Point72 Asset Management, Winton Group, DE Shaw & Co., Capula Investment Management, Aspect Capital, GAM Investments, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, State Street Global Advisors, Fidelity Investments, Vanguard Group, Invesco, Schroders, UBS Asset Management, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Credit Suisse Asset Management, HSBC Global Asset Management, Northern Trust, Citigroup Global Markets, MSCI, FTSE Russell, Bloomberg LP, Refinitiv, Preqin, Hedge Fund Research, Inc., Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

History

HFM Week was established in the early 21st century amid growth in alternative investments and hedge fund assets under management, responding to demand from allocators at institutions such as CalPERS, GPIF, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Qatar Investment Authority, Temasek Holdings, Sovereign Wealth Fund of Norway, Government Pension Fund of Japan, Workers' Pension Fund of Brazil, AustralianSuper and Norges Bank Investment Management. The title evolved alongside regulatory changes involving entities like the Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Conduct Authority, European Securities and Markets Authority, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and international frameworks influenced by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II, AIFMD and multilateral dialogues including G20 summits. Over time the publication reflected industry shifts exemplified by events involving Long-Term Capital Management, Amaranth Advisors, Bear Stearns', Lehman Brothers and the 2008 financial crisis.

Content and Coverage

The magazine publishes reporting, interviews, and analysis on managers, allocators, service providers and vendors including Fund managers at firms like Marshall Wace and Bridgewater Associates, prime brokers such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS, administrators like JTC plc, Citco Group, IQ-EQ, State Street and BNP Paribas Securities Services, auditors including PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young and consultants such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Oliver Wyman and Mercer. Coverage extends to legal firms and practitioners from Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Editorial themes include risk management debates prominent at International Monetary Fund seminars, technology coverage intersecting with vendors like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, SimCorp, SS&C Technologies and Broadridge Financial Solutions, and ESG dialogues involving PRI (United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment), Climate Action 100+, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project).

Indexes and Data Products

HFM Week produces proprietary rankings, league tables and surveys that are used by allocators and vendors for benchmarking alongside third‑party datasets from Bloomberg LP, Refinitiv, Preqin, eVestment, Morningstar, BarclayHedge, Hedge Fund Research, Inc., S&P Global Market Intelligence, MSCI, FTSE Russell and LSEG. Its indexes and data offerings track flows, launches, closures and performance for strategies such as global macro, managed futures, equity long/short, event‑driven and relative value, complementing data from index providers like S&P Dow Jones Indices and ICE Data Services as well as custody and prime brokerage reporting from firms including State Street and Bank of New York Mellon.

Industry Influence and Reception

The publication is cited by allocators, consultants and industry bodies including CFA Institute, ALTScoop? Not allowed, Association of the Luxembourgeois Fund Industry? Not allowed and trade associations such as Alternative Investment Management Association and Managed Funds Association for its reporting on fundraising, regulatory shifts and manager performance. HFM Week's rankings and awards influence investor due diligence processes used by participants in institutional forums such as SALT Conference, Milken Institute Global Conference, Sibos, Money20/20, LendIt Fintech, SuperReturn International, InvestOps Technology Summit and regional gatherings in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Awards and Events

The brand runs events, conferences and awards that recognize hedge fund managers, allocators and service providers, staging ceremonies and summits in financial centers including London, New York City, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai. Award categories often mirror industry recognitions such as performance awards, innovation awards, ESG awards and operational excellence, attracting nominees from firms like Citadel LLC, Point72 Asset Management, AQR Capital Management, Two Sigma Investments, Man Group, BlueCrest Capital Management and custodians including Northern Trust and Brown Brothers Harriman.

Ownership and Corporate Structure

HFM Week is part of Pageant Media, a business-to-business events and publishing group with operations in multiple jurisdictions and collaborative links to media and events firms across London, New York City, Singapore and regional offices that interact with legal advisers, investors and service providers such as PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and EY for audit, tax and advisory functions. The group's activities align with industry partners, sponsors and exhibitors drawn from the roster of asset managers, prime brokers, administrators, index providers and technology vendors listed above.

Category:Finance magazines Category:Trade magazines Category:Publications established in 2004