On 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 years of recent times. Some links:

AFI report on Citco research: https://alternativefundinsight.com/hedge-funds-near-banner-year-after-november-gains-and-inflows/

Hedge Fund Allocator Power List research 2025: https://alternativefundinsight.com/hedge-fund-allocator-power-list/

AFI Hedge Fund Innovation Summit - view the gallery: https://alternativefundinsight.com/afi-innovation-summit-2025-gallery/

View our 2026 events schedule: https://alternativefundinsight.com/events/

Contact the team to get involved! commercial@alternativefundinsight.com

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This podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information.

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On 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 office with his colleague US-based Ryan Fitzgerald, who heads up middle office services at the firm.

AFI Hedge Fund Innovation Summit - view the gallery: https://alternativefundinsight.com/afi-innovation-summit-2025-gallery/

View our 2026 events schedule: https://alternativefundinsight.com/events/

Contact the team to get involved! commercial@alternativefundinsight.com

2025 headline partner

This podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information.

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This 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 year.

Talking points:

1:45 - Introduction to Tom Roderick, career background.

4:56 - Structured as Ucits fund; focus on strong period for global macro.

8:35 - Why is it such a fertile environment for macro managers; how does it translate into alpha?

11:47 - Focus on commodities, growth in opportunity, shape of market.

16:37 - What does macro offer investors in today’s market environment?

20:28 - Speed of movement, action in policy is accelerating, creating more opportunities.

24:12 - Altaira partnership.

24:42 - How do you use AI in your business/team at the moment?

27:30 - What does a typical day look like?

A quick reminder to sign up for our AFI Hedge Fund Innovation Summit in Mayfair on Thursday 13 November, head to the website for details: https://alternativefundinsight.com/afi-innovation-summit/

2025 headline partner

This podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information.

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This episode is brought to you in association with Altaira Strategic Partners, which partners with emerging and established asset managers to provide a state-of-the-art institutional operating environment. Their cutting edge approach helps managers to bring their products and ideas to the marketplace with speed, efficiency and the latest innovations. Its heritage goes back to TIG which has been providing institutional back and middle office services to fund managers since 1980. Meet the team in Mayfair at the AFI Innovation Summit on 13 November, and visit altairastrat.com for more information.

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Hedge 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 latest trends in the hedge fund space with Declan Quilligan, head of hedge fund services at Citco, and explores North American trends and the firms focus on client shadow footprint reduction and workflow optimisation programs with regional head Peter Kane. Will also provides an update on the upcoming AFI Hedge Fund Innovation Summit: https://alternativefundinsight.com/afi-innovation-summit/

AFI report on Citco research: https://alternativefundinsight.com/strong-q3-puts-hedge-funds-in-sight-of-best-returns-of-decade-citco/

Citco research: https://www.citco.com/insights/citco-monthly-hedge-fund-update-september-2025

2:00 - Introduction to Declan Quilligan.

2:38 - DQ round-up on key performance and flows trends in 2025.

4:00 - Macro, multi-strategy, equity strategies lead in Q3 and YTD.

6:34 - Multi-strategy dominate inflows data. Sector now at $5trn.

7:37 - Introduction to Peter Kane, head of Citco Fund Services (North America). Overview of key trends in that market, focus areas for the firm.

9:31 - Client shadow footprint reduction and workflow optimisation programs that go alongside.

13:43 - Momentum of hedge fund space from his seat in NY, profile of firms they work with.

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This podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information.

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A 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 speaker at the AFI Acceleration Summit on 1 October and shares his thoughts in a separate conversation with Will Wainewright. Future of the West - Making sense of a new world order where power rules — and economic norms no longer apply. This briefing explores global trends in geopolitics and macroeconomics, including the impact of Trump’s trade policies, the enduring rise of China, the future of Europe and the UK in a thought-provoking fireside conversation.

A link to Simon's newsletter: https://nixons.substack.com/

Euractive article: Where is Europe's economic drone wall? https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/where-is-europes-economic-drone-wall/

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This podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information.

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Polina 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 the opportunity set in EM heading into 2026. (Recorded Tuesday 7 October).

1:42 — Career background and evolution.

2:26 — Started career in 1998, personal family motivation.

3:40 — Kurdyavko’s big-picture view on EM and why it provides a fertile hunting ground in alts.

6:35 — Moving from relative to directional opportunity.

8:55 — Impact of this year’s volatility and turbulence on the opportunity set going forward.

14:22 — Episode sponsor: Altaira Strategic Partners.

15:05 — Follow-up on de-dollarization trend.

21:28 — Thoughts on China — real estate, general outlook, significance.

24:24 — Rising allocator interest in EM?

26:50 — Looking ahead into 2026.

China article - Polina’s Perspective: a pimple soup experience in China

RBC BlueBay coverage on AFI

AFI membership | LinkedIn page | Free AFI bulletins | Weekly multi-strategy update.

AFI Innovation Summit agenda and registration

*Not investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns*

2025 headline partner

This podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information.

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This episode is brought to you in association with Altaira Strategic Partners, which partners with emerging and established asset managers to provide a state-of-the-art institutional operating environment. Their cutting edge approach helps managers to bring their products and ideas to the marketplace with speed, efficiency and the latest innovations. Its heritage goes back to TIG which has been providing institutional back and middle office services to fund managers since 1980. Meet the team in Mayfair at the AFI Innovation Summit on 13 November, and visit altairastrat.com for more information.

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Get 360-degree insights and agenda-setting research into hedge funds and multi-strategy with AFI membership. Email commercial@alternativefundinsight.com for corporate discounts.

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Will interviews Declan Quilligan, head of hedge fund services at Citco, for a review of August hedge fund performance and flows trends. We also have a short preview of the AFI Acceleration Summit, coming to Mayfair on Weds 1 October. For more resources, check out:

AFI:

August gains boost hedge fund sector as summer inflows continue: Citco

Citco:

August monthly research report

Events:

AFI Acceleration Summit agenda and registration

*Not investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns*

2025 headline partner

This podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information.

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Get 360-degree insights and agenda-setting research into hedge funds and multi-strategy with AFI membership. Email commercial@alternativefundinsight.com for corporate discounts.

Follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page. Sign up to free AFI bulletins. Get a free weekly multi-strategy update.

In this curated episode, Will interviews François Rivard, CEO at Montreal-based Innocap. Once a FoHF, Innocap is now the leading provider of dedicated managed accounts (DMAs) to the hedge fund industry with $85bn committed across 350 funds (as of start-'25). The pair discuss the drivers of growth in managed accounts and explore the future for the sector in this one-off episode. For more resources, check out:

INTERVIEW: Innocap CEO François Rivard on managed account growth, DIY multi-strat and ADIA deal

SPECIAL EDITION: Managed Account Intelligence, from AFI

Innocap website

1:35 — Introduction to Rivard and role at Innocap.

3:05 — Explaining the difference between SMAs and DMAs (separately and dedicated managed accounts).

6:20 — What has driven huge recent increase in DMA market?

16:19 — Example of capital efficiency in practice.

19:55 — Focus on giving allocators choice.

20:52 — Different service providers now comfortable with the structures.

22:14 — Discussion of emerging manager trends and outlook.

25:25 — Emerging manager alpha.

26:12 — Strong outlook for hedge fund market going forward.

30:30 — Range of LPs driving this trend, no longer just the largest.

32:51 — Is this a global trend?

35:36 — How to use DMAs to drive portable alpha.

38:15 — Innocap priorities going forward.

*Not investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns*

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This podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information.

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