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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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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