Ep 44 - Innocap CEO François Rivard on how managed accounts are transforming the hedge fund industry

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Alternative Fund Insight

Will Wainewright

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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.

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Ep 44 - Innocap CEO François Rivard on how managed accounts are transforming the hedge fund industry

Alternative Fund Insight

44 minutes 57 seconds

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Ep 44 - Innocap CEO François Rivard on how managed accounts are transforming the hedge fund industry

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In this curated episode, Will interviews François Rivard, CEO and president 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.

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