PinnedShaheen Rasheed·Aug 16How to Launch a Hedge Fund in Abu Dhabi: The ADGM PlaybookBy Shaheen Rasheed
Shaheen Rasheed·Aug 19Nobody Earns a Sharpe Ratio of 2. They Engineer One.The real formula behind eye-popping risk-adjusted returns isn’t a smarter trade. It’s how many genuinely independent bets you’re allowed to…A response icon1A response icon1
Shaheen Rasheed·Jun 4The Sequencing Illusion: How AIFMD II Built a Liquidity Framework That Looks Nothing Like the Real…Regulators handed the industry a nine-tool menu and called it a safety net. What they actually built was an algorithmic checklist that has…
Shaheen Rasheed·May 18The Asset Master — Part two — Know Your Moats Before You MoveWhat institutional portfolio managers do before they buy a single asset — and why most retail investors skip the most important step…
Shaheen Rasheed·May 12The Invisible Plumbing That Keeps ETFs HonestEvery ETF trade you see on screen hides a T+2 settlement cycle that most investors never think about — until illiquid markets make it…
Shaheen Rasheed·Apr 20Citi’s Crowning Quarter — And the Harder Question That FollowsCitigroup just posted its best revenue in a decade, hit a 20-year stock high, and finally silenced its loudest critics. The cleanup is…
Shaheen Rasheed·Apr 10The Invisible Pipeline: Why the AED-BHD Currency Swap is a Power Play, Not a BailoutThe latest BD2bn (AED20bn) currency swap between the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has been treated…
Shaheen Rasheed·Apr 9The GCC’s Space Frontier: Why We Laughed and Why We Were WrongIn the sterile boardrooms of Riyadh and Dubai, the conversation usually revolves around predictable pillars: oil, real estate, and perhaps…
Shaheen Rasheed·Apr 5The Asset Master: Stop Gambling, Start EngineeringA series helps you understand workings of industrial grade Portfolio Management
Shaheen Rasheed·Apr 3The SPV Illusion: Why There’s No Perfect Fund Structure — Only the Right One for NowEvery few years, a new jurisdiction announces itself as the future of fund structuring. A new acronym gets minted. Law firms publish…