After five years of strong returns and strong fund raising, farmland funds are running up against local opposition and rising political risk.

Self-managed Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles can offer AIFMD or UCITS passporting for UK managers stranded outside EU.

Software vendors are clearly moving to deliver services via the cloud, but hedge funds are sceptical – and risk being left behind.

Cautious funds know they need to keep cash on hand, but banks don’t want deposits and creating a treasury function is expensive.