• Opalesque Exclusive: Nobody knows what would really happen to fund industry if eurozone were to break up [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: What would happen to the fund industry if the eurozone were to deteriorate or even break up? Would funds move to other domiciles, and which ones? According to Simon Osborn, CEO of FundDomiciles.com, we

• Opalesque Exclusive: Asia dominates Latin America in OTC derivatives markets [more]

  From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: The Asian OTC derivatives market is much larger than its Latin American counterpart with Singapore leading the OTC interest rate derivatives market averaging $35bn in daily turnover in April 2010, said a new report by research and advisory firm

• Opalesque Exclusive: Proprietary trading and alternative investment firm offers focussed approach to maximising value creation [more]

  By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: Fernando Lolo’s Directional Alpha, is a proprietary trading and alternative investment firm headquartered in Washington DC, focusing on global-macro and event-driven investment strategies, founded in 2011. Lolo, who has the CAIA qualification, brings with

• Opalesque Exclusive: New opportunities in emerging market currencies [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Despite large sell offs late last year, emerging market currencies present an enticing opportunity according to Bart Turtelboom, managing director and co-head of global emerging markets at New York-based GLG p

• Opalesque Exclusive: Trouble in court for Gupta, Greenlight, Paulson, Tiger, Moody’s – and other hedge fund news, Week 5 [more]

  In the week-ending February 3, 2012, it was reported that Deutsche Bank is preparing to launch a fund to snap up investors’ illiquid of damaged holdings in hedge funds; London-based Ruby Capital Partners

• Other Voices: Who's watching your assets? Lessons from MF Global [more]

  The author is Deborah Prutzman,CEO, The Regulatory Fundamentals Group, a firm that provides an enterprise-wide view of the US laws that impact alternative asset managers and others involved in the field: In the wake of MF Global, it can be tempting to suggest myriad rules, which, if followed, wo

• 06. Feb. | bfinance builds advisory expertise in alternatives with major Hedge Fund hire [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update: In a major initiative to meet clients’ evolving needs in alternatives, bfinance, an independently owned consultancy firm providing specialist, customised and transparent fin

• 06. Feb. | Finisterre Capital launches first emerging market equity fund [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – Finisterre Capital, the long/short emerging market total return specialist, has launched the Finisterre Equity Fund. Joint Portfolio Managers of the new fund are Alist

• 06. Feb. | SVM launches hedge fund partnership with Level E Capital [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - SVM Asset Management, the Edinburgh based investment boutique, has launched a strategic partnership with Level E Capital, the Edinburgh based hedge fund. SVM Asset Man

• 06. Feb. | PerTrac releases software program designed to help investors in hedge funds manage their portfolios [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update — PerTrac, the leading provider of analytics, reporting and communications software for investment professionals, today announced the latest release of PerTrac Portfolio, a s

• 06. Feb. | Former multi-billion dollar hedge fund manager Sal Naro to launch Coherence Capital Partners LLC [more]

  Industry Update - Sal Naro, former co-managing partner of Sailfish Capital, a $4.4 billion asset management firm with approximately $2 billion in hedge fund assets, is announcing the launch of Coheren

• 03. Feb. | HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index gains +1.72% in January [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Global equities posted strong gains to begin 2012 with leadership from Technology and Financials, as US economic data showed signs of improvement and sentiment improved wit

• 03. Feb. | Robert F. Slutz appointed Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Forum Asset Management [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update: Forum Asset Management appointed Robert F. Slutz Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer on January 31, 2012. He will support the CIO and Forum's trading

• 03. Feb. | Stenham hires new head of risk [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Stenham has recently made a new hire for the role of Head of Risk Management and Quantitative Research. A seasoned professional, Pablo Balan, has joined us to he

• 03. Feb. | Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed up 2.26% in January [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed up 2.26% in January 2012 as all of the component strategies reported positive results. The Dow Jones Credit Suis

• 03. Feb. | SunGard’s APT models impact of Euro breakup, sees shocks across asset classes [more]

  PIIGS exit scenario would bring 40% drop in Euro yield curve and a 20% drop in Euro equities Opalesque Industry Update - SunGard’s APT risk system has modelled different E

• 03. Feb. | Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta (“LAB”) Index up +1.34% in January [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The Credit Suisse LAB Index was up 1.34% in January according to Dr. Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit Suisse. Dr. Drachman not

• 03. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Friedberg's global macro fund posts 40% for 2011 as strategy shifted to respond to market volatility [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Friedberg Mercantile Group’s flagship fund, Friedberg Global-Macro Hedge Fund Ltd, was down 8.8% in Q4 but was up 40.9% overall for 2011. Comparatively, the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Global Macro index was up 0.38% in 2011. The Cayman-domiciled fund launched

• 03. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: CrossBorder: the euro may grow stronger this year [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Volatility may reign, uncertainty may now be the norm in financial markets, but there are still some who bet on a rebound of the euro, rather than its death. The European Central Bank (ECB) provided €489bn ($644bn) in 3-year emergency loans to ban

• 03. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Multi-asset funds gaining traction with investors [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Multi-asset alternative funds are gaining in popularity as investors look for ways to hedge against market downturns and increased volatility. Indeed, according to

• 27. Jan. 2012 | Other Voices: A Very Crowded Trade [more]

  This article was authored by Richard Harris, fund manager at Port Shelter Investment Management, based in Hong Kong. He compares the investment management industry to what it was like 26 years ago. I remember a former Managing Director asking me to write a message to Head Office on a blank

• 16. Dec. 2011 | Other Voices: The truth about hedge fund risk [more]

  This article was authored by Charles T. Hage. Mr. Hage is currently Compliance Officer at U.S.-based firm Mohican Financial Management, LLC. During his career he has reviewed financial performance measures in alternative investments and managed financial risk in corporate investment programs.

• 01. Nov. 2011 | Other Voices: Agecroft Partners believes Hedge fund branding drives a majority of asset flows [more]

  By: Don Steinbrugge, Chairman of Agecroft Partners, a global consulting and third party marketing firm for hedge funds: Since the market correction of 2008, a vast majority of hedge fund net asset flows have gone to a small minority of hedge funds with the strongest brands, marking a change

• 26. Oct. 2011 | Other Voices: Africa needs flexible capital as well as patient capital [more]

  By Kayode Akindele, Funsho Allu and Fred Binka: partners of 46 Parallels LLP, an investment management business based in London and Lagos. The current focus on supplying finance to the microfinance/SME sector is admirable, but orphans a swathe of important companies across Sub Saharan Africa (SS

• 10. Oct. 2011 | Other Voices: 50 proposals for reform and reclamation, in solidarity with the Wall Street protesters and the 99 Percenters [more]

  By Dr. David E. McClean, lecturer in philosophy and business ethics, Rutgers University & Molloy College, and Principal, The DMA Consulting Group Part of the problem was that only in an environment of crisis can the self-regulators galvanize themselves to actions that they couldn't otherwise

• 07. Oct. 2011 | Other Voices: Post-Weavering - independent or affiliated fund directors? [more]

  By Victor Murray, LLB, PG Dip LP, Accredited Director and who has been resident in the Cayman Islands from 2002. He is the Assistant Secretary of the Cayman Islands Directors Association. He is admitted as a Lawyer in New York and as a Solicitor in Scotland. He has considerable offshore fund experi

• 29. Sep. 2011 | Other Voices: Operation Twist will prevail – but will take time [more]

  Written by: Stuart Thomson, Chief Market Economist, Ignis Asset Management. Issued by Ignis Investment Services Ltd. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. This article contains the personal views of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Ignis Asset Management.

• 24. Aug. 2011 | Other Voices: Hedge fund net flows will hold up much better if we see another 2008 type market decline [more]

  This article was authored by Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA, Managing Partner of Agecroft Partners, a global consulting and third party marketing firm for hedge funds based in Richmond, VA. After the market decline of 2008, the hedge fund industry experienced a significant contraction that was drive

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Intermediate Trend (3 Months): Positive Friday’s Close: 1339.10 (+ 16.40) UPDATE: Seven weeks ago, we highlighted, “The S&P convincingly settled above the blue downtrend line, and well above our Key Pivot Point of 1260.00 - due to the fact the Index settled at 1274.20, this should allow for the market to trade toward an initial target of 1325.00. As of six trading sessions ago, the S&P hit a high of 1329.50 – it was at that point our initial upside objective was met, as per, we felt a price retrace was going to follow, before the next phase of a rally. Specifically, we stated, “At this juncture, odds favor a price retrace, possibly back toward 1280.00”. Subsequently, at the beginning of last week the Index retraced 33.50 points lower to 1296.00. Unfortunately, the low of 1296.00 was about 15 point higher than my target. Index went on to rally 45 points, to end the week on a strong note. Key resistance next 11 points to 1350.00.