• Opalesque Exclusive: Asian hedge fund market is evolving but could find it hard to meet investors’ expectations in 2010 - Artradis’ Steve Diggle [more]

  From Sagar Chakraverty, Opalesque Asia: In an interview with Matthias Knab, head of Opalesque, Singapore-based Artradis’ co-founder Steve Diggle spoke about the funds’ performance and how negative correlation helped the

• Opalesque Exclusive: Japan offers unique position to become bridge between Asia and North America [more]

  From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: The Japanese financial landscape is offering a unique opportunity to bridge Asia and North America especially China and the United States because its political and economic systems as well as legal frameworks conform with Western standards, and at the same ti

• Opalesque Exclusive: SYZ & Co: Investors concerned about macroeconomics in February as global health still critical [more]

  From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: The accumulation of macro-economic fears continue to weigh on the morale of investors despite better-than-expected earnings in February, as the real state of health of the global economy remains critical, said Swiss banking group SYZ & Co. in its latest “Poi

• Lyxor’s investable Global Hedge Fund index +0.3% in February [more]

  The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor’s hedge fund platform which tracks the overall hedge fund universe, was up +0.3% in February. Risk assets fluctuated dramatically during recent weeks. Prices climbed a bit at the end of January, fell sharply on concerns r

• Preqin survey: 43% of institutional investors in hedge funds are investing in or considering UCITS funds in 2010 [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update –UCITS III is attracting growing numbers of hedge fund managers and investors according to Preqin’s survey results In February 2010 Preqin carried out a survey of 50 institutional investors to determine the current demand for UCITS-compliant hedge funds. Preqin al

• Swedish firm Bid & Ask Asset launches equities index derivatives focused Stella Polaris fund, rebrands firm to Stella Asset Management [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Bid & Ask Asset Management, manager of Swedish hedge fund Stella Nova will launch a new hedge fund, Stella Polaris on March 31, 2010. Stella Polaris is based on the same equity index derivatives focused investment strategy as Stella Nova, which has returned +67.3% s

• MFA welcomes Secretary Geithner's call for global cooperation on financial regulatory reform [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Managed Funds Association (MFA) President and Chief Executive Officer Richard H. Baker, today issued the following statement in response to media reports on a letter sent from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to European Union (EU) Commissioner for Internal Market and

• Other Voices: Time may be running short for policy makers globally to redefine the industry [more]

  This article was written by Craig Asche, Executive Director of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA). We are well over a month into the New Year and still significant uncertainties overhang the financial industry in general and the alternative investment community sp

• 11. Mar. | MFA welcomes Secretary Geithner's call for global cooperation on financial regulatory reform [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Managed Funds Association (MFA) President and Chief Executive Officer Richard H. Baker, today issued the following statement in response to media reports on a letter sent

• 11. Mar. | Swedish firm Bid & Ask Asset launches equities index derivatives focused Stella Polaris fund, rebrands firm to Stella Asset Management [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Bid & Ask Asset Management, manager of Swedish hedge fund Stella Nova will launch a new hedge fund, Stella Polaris on March 31, 2010. Stella Polaris is based on the s

• 11. Mar. | Preqin survey: 43% of institutional investors in hedge funds are investing in or considering UCITS funds in 2010 [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update –UCITS III is attracting growing numbers of hedge fund managers and investors according to Preqin’s survey results In February 2010 Preqin carried out a survey of 5

• 11. Mar. | Lyxor’s investable Global Hedge Fund index +0.3% in February [more]

  The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index, an investable index based on Lyxor’s hedge fund platform which tracks the overall hedge fund universe, was up +0.3% in February. Risk assets fluctuated dram

• 10. Mar. | HFR: Hedge fund liquidations fall to pre-crisis levels as launches increase in Q4-09, average incentive fees decline [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – The number of new hedge fund launches increased in the fourth quarter of 2009, even as the pace of liquidations continued to decline, according to data released today by He

• 10. Mar. | Investors showed confidence in hedge funds in February - HFN [more]

  Below are early estimates for February 2010 hedge fund asset flows and performance. A full report will be available later in the month. Highlights: Both perf

• 10. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Managers in sweet spot are focusing on more aggressive fundraising from institutional investors - Arrow Capital [more]

  From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: For the past few months as inflows have started to increase, institutional investors evaluating managers for allocations have made it clear that the bar for securing assets has been raised. According to most investor surveys, managers need a minimum

• 10. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Japan's rising debt and falling consumption worrying but debt crisis remote possibility [more]

  From Sagar Chakraverty, Opalesque Asia: In the land of the rising sun, now debts are rising faster. Japan’s debt has assumed a humongous size, 1000tln yen ($11.25tln), which is more than twice its GDP ($5.1tln, 2009). “As Japan has already reached a debt level of 200% of GDP, this has caused

• 10. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Consistent performance won Nikko's Asian Equity Fund a Lipper award [more]

  Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: The Nikko AM Asian Equity Fund, which returned 18% last year, has been awarded a Lipper Fund Award in the Equity Asia Pacific Ex Japan Category (3 years) section for 2010. The fund's manager Soo Nam Ng, based in Singapore, said that the investment team provided

• 09. Mar. | US Dollar favorite currency of hedge fund managers, few of whom expect Greek sovereign debt crisis to destroy Euro - TrimTabs/BarclayHedge [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge reported that the U.S. dollar is the favorite currency of hedge fund managers. Six in 10 managers cite the greenback as thei

• 09. Mar. | Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index +0.52% (est) in February (-0.26% YTD), launch activity brings 90 new funds to market in 1Q2010 [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - After being marginally down in January, hedge funds returned to positive territory in February 2010. The composite Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 0.52% during the mon

• 09. Mar. | Managed Funds Association announced new alliance with Texas Hedge Fund Association [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Managed Funds Association (MFA) President and CEO Richard H. Baker, today announced that MFA has formed an alliance with the Texas Hedge Fund Association (THFA), an educat

• 09. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Japan hedge fund investors still feel burn of lockups, reallocations will go to funds based largely on liquidity to investors during financial crisis [more]

  From the Opalesque team: For hedge funds, Japan's institutional investors are a promising asset-raising target looming on the horizon. US-based marketing firm FletcherBennet recently expressed this opinion with the

• 09. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Ex-AbCap managers' new European L/S fund returns 3.45% in January, expect further growth in Germany [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: The Varus Fund, a long/short European equity fund with a focus on Germany, returned 3.45% (€ class) in January, after returning 2.22% in 2009 since its September

• 01. Feb. 2010 | Other Voices: A new approach for measuring crowded trades in financial markets [more]

  This article was written by Dr. Momtchil Pojarliev, new senior portfolio manager at U.S.-based asset manager Hathersage, and by Richard M. Levich, professor of finance at New York’s Stern School of business – it

• 25. Jan. 2010 | Other Voices: Obama Bank’s plan revives Glass Steagall Act, may improve capital raising environment for hedge funds [more]

  This article was written by Bryan Goh, First Avenue Partners LLP, London : It sounds like a plan. President Obama in an effort to address what is widely believed to be a flawed banking model has decided to ressurrect the Glass Steagall Act 1933. Glass Steagall 1932 had already been effect

• 08. Dec. 2009 | Other Voices: Liquidity mechanics of funds have been stress-tested, more managers are reviewing suspension provisions to allow future flexibility - Ogier [more]

  This article was written by Nadia Menezes, Senior Associate at law firm Ogier. The market turbulence over the last twelve months has seen fund structures and mechanics being strenuously tested under extreme conditions. Whilst the

• 12. Nov. 2009 | Other Voices: CTAs: Where do we go from here? [more]

  This commentary was written by Maximilian Thiel, senior manager at AIMhedge Management Ltd, a Liechstenstein and Caymans-based alternative management firm. The firm's flagship, AIMhedge Global Diversified Fund Ltd, is a systematic hedge fund focused on delivering absolute returns by investin

• 05. Oct. 2009 | Other Voices: EU Directive refugees - Bright lights of Singapore beckon [more]

  This article was written by Christopher P. Wells and Linda L. Ng. – Christopher P. Wells is a partner and Linda L. Ng is a counsel with White & Case LLP’s Tokyo and Hong Kong/Singapore offices, respectively. The bright lights and relaxed lifestyle of Singapore beckon to EU fund managers who a

• 01. Oct. 2009 | Other Voices: Hedge funds: Consideration of fraud risks in an economic crisis [more]

  The following article was authored by Adam Weisman, Partner, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP and Tania Lynn, Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP. Fraud has always represented a dangerous and perhaps dangerou

• 15. Sep. 2009 | Other Voices: The long arm of the law - Implications of an SEC examination to the offshore hedge fund [more]

  The authors of this article are Kevin Phillip and Wade Kenny, both managers at dms Management Ltd. (dms), the largest management firm in the Cayman Islands. dms focuses on serving the hedge fund industry. It has long been a fact of life for registered investment advisers preparing for, and su

• 12. Aug. 2009 | Other Voices: Modified Volatility - 1937 paper found relevant to today's risk management challenges [more]

  By Peter Urbani, CIO, Infiniti Capital: An obscure tract by a University of Adelaide Statistics Professor, Edmund Cornish is today among the leading candidates for improving risk management. The 1937 paper by Edmund Alfred Cornish (1909 - 1973) and Sir Ronald Fisher* provides the basis

• Access our fully search-able archive on hedge fund and alternatives news (38019 articles)
• Go directly to current Alternative Market Briefing newsletter

On this site people currently

read about:

» Read More

» More