Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Q2, H1 end positively for hedge fund performance [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New hedge fund monitor data from Citi Prime Finance shows that overall, hedge funds ended the month of June and the first half of the year positively. Composite hedge fund performance, equal-weighted across funds, ranged from +0.93% to +1.73%. June-14 performa

• Opalesque Exclusive: Dacharan’s new quant equity fund up 7.5% in first 6 months thanks to quality of alpha [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: A European fund manager recently launched a systematic equity fund that chases the quality of alpha in the equity space. Dacharan Capital launched in May 2008 in the UK and subsequently moved to Sw

• Catalyst Funds launches four new funds, including one that follows activists’ lead [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Catalyst Funds, an alternative-focused mutual fund company, has added four new mutual funds to its product line. The new funds include: Catalyst Activist Investor Fund (AIXAX), Catalyst Insider Income Fund (IIXAX), Catalyst Absolute Total Return Fund (ATRAX), and Catalyst

• Morningstar MSCI Composite AW Hedge Fund Index up +1.1% in June (+3.7% YTD) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported preliminary hedge fund performance for June 2014 as well as estimated asset flows for May 2014. The Morningstar MSCI Composite AW Hedge Fund Index, an asset-weighted composite of near

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: Beware: Hedge funds make calculated bets on your pets [more]

  This article was authored by Alex Gavrish, founder and CEO of Etalon Investment Research, and author of "Wall Street Back To Basics." W

More Exclusives

• 30. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Kyria Capital Management bets on women hedge fund managers [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: As hedge fund assets top $3 trillion, and long/short strategies get more crowded than ever, with every manager hunting for even the tiniest bit of alpha, a new firm has emerged that claims its own edge – women. A recent Rothstein Kass study showed women-owned a

• 30. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Typhon Capital Management and Trevinici Capital Partners to merge [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Chicago-based Typhon Capital Management has completed a merger with Trevinci Capital Partners, the Chicago-based asset management affiliate of America’s largest crop insurance broker, Silveus Insurance Group. The transaction, which was finalized last week, invol

• 28. Jul. | Opalesque Roundup: Banks helped hedge fund avoid $8bn in taxes: hedge fund news, week 31 [more]

  In the week ending 25 July, 2014, legal reports said Deutsche Bank and Barclays Bank are accused of helping hedge funds avoid paying more than $8bn in taxes by selling them “basket options"; Peter Brown testified that the complex financial instruments has helped Renaissance Technologies claim

• 25. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: As spreads tighten, hedge funds see opportunity [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Another wave of mid-year investor letters and performance updates have made their way to investors, and Opalesque inboxes. One theme has emerged within the credit managers space, which we have reported on steadily this week - as spreads tighten the opportunity s

• 24. Jul. | Opalesque Radio: Now is a good time to buy protection cheaply in the options market [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Investors are showing an increased interest in risk parity funds and strategies, Opalesque reported last year. Risk parity strategies have the

• 23. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Napier Park returns Citi's money [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Napier Park Global Capital, a hedge fund spin-out from Citi has cut just about every tie with its former parent. The fund left its office space at Citi in June, moving further down Park Avenue in New York in to a building shared with Blue Mountain Capital and Pr

• 22. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Credit hedge funds continue rally - Millstreet up 3.99% [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Millstreet Capital Management has posted a positive quarterly return for its credit fund - Millstreet Credit Fund. The fund generated a net return of 3.99% for the quarter, and monthly returns of +1.34% net in April, +1.08% net in May, and +1.52% net in June. Y

• 21. Jul. | Opalesque Roundtable: European corporate credit, distressed, securitization offer hedge funds exciting opportunities [more]

  Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: The European corporate credit space offers "many very exciting opportunities at the moment as a result of the the disintermediation of the credit markets which is happening, however at a very slow pace", said Fabrice Dumonteil, founder and CEO at alternati

• 21. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Loeb, Grantham cite growing economic concerns in letters [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, head of Third Point, and Jeremy Grantham of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. have both released their quarterly investor letters today. While news is positive on some fronts, and both men see pockets of opportunity, they also h

• 21. Jul. | Opalesque Roundup: Global alternative assets reached $5.7tln: hedge fund news, week 30 [more]

  In the week ending 18 July, 2014, Towers Watson reported that global alternative assets jumped to $5.7tln from $5.1tln over the past year; data from eVestment showed

• 18. Jul. | Opalesque Roundtable: New investors groups turn to European opportunities but need clarification on regulations [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: New investor groups like U.S. based pension funds and others have started to discover European opportunities offered by European managers, in sectors as diverse as European equities; European corporate credit and loans; new fields like financial credit or the

• 17. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Icahn, Ackman reunite; Paulson says M&A is here to stay [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Watchers of the boldface names in the hedge fund industry were treated to an eyeful and an earful at today's Delivering Alpha conference held in New York. Managers ranging from Leon Cooperman to John Paulson each took to the stage presenting their views of w

• 15. Jul. | Opalesque Roundtable: Success in hedge fund marketing not linked to performance, but investor appetite [more]

  Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Success in marketing a fund is not linked to the performance, but to investor appetite, to the way you can market the fund, and to how much time you can spend to raise assets, said Antoine Rolland, the CEO of incubator and seeding firm

• 14. Jul. | Opalesque Roundtable: European hedge fund incubators see two opportunities from regulations [more]

  Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Antoine Rolland, the CEO of incubator and seeding firm NewAlpha Asset Management said he sees two main opportunities from new regulations. Speaking at the recent

More Other Voices

• 02. Jul. 2014 | Other Voices: Tactical alpha and persistence in hedge fund returns [more]

  This article was authored by Andrew Beer, founder of Beachhead Capital Management LLC in New York. A vexing issue with hedge funds is the lack of persistence of returns. Last year’s winners generally are no more likely to be this

• 18. Jun. 2014 | Other Voices: The alpha conundrum: why pension funds struggle to generate consistent alpha through allocation to active managers [more]

  By: Stanley Altshuller, co-Founder and Chief Research Officer at NovusPensions are faced with an ominous future of growing liabilities and declining long-term returns, a trend that could jeopardize a large number of pension funds. The low interest rate environment and stunted expected returns hav

• 10. Jun. 2014 | Other Voices: The right combination of skills for investing in intermediate horizons [more]

  This article was authored by Dr. Vinay Nair, Founder and CEO of Ada Investments, an equities-based investment platform with offices in New York, Mumbai and Rio

• 04. Jun. 2014 | Other Voices: Concentration or diversification: which drives outperformance in actively managed strategies? [more]

  By: Alexander Hart, Senior Research Analyst, Federal Street Advisors With broad equity markets performing exceptionally well over the last five years, there has been much debate over the benefits of active versus passive investment strategies. As strong proponents of fundamental investing, we ha

• 02. Jun. 2014 | Other Voices: The hedge fund fee conundrum [more]

  This article was authored by Andrew Beer, founder of Beachhead Capital Management LLC in New York. By one estimate, the hedge fund industry managed $2.6 trillion in capital at year-end 2013. Many expect growth to accelerate over

• 22. May. 2014 | Other Voices: Factor bubbles [more]

  This article was authored by Dr. Vinay Nair, Founder and CEO of Ada Investments, an equities-based investment platform with offices in New York, Mumbai and Rio

• 16. May. 2014 | Other Voices: The role of psychology, governance and skills in capturing longer term returns [more]

  This article was authored by Dr. Vinay Nair, Founder and CEO of Ada Investments, an equities-based investment platform with offices in New York, Mumbai and Rio

• 09. May. 2014 | Other Voices: Performance drag of alternative multi-manager mutual funds [more]

  This research paper was authored by Andrew D. Beer, Chief Executive Officer, Beachhead Capital and Michael O. Weinberg, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University. The full version can be dow

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