Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Gender diverse private equity investment committees significantly outperform all-male teams, study shows [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New research on private equity shows that having gender diverse investment committees is not only a blindingly obvious thing we need to do in 2019, it's also good for business. The report, entitled, "Impact of Gender Diversity on Performance of Private Equit

• Preqin sees huge opportunities for Japanese private equity market [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Optimism permeates Japanese private equity landscape, with increased investor interest and an incremental flow of government funding allowing the asset class to gain considerable traction. In Q1 2019, 13 Japan-based private equity funds secured an aggregate JPY 221

• Creandum raises $302m venture fund focusing on early-stage opportunities across Europe [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European early-stage venture capital investor Creandum announced the successful first and final close of Creandum V, a EUR265m ($302m) early-stage venture fund focused on high-potential opportunities across Europe. "Following strong demand from existing and new inv

• Opalesque Roundup: Investors redeem $46.4bn from hedge funds in Q1 2019: hedge fund news, week 23 [more]

  In the week ending June 21st 2019, the June 2019 Eurekahedge report said that the global hedge fund industry AUM has grown by $0.5bn as of May 2019 year-to-date. Final Q1 2019 net outflows fi

• Yale SOM launches new asset management program [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The Yale School of Management will launch a new degree program in asset management that will give students just starting their careers rich exposure to the application of data science and quantitative techniques to investment decisions. Taught by leading Yale SOM faculty,

• Notz Stucki intent on playing an active role in consolidation [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - 55 years after its foundation, the Geneva-based asset management firm NOTZ STUCKI has bolstered its governance with an expanded and rejuvenated Executive Committee. Drawing on its acknowledged investment expertise and its diversification into three complementary act

Today's Other Voices

• Other voices: Impact of the evolving relationship between investors and managers on fund structuring [more]

  By: Justin Savage, Ogier A combination of diminished returns across the hedge fund industry amid challenging market conditions for generating alpha and a continued and increased focus on performance has given rise to a shift away from more traditional hedge fund products to the more attractive r

More Exclusives

• 19. Jun. | Cheyne European Strategic Value Credit Fund closes on €1bn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: London-based Cheyne Capital Management has closed its inaugural European Strategic Value Credit Fund at the €1bn hard cap. The fund was significantly oversubscribed. The vehicle will invest in loans from middle market European banks that they are selling dow

• 17. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: ESG is not good enough for investors who want to make a real impact [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Dr. Walter Schindler is one of the first to be involved in sustainable investing. Indeed, straight after he left law school in the early 80s, he was the legal advisor to the first renewable power project devel

• 17. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: All about impact at AIM Summit [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: There were many speakers on sustainable and impact investing at the Geneva AIM Summit last week, all agreeing that the trend in such investments, while it began many years ago in obscurity and misinterpretation, i

• 17. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: Nearly all hedge fund categories outperformed the S&P 500 in May: hedge fund news, week 22 [more]

  In the week ending June 14th 2019, a report said that hedge fund returns fell last month after four straight months of positive results to start the year, but managed to outperform the broader U.S. stock market - posting much slimmer losses. Nearly all hedge fund categories outperformed the S&P

• 14. Jun. | Opalesque Roundtable: As venture capital overheats, investors stress caution [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: As venture capital valuations continue to rise, delegates at the recent Opalesque North America PE/VC Roundtable argue that we've reached a point in the cycle where it is prudent to be very selective about investment opportunities. The combination of rising

• 12. Jun. | Opalesque Roundtable: Private equity will continue to perform well, but manager selection is critical [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Despite a growing pile of dry powder, delegates at the recent Opalesque North America PE/VC Roundtable suggest that private equity will continue to outperform. Demand for private capital remains strong, they say, and the asset class is still uncorrelated to the

• 10. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: New Chapter for Barnes & Noble as hedge fund buys the bookstore chain: hedge fund news, week 21 [more]

  In the week ending June 07th 2019, Barnes & Noble Inc. is acquired by hedge fund Elliott Management for $638 million and will be taken private. The acquisition follows Elliott's purchase of the British bookstore chain Waterstones in June 2018. Barnes & Noble has faced continued pressure from A

• 07. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge funds watch the trade war amid growing skepticism over the possibility of a resolution [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: How much longer can the trade war go on? Market observers are starting to raise concerns about potential impacts to the market if the trade war, which is now in it

• 05. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: It is going to be increasingly common that the biggest and the best hedge fund launches are backed by seed capital [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Gerhard (Gary) Anderson, a partner at US law firm Seward & Kissel, shares his thoughts and outlo

• 03. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: China-focused hedge funds propel emerging markets assets to record: hedge fund news, week 20 [more]

  In the week ending May 31st 2019, the HFR Asian Hedge Fund Industry Report found that Chinese hedge funds have posted record gains into mid-2019, dominating the risk-on sentiment-fu

• 30. May. | Opalesque Roundtable: Venture investors eye China's Greater Bay [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Could the Greater Bay area around Hong Kong become a new innovation district for China? Professor Graham Leach, Operating Partner at the Hong Kong Emerging Technologies Venture Fund, says it's possible thanks to the completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau B

• 27. May. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds are gaining steadily this year but for one large credit fund things don't work out as planned: hedge fund news, week 19 [more]

  In the week ending May 24th 2019, hedge funds are gaining steadily this year but still lagging well behind the broader market. The $3.2 trillion industry is up 7% through April while the S&P 500 popped 17.5%, according Preqin. Strong hedge fund performance was additive to industry

• 23. May. | Opalesque Roundtable: As Asian private equity heats up, investors may have to get creative [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Investments in Asian private equity hit new highs in 2018, according to recent data from Bain & Company. With $883 billion in total assets under management, Asia-Pac

• 20. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Managing volatility in UCITS [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: After a couple of VIX spikes earlier this month, much has been said about trade wars and global stocks. But after reaching a high of 36 on Christmas eve, the CBOE Volatility Index, aka VIX or the fear index, is now at almost 16 - and the historical average is between 19 a

More Other Voices

• 30. May. 2019 | Other Voices: ICOs and digital assets: a new and optional legal regime in France [more]

  By: Philippe Goutay, Linda Hesse, Jones Day The Situation: ICOs and digital assets have become a new phenomenon that has impacted many aspects of our modern economies and created an alternative way of financing for start-ups or small and medium-sized enterprises. The Result: T

• 22. May. 2019 | Other Voices: Show me the data: investors demand better ESG disclosures [more]

  By Jessie M. Gabriel and Lauren T. Attard of BakerHostetler Asset managers are always looking for a valuation edge. But even when key factors are identified, the data may not be available. This is particularly true with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. No one will dispute their

• 17. May. 2019 | Other Voices: A round up of key trends in health care private equity investments [more]

  By: Foley & Lardner This conference season, private equity (PE) investors and provider compared notes on the current state of the markets, trends, opportunities and challenges. Below is a summary of key trends that have been discussed. A recent Health Care Private Equity Panel during the Yo

• 24. Apr. 2019 | Other Voices: Shareholder activism trends in the 2019 proxy season [more]

  By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, In 2018, robust U.S. and global M&A activity substantially mitigated the downside risk for activist investors. With political uncertainty ahead of the 2020 presidential election, unsettled questions on trade and tariffs, and the late 2018 market correcti

• 11. Apr. 2019 | Other Voices: Private equity and activism [more]

  By Amadeus Moeser, Sidley Austin LLP The relationship between private equity funds and activist hedge funds has always been double-edged. While in the past, engagements of activists often led to the sale of a target company or less profitable operations of a company to private equity funds, man

• 10. Apr. 2019 | Other Voices: Game changing fund of fund reforms ahead [more]

  by Carlton Fields On December 19, 2018, the SEC proposed rescinding most so-called fund of funds (FoF) exemptive orders and Rule 12d1-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Act) and replacing them with new Rule 12d1-4.1 Some of these reforms may have significant consequences for both fu

• 12. Mar. 2019 | Other Voices: Hong Kong's SFC puts hedge funds under the microscope with complexity rule [more]

  By: Rory Gallaher, Deacons Under the revised Code of Conduct for Persons Licensed by or Registered with the Securities and Futures Commission, which is scheduled to come into effect on 6 April 2019, intermediaries must determine whether a product they are selling is a complex product. If a prod

• 26. Feb. 2019 | Other Voices: Three investor bugbears fund managers could easily avoid [more]

  By: Karen Fountain, Brodies Here are three "unforced errors" which could be easily avoided. At every industry conference I have attended there has been an investor panel session where deeply felt frustrations have been vented. There is, of course, an inevitable commercial tension b

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Weekly US Jobless Claims Data Averages:

Last week’s claims #: 216,000

4-Week Average of Claims: 218,750

Prior Week’s 4-Week Average: 217,750

13-Week Average of Claims: 214,846

Prior Week’s 13-Week Average: 214,846

Comments: Weekly claims came in lower week over week at 216,000 on Thursday. That number pulled the 4-week higher for the week. But, the 13-week average treaded water. For the 4-week avg to rise next week, we would need to see the weekly number come in above 218,000.