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Opalesque Roundup: Some hedge fund managers rekindle close partnerships with family offices: hedge fund news, week 46

Monday, November 13, 2017

In the week ending 10 November, 2017, Opalesque reported how some of the larger family offices have started to enter close partnerships with skilled independent investment managers and integrating their trades and strategies directly to their own portfolio management.

BetBox says it is using the power of Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks to turn Sports Betting into an alternative asset class. Finland's FIM launched a Nordic fund powered entirely by artificial intelligence. Eaton Vance Management said it would launch the Eaton Vance Oaktree Diversified Credit NextShares in mid-November.

The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +0.4% from 24 October to 31 (+3.8% YTD); The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) climbed 1.3% in October (+7.2% YTD); The Barclay Hedge Fund Index was up 0.96% (+8.31% YTD); The eVestment Hedge Fund Performance Report showed a 1.22% gains (+7.18% YTD); And the IQ Hedge Long/Sho......................

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