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  1. Islamic Finance - Islamic financial institutions' assets top $822bln[more]

    From Business24-7.ae: Islamic financial institutions hold assets that exceed $822 billion (Dh3 trillion) and the value of Shariah-compliant bonds was $100bn in 2009, Saudi Arabia's central bank governor Muhammad Al Jasser said. Islamic banks account for 15 per cent of the assets of the largest

  2. Opalesque Exclusive: Cube Capital: Tokyo real estate prospects will remain positive even if Japan's long-term prospects are not (1)[more]

    Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: Cube Capital's Asia real estate fund, launched in the midst of the credit crisis, has managed to return impressive returns by banking on office building rentals in Tokyo, REITs, Australian companies needing restructuring, and opportunities in China and Ho

  3. Opalesque Exclusive: Cube's real estate hedge fund keeps exposure to Singapore low, expects returns from Hong Kong and Australia (2)[more]

    Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: This is the second part of the article. To view Part One (Cube Capital: Tokyo real estate prospects will remain positive even if Japan's long-term prospects are not) which was published yesterday:

  4. People - Morgan Sze named new head of prop trading arm[more]

    From efinancialnews.com: Goldman Sachs has appointed a new global head of principal strategies, the bank's secretive equities arm that trades with the firm's own capital, following the announcement of former head Pierre-Henri Flamand's departure. Morgan Sze, the head of Goldman Sachs principal

  5. Attunga Enviro Opportunities Fund: Fund invests and trades derivative products affected by, or those that influence environmental outcomes[more]

    Fund invests and trades derivative products affected by, or those that influence environmental outcomes

Canada Roundtable: Going beyond Commodities Beta

Opalesque Round Table

In the last 6 months, the make-up of the Canadian hedge fund industry and the AUM distribution per strategy has markedly changed. Un-levered AUM allocated to fixed income is probably touching 40%, and still increasing.

But even within the resource sector, there are still abundant and unique opportunities. Read about the maturation of the Canadian marketplace, as well as:

  • Who are the new players and strategies coming out of Canada?
  • Opportunities in commodities, credit and energy trusts
  • How to capture alpha from the resource markets – going beyond commodity beta
  • Lessons from 2008 and strategies to understand uncompensated investment risks
With:
  • Abdalla Ruken, Chief Risk Officer, Polar Securities
  • Aleksander F. Weiler, CFA, External Portfolio Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)
  • Barry Allan, President, Marret Asset Management
  • Brian Trenholm, CFA, Managing Director, Salida Capital
  • Gary K. Ostoich, CAIA, President, Spartan Fund Management and AIMA Canada Chairman
  • George I. Main, CEO, Diversified Global Asset Management (DGAM)
  • Jason Marks, CEO and CIO, GMP Investment Management
  • Lionel deMercado, Managing Director, Global Head of Equity Finance, TD Securities

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Eden Rock Structured Finance Fund of Funds

Faculty Ed HornerFocus: Global - asset backed lending, credit strategies, factoring, etc.

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NYMEX - GOLD (April) – Dailygraph

Near Term Trend: Neutral /Positive Tuesday’s Close: $1,122.50 (+$ 17.10) UPDATE: The market settled above $1,125.00 two weeks ago, which should have been an upside breakout point, however, it subsequently retraced as it uncoupled itself from the upside move in Equities. We identified $1,104.00 a key support area. However, that region was violated on Friday, but in light of that we stated over the weekend, “The slope of the M.A. line remains positive and for now that breeds hope that buyers could show up, although slim”. At least for a day, on the basis of Tuesdays rally, buyers did in fact show up.