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17 Feb. 2012 Opalesque most forwarded article - week 7: How much hedge fund return is explained by dynamic beta asks MPI [more]

By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: A new case study from Markov Processes International reveals how their predictive analytic techniques could be used to reproduce beta exposures of hedge funds. Using MPI’s research, the firm tried to capture dynamic betas embedded in the $23bn Bridgewater Pure Alpha II Fund. This fund is ...

10 Feb. 2012 Opalesque most forwarded article - week 6: FRM forecasts outlook for hedge funds over 2012 [more]

By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: Global hedge fund research and investment specialist Financial Risk Management (FRM) has produced its market summary for January 2012 and its outlook for the rest of the year. Over January, FRM reveals that there was a broad-based rally in equity ma...

03 Feb. 2012 Opalesque most forwarded article - week 5: Rethinking the Fund of Hedge Funds Model – Opalesque Geneva Roundtable [more]

Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Funds of funds’ image has suffered since late-2008, as many who had underlying funds offering different liquidity terms, found themselves unable to return money to investors while overall performance was diving. The Madoff scandal was also a blow, particularly for many who are based in Geneva, a center for the fund of funds industry. Fun...

27 Jan. 2012 Opalesque most forwarded article - week 4: Suspicious Handling of MF Global Documents Before Bond Offering Questioned [more]

By Mark Melin, Opalesque’s Chicago-based editor of OFI and OFS. Critical documents related to MF Global’s financial condition appear to have been delayed for release by the Securities and Exchange Commissio...

20 Jan. 2012 Opalesque most forwarded article - week 3: Asia – U.S. hedge fund Millennium Partners considering entry into South Korean market [more]

From Yonhap.com: Millennium Partners, a fund managed by the U.S.-based Millennium Management LLC, is considering tapping the South Korean hedge fund market, sources said Monday, in what would mark the first local entry of an overseas fund. Millennium Partners, which manages funds valued at around US$13 billion, reportedly plans to set up a local affiliate and seek regulatory approval a...

13 Jan. 2012 Opalesque most forwarded article - week 2: Seeders – Deutsche Bank and FRM partner to launch first hedge fund seeding managed account platform, Comment A boom in starter capital for hedge funds [more]

Deutsche Bank and FRM partner to launch first hedge fund seeding managed account platform Deutsche Bank and Financial Risk Management announced a partnership to launch the industry's first hedge fund seeding managed account platform.The dbalternatives Discovery platform, based on Deutsche Bank's established and award winning dbalternatives managed account pl...

06 Jan. 2012 Opalesque most forwarded article - week 1: What Swiss investors think hedge fund start-ups should do [more]

Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: The fund managers sitting around the recent Opalesque Roundtable in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland, agreed on how tough the environment is – and will be – for hedge fund start-ups. They said that (1) focusing on performance in the initial period, (2) bei...

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  1. Texas Teacher pension fund buys $250m stake in hedge fund Bridgewater Associates[more]

    From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia – The $100bn Texas Teacher Retirement System and Bridgewater Associates have reached an agreement allowing the Texas pension system to acquire a minimum stake worth $250m in the world’s largest hedge fund run by Ray Dalio, various media reports said.

  2. Strategies – Hedge fund and private equity strategies increasingly converging, Credit hedge fund strategies: Directional or market neutral?[more]

    Hedge fund and private equity strategies increasingly converging From eFinancialnews.com: Distinctions between hedge funds and private equity are becoming increasingly blurred as alternatives managers look to do more long-term buyout deals and private equity firms seek to emulate investm

  3. Comment – Hedge funds ‘have to try harder’[more]

    From FT.com: Hedge funds are on their final warning with investors, according to research from SEI. Although institutional investors have not yet wavered in their commitment to hedge funds, despite disappointing performance in recent years, they are now likely to be more demanding, both in terms of

  4. Palmer Square signs investment deal with LNG Capital[more]

    Palmer Square Capital Management, along with Montage Investments and Atlantic Asset Management, today announced a partnership with LNG Capital, a long/short European credit firm based in London that focuses on European corporate credit investments. In addition to securing significant investment capi

  5. First State Global Listed Infrastructure Fund: It will invest in listed infrastructure securities from around the globe: : primarily toll roads, airports, utilities and pipelines in developed countries : focuses on assets with barriers to entry, pricing power and predictable cash flow Managed against a benchmark: the S&P Global Infrastructure Index[more]

    It will invest in listed infrastructure securities from around the globe: : primarily toll roads, airports, utilities and pipelines in developed countries : focuses on assets with barriers to entry, pricing power and predictable cash flow Managed against a benchmark: the S&P Global Infrastructure Index

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