• Opalesque Roundtable: Intimate understanding of a company’s structure allows Akanthos’s Kao to be opportunistic [more]

  By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: The Opalesque 2013 West Coast Roundtable, sponsored by Sunrise Capital, the The California Hedge Fund Association,

• Other Voices: FCA’s PS13/3: Retail investors unwelcome in Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes [more]

  This piece was contributed by Oliver Lodge of UK based Owl Regulatory Consulting. Whatever our hazy recollections of the good old days, there never was a time when regulators were relaxed about the promotion of unregulated collective inve

• 18. Jun. | Barclay CTA Index down 1.31% in May (+0.61% YTD); most traders give back April gains [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update: Managed futures lost 1.31% in May according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index remains up 0.61% year to date. “May’s trend reversal in gl

• 18. Jun. | Best Practices Barometer for alternative advisers and investors from RFG [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The Regulatory Fundamentals Group (RFG), a New York-based firm that provides strategic business and regulatory insights for alte

• 18. Jun. | Hedge fund manager James Shepherd pleads guilty to commodity pool fraud [more]

  From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia – North Carolina hedge fund manager James Alexander Shepherd pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of at least $6m after admitting to using a personal post office bo

• 17. Jun. | Barclay Hedge Fund Index up 1.06% in May; (+5.87% YTD) most hedge fund strategies have gains in 2013 [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update: Hedge funds gained 1.06% in May, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is up 5.87% year to date. “While improving consumer

• 17. Jun. | Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.42% in May (5.43% YTD) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (the “Broad Index”) finished up 0.42% for the month of May. Performance for the Broad Index and its 10 sub-strategies is

• 17. Jun. | LGT Capital awarded GBP100m multi-alternatives mandate from Kingfisher Pension Scheme [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - LGT Capital Partners has been awarded a GBP 100 million multi-alternatives mandate from Kingfisher Pension Scheme. The mandate is focused exclusively on alternative investm

• 17. Jun. | Newedge CTA Index down -1.71% in May (2.58% YTD) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – The Newedge Trend Index fell 3.65% in May 2013 (3.74% YTD), relinquishing some of the gains from March and April. The Newedge Short-Term Trading Index finished slightly po

• 17. Jun. | RBC Hedge 250 Index up 0.60% in May, 4.85% YTD [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update — RBC Capital Markets today reported that for the month of May 2013 the RBC Hedge 250 Index® had a net return of 0.60 percent. This brings the year-to-date return of the Inde

• 17. Jun. | Lyxor launches M&A fund on its alternative UCITS platform [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Lyxor Asset Management (“Lyxor”) has announced the launch of the Lyxor / Tiedemann Arbitrage Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), a

• 17. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Navigator Absolute Return Fund up 3.29% YTD, changes name to BAF Latam Trade Finance Fund [more]

  From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: The Navigator Absolute Return Fund is maintaining its winning streak with consistent positive returns since inception in March ’08 after posting 0.67% in May (+3.29% YTD). The fund

• 17. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge fund launches rose in 1Q13 from the previous quarter to 297: hedge fund news, week 24 [more]

  Hedge fund launches rose in 1Q13 from the previous quarter, and totalled 297 funds, the third highest quarterly launch total since the beginning of 2008, reported HFR

• 14. Jun. | TrimTabs and BarclayHedge: Hedge funds receive meager $430m, underperforms S&P 500 by 126 basis points in April [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update — BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that hedge funds took in a net $430 million (0.02% of assets) in April 2013, building on an inflow of $817 mill

• 14. Jun. | SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index up +0.77% in May; Capital Movement Index June net flows advance 1.17% [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update: The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2013 measured 0.77%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index ad

• 14. Jun. | Hedge fund launches rise as investor risk tolerance returns [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update: The number of new hedge fund launches increased for the fourth consecutive quarter in 1Q13, according to the latest HFR Market Microstructure Industry Report, released today

• 24. May. 2013 | Other Voices: What the doctor ordered [more]

  By: Andre Boreas, Director-Alternative Investments, Intralinks I had the opportunity to attend a real estate conference a few weeks ago where the topic of transparency was a hot button issue. More information, quicker turnaround times and deeper due diligence was the mantra among the general par

• 17. May. 2013 | Other Voices: Three 'game changers’ have limited contagion in European markets [more]

  This piece was authored by Melanie Rijkenberg, CFA, Associate Director, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company Europe LLP. Since the start of the year we have seen a clear de-correlation in global markets and most n

• 17. May. 2013 | Other Voices: Great rotation? What great rotation? [more]

  In the article below, Alex McKnight, investment manager at GAM, an independent, active investment management firm, comments on why convertibles are catching investors’ eyes. We believe the "great rotation" is ov

• 02. May. 2013 | Other Voices: The changing role of hedge funds in pension plan portfolios [more]

  This article was authored by Shahid Ikram, CIO at Aviva Investors, a global asset manager that is part of Aviva, one of the world’s largest insurance companies, and appeared first in Swiss daily newspaper Le Temps on Monday. Mo

• 02. May. 2013 | Other Voices: How the JOBS ACT will benefit hedge fund investors [more]

  This article was authored by Donald A. Steinbrugge, Managing Member of Agecroft Partners LLC, a third-party marketer based in Richmond, VA, U.S. It has been recently covered in the media that Mary Jo White, who became SEC chair

• 16. Apr. 2013 | Other Voices: A primer on AIFMD for U.S. advisers [more]

  This article was authored by Deborah Prutzman, Founder and CEO of New York based-RFG, which provides, among other things, regulatory and risk guidance. AIFMD—As a U.S. adviser, are you within its scope and can you avoid its reach?

• 05. Apr. 2013 | Other Voices: Ikos's Elena Ambrosiadou asks: "Has anyone learnt anything from the recent Cyprus maelstrom, and will it make a difference?" [more]

  This piece was provided by Elena Ambrosiadou, chief executive officer of Ikos Asset Management. Cyprus is in the middle of a financial maelstrom - where did it come from and what needs to be done about it now? Cyprus is the third

• 27. Mar. 2013 | Other Voices: Chasing shadows: should hedge funds shadow administrators? [more]

  This article was provided by Bijesh Amin, Co-Founder/Managing Director at Indus Valley Partners. To shadow or not to shadow At least that is the question facing many large hedge funds with assets well above the magical $1bn mark. The production of a portfolio NAV (Net Asset Value) is

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Near Term Trend: Positive to Neutral
Monday’s Close: 2,971.26 (+ 27.24)
UPDATE: Our last commentary simply stated, “A close below 2,935.00 could seriously disrupt the Bull run- not before”.
As of last Wednesday, the Index settled at 2,926.14. That should have been enough for a cascade of additional selling. Thus far, it has turned out to be a false signal, even though the market continues to lack upside conviction, and consolidate.
The next day or two are extremely critical- fail to settle above 2,989.00 and this market could hit a serious downdraft.