Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Execs leave SocGen to launch multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Two managing directors have just left Société Générale (SG), the French investment bank, to launch a new commodity hedge fund house in Paris called Belaco Capital. The official launch date of their first fund is expected in Q4 this year. One of them is

• Opalesque Exclusive: Gold prices flat as market corrects and investors await EU summit [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Gold prices have fallen flat in recent weeks as the market shows signs of fatigue and investors choose the dollar over gold. In a recent Opalesque Radio interview with Andreas Maag, Head of Swiss Precious Metals Distribution at UBS Investment Bank, he noted tha

• Opalesque Exclusive: Gulf financial free zones attract major investment banks [more]

  From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: The financial free zones, particularly the Dubai International Financial Centre, have opened financial opportunities in the Gulf region because they have attracted almost every major investment bank in the world, according to Adrian Sender who works for

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: The JOBS Act and its impact on foreign private issuers [more]

  This article was authored by Alex Bafi, Partner, and Dinesh Banani, Senior Associate at Herbert Smith, an international law firm. On 5 April 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act")

More Exclusives

• 22. May. | Hedge fund manager Harmonic Capital strengthens team with appointment of partner [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Harmonic Capital Partners, an established quantitative hedge fund manager offering macro and currency programs to institutional investors, announces the appointment of Per

• 22. May. | Investment advisor Horizon Cash Management hires Michael Markowitz as CIO [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Horizon Cash Management LLC, an investment advisor specializing in active cash management for the alternative investments industry, today has announced the appointment of

• 22. May. | GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator measures 3.31% in May, up from 2.00% in April [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for May 2012 measured 3.31%, up from 2.00% in April. “As we near the half-way mark, forward redemption requests remain

• 22. May. | Barclay CTA Index down -0.10% in April (-0.62% YTD) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Managed futures slipped 0.10% in April according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is down 0.62% year-to-date. “Although commodity pric

• 21. May. | Former Societe Generale senior commodities executives exiting to launch Belaco Capital [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Belaco Capital, a multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund that will be managed from Paris. Dr. Frédéric Lasserre is well-known for building and heading the SG commodity re

• 21. May. | Finles’ Dutch Hedge Fund Index has tough April, down 1.12% (+2.29% YTD) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The Dutch Hedge Fund Index ended April 2012 -1.12% lower. More than the DB (-0,24%) and Lyxor Hedge Fund Indices (-0,02%) for the month but positive for the year (+2.29% Yt

• 21. May. | All EDHEC hedge fund strategies negative in April except for short selling [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - In April, the stock markets (-0.65%) ended a strong four-month upward trend and registered their first setback of 2012. Simultaneously, after six months of a spectacular fa

• 21. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Middle East regulatory framework should attract fund management industry, Opalesque Gulf Roundtable [more]

  From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: The local regulatory framework in the Middle East should focus on inviting the fund management industry rather than making it tough to set up and do business here, claimed Zeeshan Ahmedani, a Partner at the international law firm

• 21. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Emanagers Total Index down 0.38% in April (+3.05% YTD) [more]

  Florian Guldner, Opalesque Research: Emerging manager hedge funds and managed futures funds experienced slight losses in April, according to a first estimation based on the data of 291 funds listed in Opalesque Solutions' Emanagers database. The Emanagers Total Index lost 0.38% in March,

• 21. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge funds engage with JP Morgan, Facebook stocks - hedge fund news, week 20 [more]

  In the week-ending 18 May, 2012, it was reported that Trian Fund Management said it wanted to raise $2bn to launch a new fund, Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund II; Los Angeles-based asset management firm TCW is raising $250m for its new hedge fund focused on foreclosed homes; Farallo

• 18. May. | Barclay Hedge Fund Index down 0.44% in April, remains up 5.05% YTD [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – Hedge funds lost 0.44% in April 2012, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.

• 18. May. | HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index down 1.22% in mid-May (+2.01% YTD) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Global equities continued and extended declines through mid-May, with investors focused on weak US employment data, resurgence of Euro sovereign debt risks and trading loss

• 18. May. | Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index fell -0.46% in April (+4.0% YTD) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers produced mixed results in April but lost ground on average as the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index fell 0.46% in the month. Long-Short Credit, Fixed In

• 18. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Direct investment, managed accounts gain traction with family offices [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Family offices are key sources of capital allocations for hedge funds. Peter Fletcher of the Parly Family Office has been investing in hedge funds for several years. Fletcher, now based in Switzerland was

More Other Voices

• 27. Mar. 2012 | Other Voices: How ironic – economic growth may be the poison pill to the 2012 bull market [more]

  The author, Steven Michael, is the Founder, Principal & Chief Investment Officer of Stonehenge Asset Management. He has over 25 years experience in the alternative management space. His extensive financial career began in 1985 on the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). He is also a

• 23. Mar. 2012 | Other Voices: Not your father's hedge fund industry [more]

  Authored by Matt Nelson, Executive Director, Strategy at Omgeo LLC, a financial operations expert, this article looks at the consequences of pending regulations on the hedge fund industry. Much of discussion on the regulatory changes fa

• 05. Mar. 2012 | Other Voices: Know the difference between conviction and clarity in marketing [more]

  This article was authored by Diane Harrison, principal and owner of Panegyric Marketing, a marketing communications firm founded in 2002 that specializes in a wide range of strategy and writing services within the alternative assets sector

• 29. Feb. 2012 | Other Voices – Inefficiencies in the Emerging Markets High Yield Debt Asset Class [more]

  From André Simon, Galloway Capital (www.gallowaycapital.com): There is a common belief that Emerging Markets High Yield (EM HY) should pay a higher yield than their US HY peers (difference is currently around 200bps) because of EM’s lack of Rule of Law, which in turn affects EM’s recovery rate

• 02. Feb. 2012 | Other Voices: Who's watching your assets? Lessons from MF Global [more]

  The author is Deborah Prutzman,CEO, The Regulatory Fundamentals Group, a firm that provides an enterprise-wide view of the US laws that impact alternative asset managers and others involved in the field: In the wake of MF Global, it can be tempting to suggest myriad rules, which, if followed, wo

• 27. Jan. 2012 | Other Voices: A Very Crowded Trade [more]

  This article was authored by Richard Harris, fund manager at Port Shelter Investment Management, based in Hong Kong. He compares the investment management industry to what it was like 26 years ago. I remember a former Managing Director asking me to write a message to Head Office on a blank

• 16. Dec. 2011 | Other Voices: The truth about hedge fund risk [more]

  This article was authored by Charles T. Hage. Mr. Hage is currently Compliance Officer at U.S.-based firm Mohican Financial Management, LLC. During his career he has reviewed financial performance measures in alternative investments and managed financial risk in corporate investment programs.

• 01. Nov. 2011 | Other Voices: Agecroft Partners believes Hedge fund branding drives a majority of asset flows [more]

  By: Don Steinbrugge, Chairman of Agecroft Partners, a global consulting and third party marketing firm for hedge funds: Since the market correction of 2008, a vast majority of hedge fund net asset flows have gone to a small minority of hedge funds with the strongest brands, marking a change

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CME - S&P 500 INDEX (CASH) Daily

Near Term Trend: Negative

Friday’s Close: 1295.22 (- 9.64)

UPDATE: On April 9th, we went short the S&P 500 Index, well before the crowd realized the market was turning bearish. We placed a daily stop at 1402.40. Unfortunately we were stopped out, as the Index settled at 1403.36, four weeks ago. As we said at the time, “We may have been whipsawed”. As it turned out that was exactly the case. That particular day we were stopped out, was the highest point the market has traded in the last four weeks

We do however remain short the NASDAQ Index from April 2, from 2,752.00

Our theme since going short has not wavered as we have been allowing the weakness in the market to work for us. In addition, for the last two weeks we have noted price overhead is well defined.
1284.00 is the start of key near term support.