• Opalesque Exclusive: Fat tail events occur five times more often than investors anticipate, says Welton Investment [more]

  From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: With the roiling summer markets, news-making opinions such as Noster Capital’s anticipation of the second leg of the crisis, and the release of August Federal Reserve meeting minutes reflectin

• Opalesque Exclusive: Variance Capital founder Martin Frenette joins alts division of Lombard Odier [more]

  From the Opalesque team: Martin Frenette, founder and managing director of Canadian consulting firm Variance Capital Management announced yesterday that he had joined the London-based alternatives division of

• Hedge funds saw overall negative returns in August based on Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta ('LAB') Index performance [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Returns for the LAB Liquid Indices suggest that hedge funds were negatively impacted by broad market sell-offs in August, although certain sectors showed resilience amid the increased market volatility according to Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta St

• Och Ziff funds return small gains, illustrating the difficulties felt by hedge funds in August [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Och Ziff reported its estimated August performance on Thursday, showing how difficult the month of August was as the markets stumbled and the S&P 500 dropped just short of 5%. However, the funds’ all managed to make gains with the Och Ziff Europe Master Fund leading

• Taxes drive rising cost of business in China [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – The Chinese government’s renewed efforts to collect taxes has fund managers saying this could lead to rising cost in doing business in the region, particularly for global fund managers running international portfolios for mainland institutions. Many fund executi

• Other Voices - Should indemnity provisions extend to auditors? [more]

  This article was authored by Alric Lindsay, a Cayman-based independent director, who prior to his experience working as an investment funds attorney for two global law firms, was a senior compliance analyst with the Cayman Islands Monetary Author

• 03. Sep. | Taxes drive rising cost of business in China [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – The Chinese government’s renewed efforts to collect taxes has fund managers saying this could lead to rising cost in doing business in the region, particularly for global f

• 03. Sep. | Och Ziff funds return small gains, illustrating the difficulties felt by hedge funds in August [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Och Ziff reported its estimated August performance on Thursday, showing how difficult the month of August was as the markets stumbled and the S&P 500 dropped just shor

• 03. Sep. | Hedge funds saw overall negative returns in August based on Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta ('LAB') Index performance [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Returns for the LAB Liquid Indices suggest that hedge funds were negatively impacted by broad market sell-offs in August, although certain sectors showed resilience amid th

• 02. Sep. | Hedge funds post outflow of $2.9bn, or 0.2% of assets in July 2010, industry assets at lowest level since November 2009 [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge reported that the hedge fund industry posted an estimated outflow of $2.9 billion, or 0.2% of assets, in July 2010, the second

• 02. Sep. | Allenbridge HedgeInfo announces AA+ rating of Stenham Asset Management [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Allenbridge HedgeInfo is pleased to announce its rating of AA+ to Stenham Asset Management. This is a renewal of the original rating awarded to the fund Stenham Universal

• 02. Sep. | FourWinds appoints Mark Rzepczynski as CEO of funds group [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - FourWinds Capital Management, the alternative investment manager specialising in commodities and natural resources, today announces the appointment of Mark Rzepczynski as C

• 02. Sep. | EU seeks new rules on abusive short-selling [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – European Union lawmakers are drafting new rules to empower regulators to stop abusive short-selling. At the same time, the draft legislation also aims to ban naked selling

• 01. Sep. | Emmanuel Roman announced as Chief Operating Officer of Man [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Further to this morning’s announcement that Man shareholders have approved the acquisition of GLG Partners Inc., Man is pleased to announce that Emmanuel Roman will assume

• 01. Sep. | London-based Majedie Investments launches subsidiary asset management business Javelin Capital [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The Board of Majedie Investments PLC is pleased to confirm the launch of a subsidiary, Javelin Capital LLP, a newly authorised asset management business. Majedie Investment

• 01. Sep. | Elliott Associates drops court case against AR magazine [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – Portland, Oregon-based hedge fund firm Elliott Associates announced on Tuesday (August 31) it was dropping its court case against trade publication Absolute Return (AR) mag

• 01. Sep. | Eze Castle Integration expands into Europe, Asia to better serve U.S.-based and local hedge funds and investment firms [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Eze Castle Integration, Inc., a leading provider of IT services, technology and consulting to investment management firms, today announced the opening of offices in Singapo

• 31. Aug. | U.S. manager Concerto A.M. wins Eur60m credit alpha absolute return mandate from London firm Goodhart Partners [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Concerto Asset Management, LLC, a manager of U.S. corporate credit based in Charlotte, North Carolina, announced a Euro 60 million credit alpha absolute return mandate from

• 31. Aug. | Olympia Capital is taking over the management of fund of hedge funds of Sal. Oppenheim France [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – Olympia Capital is taking over the management of the fund of hedge funds of Sal. Oppenheim France (Deutsche Bank group) Olympia Capital Management is taking over

• 31. Aug. | Microsoft attracting major hedge funds - report [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Technology and software giant Microsoft Corp., has attracted the attention of major hedge fund managers in the second quarter. TPG-Axon Capital Management’s Dinakar Singh a

• 24. Aug. 2010 | Other Voices - The grass isn't always Greener in the Emerald Isle: Why some funds now relocate to Cayman again [more]

  This article was authored by Niaz Khan, Associate Director of dms Management Ltd.: Fundamental to my work as an Associate Director at dms Management Ltd. is travelling to major financial centres to meet with investment managers of hedge fund c

• 16. Aug. 2010 | Other Voices - Ten key considerations for SEC registration [more]

  This article was authored by William Mulligan, CEO of HedgeOp Compliance, LLC: With the signing of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act, fund advisors need to determine not only IF they are required to register but WHEN they are

• 26. Jul. 2010 | Other Voices: ETF ownership limits - Trap for the unwary hedge fund [more]

  This article was authored by Jay B. Gould, Ildiko Duckor, Clint A. Keller and Michael G. Wu of international law firm Pillsbury: In recent years, many hedge funds have significantly increased their holdings in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Historically, hedge funds primarily acquired short posit

• 15. Jul. 2010 | Other Voices: The Volcker Rule's ban on proprietary trading - a practical approach to implementation [more]

  This article was authored by U.S.-based research and consulting house Woodbine Associates. The final form of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is essentially complete and awaiting Senate confirmation; now, at

• 01. Jul. 2010 | Other Voices: How new rules clarification will affect Hong Kong-based advisors of Cayman funds [more]

  This article was written by David Lyons of Caymans and Ireland-based hedge fund service provider dms Management, and by Dawn Cummings of Offshore Business Solutions, also located in the Ca

• 23. Jun. 2010 | Other Voices: Key changes for managers and advisers of BVI funds took effect May 17th - Securities and Investment Business Act 2010 [more]

  This article was written by Nadia Menezes and Marie-Claire Fudge of Ogier to highlight the principal changes applicable to investment funds and their managers or advisers that are introduced under the Securities and Investment Business Act 2010 (SIBA), and illustrate how these changes will affect in

• 07. Jun. 2010 | Other Voices: A recap on some audit issues, and a worrying trend [more]

  This article was authored by Castle Hall Alternative, a provider of operational due diligence based in Canada. Looking back over our posts over the past year or so, we've commented on a number of issues which impac

• 03. Jun. 2010 | Other Voices: Misuse and use of hedge fund indices [more]

  Article authored by François Duc, Risk Advisory, UBP Alternative Investments. Status Review In contrast to the regulated world of traditional investments, the hedge-fund universe cannot be fully encompassed. Hedge funds are private structures, devoid of any regulatory obligations to d

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