• Opalesque Exclusive: Managers in sweet spot are focusing on more aggressive fundraising from institutional investors - Arrow Capital [more]

  From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: For the past few months as inflows have started to increase, institutional investors evaluating managers for allocations have made it clear that the bar for securing assets has been raised. According to most investor surveys, managers need a minimum

• Opalesque Exclusive: Japan's rising debt and falling consumption worrying but debt crisis remote possibility [more]

  From Sagar Chakraverty, Opalesque Asia: In the land of the rising sun, now debts are rising faster. Japan’s debt has assumed a humongous size, 1000tln yen ($11.25tln), which is more than twice its GDP ($5.1tln, 2009). “As Japan has already reached a debt level of 200% of GDP, this has caused

• Opalesque Exclusive: Consistent performance won Nikko's Asian Equity Fund a Lipper award [more]

  Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: The Nikko AM Asian Equity Fund, which returned 18% last year, has been awarded a Lipper Fund Award in the Equity Asia Pacific Ex Japan Category (3 years) section for 2010. The fund's manager Soo Nam Ng, based in Singapore, said that the investment team provided

• Investors showed confidence in hedge funds in February - HFN [more]

  Below are early estimates for February 2010 hedge fund asset flows and performance. A full report will be available later in the month. Highlights: Both performance and investor flows were positive in February. Positive returns were driven by global macro a

• HFR: Hedge fund liquidations fall to pre-crisis levels as launches increase in Q4-09, average incentive fees decline [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – The number of new hedge fund launches increased in the fourth quarter of 2009, even as the pace of liquidations continued to decline, according to data released today by Hedge Fund Research, Inc., the leading provider of data and analysis of the hedge fund industry.

• Other Voices: Time may be running short for policy makers globally to redefine the industry [more]

  This article was written by Craig Asche, Executive Director of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA). We are well over a month into the New Year and still significant uncertainties overhang the financial industry in general and the alternative investment community sp

• 10. Mar. | HFR: Hedge fund liquidations fall to pre-crisis levels as launches increase in Q4-09, average incentive fees decline [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – The number of new hedge fund launches increased in the fourth quarter of 2009, even as the pace of liquidations continued to decline, according to data released today by He

• 10. Mar. | Investors showed confidence in hedge funds in February - HFN [more]

  Below are early estimates for February 2010 hedge fund asset flows and performance. A full report will be available later in the month. Highlights: Both perf

• 09. Mar. | US Dollar favorite currency of hedge fund managers, few of whom expect Greek sovereign debt crisis to destroy Euro - TrimTabs/BarclayHedge [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge reported that the U.S. dollar is the favorite currency of hedge fund managers. Six in 10 managers cite the greenback as thei

• 09. Mar. | Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index +0.52% (est) in February (-0.26% YTD), launch activity brings 90 new funds to market in 1Q2010 [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - After being marginally down in January, hedge funds returned to positive territory in February 2010. The composite Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 0.52% during the mon

• 09. Mar. | Managed Funds Association announced new alliance with Texas Hedge Fund Association [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Managed Funds Association (MFA) President and CEO Richard H. Baker, today announced that MFA has formed an alliance with the Texas Hedge Fund Association (THFA), an educat

• 09. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Japan hedge fund investors still feel burn of lockups, reallocations will go to funds based largely on liquidity to investors during financial crisis [more]

  From the Opalesque team: For hedge funds, Japan's institutional investors are a promising asset-raising target looming on the horizon. US-based marketing firm FletcherBennet recently expressed this opinion with the

• 09. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Ex-AbCap managers' new European L/S fund returns 3.45% in January, expect further growth in Germany [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: The Varus Fund, a long/short European equity fund with a focus on Germany, returned 3.45% (€ class) in January, after returning 2.22% in 2009 since its September

• 09. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Thai Focused Equity Fund up 6.1% in February (0.4% YTD), manager says now is best time to invest in Thailand [more]

  From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia: The Thai Focused Equity Fund defied political turmoil in Thailand and returned 6.1% in February (0.4% YTD) as it outperformed the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index which increased 3.9% during the same period. Doug Barnett, fund manager of the Thai

• 08. Mar. | Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index +0.87% (est) in February (+1.04% YTD est) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index (“Broad Index”) will finish up +0.87% in February (based on 76% of assets reporting). Key highlig

• 08. Mar. | More investor and manager education needed for newcits to succeed, says Alternative Decisions study [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - • Three quarters of investors believe the greatest risk to UCITS hedge funds is either performance disappointment or it nor living up to the hype • Le

• 08. Mar. | TrimTabs and BarclayHedge: with estimated inflow of $7.1bn in January, hedge fund assets rise to $1.5tn (up 23.6% from April-09 low) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update – TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge reported that all hedge funds posted an estimated inflow of $7.1 billion, or 0.5% of assets, in January. Hedge fund assets st

• 08. Mar. | Hennessee Hedge Fund index advances +0.96% in February (+0.42% YTD), still outperforming stocks YTD due to asset protection in January [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, announced that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced +0.96% in February (+0.42% YTD), while the S&P 500 increa

• 08. Mar. | HFI: Global hedge fund assets bounce back to $1.8tn [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - After a dramatic fall during the previous 18 months from the beginning of 2008, overall assets in global hedge funds staged a modest recovery during the second half of 2009

• 08. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Review of hedge fund launches, closures, trends, regulatory and legal events - week 9 [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: A roundup of the week’s hedge fund launches, closures, index performance, trends, regulatory, legal and financial events pertaining to the alternative investments industry. Last week, we heard of fund launches from Bedrock (Brazil multi-strat FoHFs

• 01. Feb. 2010 | Other Voices: A new approach for measuring crowded trades in financial markets [more]

  This article was written by Dr. Momtchil Pojarliev, new senior portfolio manager at U.S.-based asset manager Hathersage, and by Richard M. Levich, professor of finance at New York’s Stern School of business – it

• 25. Jan. 2010 | Other Voices: Obama Bank’s plan revives Glass Steagall Act, may improve capital raising environment for hedge funds [more]

  This article was written by Bryan Goh, First Avenue Partners LLP, London : It sounds like a plan. President Obama in an effort to address what is widely believed to be a flawed banking model has decided to ressurrect the Glass Steagall Act 1933. Glass Steagall 1932 had already been effect

• 08. Dec. 2009 | Other Voices: Liquidity mechanics of funds have been stress-tested, more managers are reviewing suspension provisions to allow future flexibility - Ogier [more]

  This article was written by Nadia Menezes, Senior Associate at law firm Ogier. The market turbulence over the last twelve months has seen fund structures and mechanics being strenuously tested under extreme conditions. Whilst the

• 12. Nov. 2009 | Other Voices: CTAs: Where do we go from here? [more]

  This commentary was written by Maximilian Thiel, senior manager at AIMhedge Management Ltd, a Liechstenstein and Caymans-based alternative management firm. The firm's flagship, AIMhedge Global Diversified Fund Ltd, is a systematic hedge fund focused on delivering absolute returns by investin

• 05. Oct. 2009 | Other Voices: EU Directive refugees - Bright lights of Singapore beckon [more]

  This article was written by Christopher P. Wells and Linda L. Ng. – Christopher P. Wells is a partner and Linda L. Ng is a counsel with White & Case LLP’s Tokyo and Hong Kong/Singapore offices, respectively. The bright lights and relaxed lifestyle of Singapore beckon to EU fund managers who a

• 01. Oct. 2009 | Other Voices: Hedge funds: Consideration of fraud risks in an economic crisis [more]

  The following article was authored by Adam Weisman, Partner, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP and Tania Lynn, Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP. Fraud has always represented a dangerous and perhaps dangerou

• 15. Sep. 2009 | Other Voices: The long arm of the law - Implications of an SEC examination to the offshore hedge fund [more]

  The authors of this article are Kevin Phillip and Wade Kenny, both managers at dms Management Ltd. (dms), the largest management firm in the Cayman Islands. dms focuses on serving the hedge fund industry. It has long been a fact of life for registered investment advisers preparing for, and su

• 12. Aug. 2009 | Other Voices: Modified Volatility - 1937 paper found relevant to today's risk management challenges [more]

  By Peter Urbani, CIO, Infiniti Capital: An obscure tract by a University of Adelaide Statistics Professor, Edmund Cornish is today among the leading candidates for improving risk management. The 1937 paper by Edmund Alfred Cornish (1909 - 1973) and Sir Ronald Fisher* provides the basis

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