Alternative Market Briefing
Fund Launch: John Paulson plans fund to provide capital to financial firms by December
Survey: Hedge fund chiefs look to global macro funds in difficult market
BlackRock amends agreements with Merrill, now easier for Merrill to start or buy hedge funds
Nat Rothschild`s Atticus one of investments in last set of RIT Capital accounts
European family office market ripe for growth, collective wealth at $3.3tln – Celent report
Middle East: ING IM Dubai builds investment team
LatAm: Latin America managers go defensive as inflation bites
Activist News: NYC HF Seneca urges TransAlta to consider options
Opalesque Exclusive: UCITS III, the European travelling funds - part 2 – Instruments used (except for shorting), Argos are launching another UCITS III alternative equity funds later this month
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: Europe’s very own travelling fund structure is further explored here with Michael Hugues, head of business development and product management at Argos Investment Managers. See yesterday’s part 1 here.
Argos Investment Managers, a specialist fund management group based in Geneva, currently manages €180 million (US$ 285.6m) through five separate investment strategies.
Canada`s new funds part 7 – Newly launched Beechwood`s catalyst approach to value investingKirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: Opalesque reports on a small selection of the 300 hedge funds located in Canada. The hedge fund industry in this northernmost part of the Americas is young and agile and looking to use these very advantages to become a force in global asset management (see part 6 here).
Ottowa-based Beechwood Asset Management launched its Canada long/short fund on April 1, 2008.
An in depth discussion of private placement memorandums – the tax and accounting perspectivesKirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: On Tuesday, hedge fund professionals met in New York for the first of four Opalesque Hedge Fund Workshops covering tax and legal issues. The first workshop, which focused on “Dissecting the Private Placement Memorandum” was led by panelists Jeffrey B.
SWFs: State Street assesses the impact of Sovereign Wealth Funds, questions transparency requests, Attacked for political investing, could sovereign wealth funds actually be the most important future trend in Environmental/Social/Governance financeOpalesque Exclusive: State Street assesses the impact of Sovereign Wealth Funds, questions transparency requests
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: State Street gave a briefing on sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) at the London Stock Exchange last night and talked about their growing roles, their liability based approaches and their potential impact on global asset prices.
What exactly is a SWF?
The definition of a SWF is not easy as indeed it encompasses a great variety of investment styles and objectives.
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From HardAssetsInvestor.com: In running the numbers for Monday's energy year in review, it was hard not to get stoked about coal. As I mentioned in Monday's energy review, domestic coal prices have increased 140% this year so far,...
Congress Blames Index SpeculatorsFrom HardAssetsInvestor.com: It's never been easy for index investors. For one thing, there are financial advisors decrying investors' settling for "average" returns. As if it's not bad enough having money managers nattering them,...
Following In JFK's FootstepsFrom HardAssetsInvestor.com: Al Gore has thrown down the gauntlet. It's certainly not the first piece of hand wear he's tossed around, but this time he's actually invoked Kennedy. He has made his "we will go to the moon" challenge,...
From HardAssetsInvestor.com: September corn's in a dramatic retreat this morning, off another quarter to break below the $6-a-bushel level. That's nearly a $1 tumble from its pre-holiday peak. CBOT Corn (September 2008) The price...
Energy: The Year in (P)reviewFrom HardAssetsInvestor.com: Editor's Note: It's the middle of 2008, and the first half of the year has been a wild ride for the commodities market. To capture where we are so far this year - and where we are going - we've asked...
ETFs and Commodities: Why Most Are Up But Some Are DownFrom HardAssetsInvestor.com:
Gold Vs. OilFrom HardAssetsInvestor.com: However, this week's oil sell-off begs for a little attention to the gold/oil ratio. This week, the ratio rallied in gold's favor from its month-long base. Gold/Oil Ratio On The Move The ratio measures...
An Interview With Malcolm Wall MorrisFrom HardAssetsInvestor.com: Early in June, just after it launched its new crude oil contracts, HardAssetsInvestor.com reporter Tom Vulcan had the opportunity to talk with the CEO of the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX),...
Ashland Could Be A PlayFrom HardAssetsInvestor.com: You didn't think this batch of financial reports was going to contain much good news, did you? Now that the oil sector's got the jitters, attention is naturally focused on petroleum companies. We recently...
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- Opalesque Exclusive: UCITS III, the European travelling funds - part 2 – Instruments used (except for shorting), Argos are launching another UCITS III alternative equity fund later this month, Challenges and opportunities in the European investment market, AFG `confident` UCITS will include passport
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The Future of Hedge Funds
Remember a couple of years ago various reports claimed funds of hedge funds were doomed because of the multi-strategy managers? The fund of funds didn't look to good back then. In this Opalesque UK Roundtable held June 5th 2008 in London, we are offering you some important updates on this discussion.
Also covered:
- Which strategies work and are in demand since the credit crunch?
- Why this is not the time to go into passive investments
- For what strategies is the credit crunch actually a good environment, who is striving?
- You hear a lot about that difficulty of valuing collateral - why this complaint is often without merit
- Vital points investors often overlook in discussing fees with hedge funds
- What UK based managers say about the FSA principles-based regulation
- What US investors often don't understand about UK regulations
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The 4th Annual Investors' Summit on the Secondary Life Market, New York City
» Mon, 28 Jul 2008
Are you positioned to act on the latest investment opportunities in the secondary life market? With changing regulations and policies, new players joining the market and new products and developments like insurance loans and synthetic structures, the secondary life market is truly in a state of motion... |
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An Exploration of Key Tax and Accounting Issues for Hedge Funds, New York City
» Tue, 29 Jul 2008
This workshop will explore the intricacies of the Unrelated Business tax and when it applies, not only in straight-forward debt financings but in areas such as structured products; New York Tax developments affecting the alternative investment industry, including discussion on the State's extremely successful residency audit program and new sales and use tax developments applicable to hedge funds and their managers; Valuing Illiquid Assets--more and more managers are investing in assets other than marketable securities, and valuing these assets is more of an art than a science, listen to some of the issues and possible solutions; and Form 1065 Tricks and Traps--the IRS is demanding more transparency and disclosure from hedge funds... |
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Alternative Investment Summit Australia 2008, Sydney
» Mon, 4 Aug 2008
The 3rd Annual Alternative Investment Summit brings together domestic superannuation funds, international pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, asset consultants and other end-investors to discuss the merits of alternative investment products and strategies... |
