Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Swiss asset manager Reyl re-opens Resurgent FoHFs to investors after posting +1.84% YTD, gets ready for market recovery [more]

  By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: Reyl Asset Management (RAM) has just announced the opening of their Resurgence Fund to external investors. The Fund has been trading with internal assets since April 2009 and returned +1.01% net to investors in May 2009, bringing YTD returns to +1.84%.

• Opalesque Exclusive: Swiss FoHFs manager Gottex awarded HF portfolio mandate by Nestle Pension Funds, Gottex in full restructuring mode [more]

  By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited (Gottex) has just announced it had been awarded an investment and advisory mandate by Nestlé Capital Advisers S.A. The investment management mandate applies to one of Nestlé Pension Funds’ hedge fund

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• 02. Jul. | IOSCO consults on Principles for Periodic Disclosure by Listed Entities [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - The Technical Committee of International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has published a consultation paper – ");

• 02. Jul. | Credit Suisse Alternative Index Replication (AIR) indices project hedge funds will post mixed returns for June [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Market uncertainty led to mixed hedge fund returns in June, according to Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit Suisse.

  Dr. Drachman noted, “Following May, which was one of the better performing months for hedge funds in rec

• 02. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Swiss asset manager Reyl re-opens Resurgent FoHFs to investors after posting +1.84% YTD, gets ready for market recovery [more]

  By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: Reyl Asset Management (RAM) has just announced the opening of their Resurgence Fund to external investors. The Fund has been trading with internal assets since April 2009 and returned +1.01% net to investors in May 2009, bringing YTD returns to +1.84%.

• 02. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Swiss FoHFs manager Gottex awarded HF portfolio mandate by Nestle Pension Funds, Gottex in full restructuring mode [more]

  By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited (Gottex) has just announced it had been awarded an investment and advisory mandate by Nestlé Capital Advisers S.A. The investment management mandate applies to one of Nestlé Pension Funds’ hedge fund

• 01. Jul. | Kinetic Partners: How best to avoid hedge fund fraud? Red flags for hedge fund investors attract increased attention [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Hedge fund managers need to step up their game in order to compete effectively in today’s era of increasingly savvy investors, says Kinetic Partners in its latest newsletter.

  Amid the backdrop of recent high profile frauds, historic market declines, and related

• 01. Jul. | Barings: Russian Commodities key in China’s bid for global supremacy [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates – Matthias Siller, fund manager of Baring Emerging Europe Plc at Baring Asset Management (Barings), suggests Russia’s huge commodities reserves mean it is best placed to supply the raw materials China needs in its bid to become a leading global economic power.

  M

• 01. Jul. | HFSB proposes toughening standards and announces new signatories [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) is proposing changes to its standards on fund administration and redemptions in the light of the financial crisis.

  The proposed changes, which are subject to consultation with the industry, would involve introducing new s

• 01. Jul. | Dow Jones Indexes launches Dow Jones Islamic Market International Titans 100 Index [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - The index will underlie first Shari'ah-compliant ETF in the U.S.

  Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced it licensed the Dow Jones Islamic Market International Titans 100 Index to Javelin Investment Management, an investment a

• 01. Jul. | SEB Investment Outlook: 'Safe havens less attractive ahead' [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Lars Gunnar Aspman, Portfolio Specialist at SEB, the Northern European financial group, comments on the outlook for safe haven currencies in the attached article. this is part of SEB's Investment Outlook - Market view and portfolio strategy (published June 2009).

• 01. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: New York Roundtable: HF managers are afraid to even touch TALF or PPIP, which seem shrouded in uncertainty [more]

  By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: One of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s initiative, called the Public-Private Investment Program, or PPIP, has lost momentum, reported the Wall Street Journal on Monday, as big banks are worried about having to sell at fire-sale prices

• 01. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Harcourt launches Belmont (Lux) Recovery FoHFs today [more]

  Harcourt Investment Consulting AG (Harcourt), a FoHFs house headquartered in Zurich, has just announced the launch of Belmont (Lux) Recovery, a diversified fund of hedge funds dedicated to credit and distressed assets. The fund is comprised of leading hedge funds engaging in the debt of comp

• 01. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: New metals fund house Altus Resource raised GBP26m at yesterday`s lising on the LSE [more]

  By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: ALTUS Resource Capital Limited (ARC), a Guernsey-domiciled, closed-ended investment company, was listed on the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange on 30th June 2009. Monies totalling £26m (US$42.7m) have been raised pursuant to t

• 01. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: GAIA Resources Fund celebrates 5th year, up 123% ITD [more]

  From the Opalesque Team: GAIA Capital Advisors, a Geneva based asset manager specializing in natural resources and emerging markets, has announced that the GAIA Resources Fund was celebrating its 5th-year anniversary. The fund began trading in May 2004 and $100 invested on day one would

• 01. Jul. | Opalesque Exclusive: Chicago small-cap long-bias hedge fund up 34% since November inception [more]

  Chicago-based Taylor Fund, L.P. announced today a 15.35% gain in May. This follows a 21.5% gain for the month of April. The fund’s total (net) gain now is 33.76% since its inception on November 15, 2008. “We are very pleased to have substantially outperformed the broader market

• 30. Jun. | Blackrock expects the U.S. to outperform Europe, and emerging markets to outperform developed ones [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates - Below is the investment commentary from Bob Doll, Vice-Chairman and CIO for Global Equities at BlackRock, for the week commencing 29th June 2009.

  The key points are:

  – The investment debate is likely to centre around the issue of debt-indu

• 30. Jun. | BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha and European Absolute Alpha show flexibility and experience to navigate choppy waters with good returns [more]

  Opalesque Industry Updates – BlackRock’s Absolute Alpha fund range, UK Absolute Alpha and the recently launched European Absolute Alpha demonstrates the value of investment flexibility in turbulent markets.

  Being able to use synthetic ‘shorts’ whereby shares are sold with the intention of b

• 30. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: New York Roundtable: New hedge fund fee models emerge but two-and-twenty won't disappear [more]

  From the Opalesque Team: At the recent Opalesque New York Roundtable, Chris Acito, founder of boutique consultancy firm Acito Advisory Group, painted a straightforward picture regarding the perceived collapse hedge

• 30. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Julius Baer Invest may absorb listed Swiss FoHFs house creInvest [more]

  By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: According to creInvest’s website, as a result of the events on the financial markets over the past months, wealth manager Julius Baer Invest Ltd., Zurich, has proposed to

• 30. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index returns 4% in May, 6.7% YTD, best in 9 years – May and Q1-09 review in numbers [more]

  By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index has just announced a return of 4.06% for the month of May and 6.72% YTD – although the S&P 500 which is at 5.59% (2.96% YTD), and the MSCI World which is at 8.62% (5.41% YTD) did better in May. It was t

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NEW 2009 Opalesque New York Roundtable with: Ed Robertiello, Managing Director, head of the fund of hedge funds Americas at Credit Suisse Tim Schuler, CFA, Senior Vice President & Investment Strategist, Permal Group Carrie McCabe, CEO and Founder of Lasair Capital Chris Acito, Founder of Acito Advisory Group, former Managing Director and Global Chief Operation Officer for Investcorp's Hedge Fund Group John M. Bader, Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Halcyon Asset Management Bill Geisler, Portfolio Manager, Malbec Partners Christopher Pucillo, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, Solus Alternative Asset Management Katherine S. Kim, Senior Analyst, Affirmed Capital The Round discusses fundamental changes in asset allocation of public and corporate pensions, who have started to allocate to alternatives straight out of their equity portfolio, rather than putting hedge funds into a "5% niche". You will learn details: What macro signals hedge funds are using for their strategic positioning Challenges for emerging managers: What happened to seeding? New insights on risk and reward of different asset classes and hedge fund strategies What are the "rescue mandates" that Credit Suisse and other notable firms are now getting? What are the huge opportunities investors can pursue in the secondary markets for hedge funds? What new hedge fund compensation models are already now being deployed, but why do hedge fund fees not seem to ever go down? What keeps many hedge funds from participating in TALF and PIPP programs? and much more!

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