Previously published Opalesque Exclusives
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30. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Baupost Group reports positive Q3 returns, co-portfolio manager to start family office [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Herb Wagner, Co-Portfolio Manager at Boston-based hedge fund Baupost Group has announced he will be leaving to start his own family office and will remain a client of the firm. In a webcast for client scheduled tomorrow, Wagner and firm principal Seth Klarman w
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29. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Solvency II may deter insurance companies from investing in hedge funds [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
Some people think that the regulatory push for more collateral will not be so much of an issue for hedge funds (see Opalesque Exclusive here). Howeve
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29. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: FLAIA to hold hedge fund one-on-one meetings alongside Art Basel in Miami [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Art Basel and Art Miami might not be the first must-attend hedge fund events that spring to mind, but the Florida Alternative Investment Association (FLAIA) is looking to change all that. The Association will be holding a two day conference during Art Basel,
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29. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: 'Alternative Alternatives' investment funds gained 0.53% in September (+3.34% YTD) [more]
Florian Guldner, Opalesque Research:
'Alternatives Alternatives' investment funds saw small gains last month, according to an estimation based on 719 single- and multi-manager funds currently listed in 25 categories in the Opalesque Solutions A SQUARE Fund Database (
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29. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Blackstone Group plans to launch a fund that will buy stakes in hedge fund managers: hedge fund news, week 43 [more]
In the week-ending 26 October 2012, it was reported that Blackstone Group plans to launch a multibillion-dollar fund that would buy stakes in hedge fund managers in the secondary market; John Mack partnered with tax lawyer Joel Ehrenkranz to launch a fund of funds business called E&M Adviso
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26. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Roundtable: Participants express concern about FATCA implementation [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
Speakers at the Opalesque New York Roundtable, sponsored by SunGard, T
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26. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Fund managers, business, and policy leaders stare into the abyss, call for debt fix [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
If you're looking for an optimistic take on the state of world financial and policy affairs, it's going to be very hard to find. Nowhere was this truer than at the second day of The Economist's Buttonwood Gathering held today in New York Cit
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25. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Roundtable: The market may be forcing us into more illiquid situations [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
Participants at the recent Opalesque New York Roundtable discussed whether now is the right time – just as liquidity is being injected into the markets – to invest in illiquid
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25. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Greenlight Capital blasts Fed in letter, fund posts +9.4% in Q3 (+13.2% YTD) [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Funds posted a positive third quarter of +9.4%, according to a letter to investors obtained by Opalesque. The US-based hedge fund is up overall on the year +13.2%. The firm overall is believed to have over $7bn in a
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25. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Oxford Investment Partners fund posts positive Q3 +3.6% (+7.1% YTD) [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
The UK-based Oxford Investment Partners fund released its quarterly earnings letter today noting that overall, it had a positive quarter posting gains of +3.6%, raising the fund to 7.1% for the year. The fund seeks to outperform the global equity index with hal
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25. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Agilith North American Diversified Fund defies market weakness with 1.4% gains Q3 (+24.7% YTD) [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
Toronto, Canada-based Agilith Capital Inc., has reported that its North American Diversified Fund defied the oft‐cited seasonal Q2 weakness and rose by 1.4% in the third quarter to bring the year-to-
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25. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Commodity markets and funds enjoy the third quarter [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
Swiss commodity fund manager Tiberius Asset Management, said in its latest monthly commentary that the commodity market ended the third quarter mostly on positive territory with all m
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24. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Swiss Asia Capital gains Singapore licence, commodities fund up 10% in September [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
Juerg Kiener, MD and CIO of Swiss Asia Capital (Singapore) Pte Ltd. announced today that his firm had been granted its Singapore Capital Markets Services (CMS) licence.
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23. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque TV: Simon Lack: mediocre hedge fund performance nothing new [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Simon Lack is a veteran of the hedge fund industry. After 23 years at JP Morgan, Lack went on to found SL Capital Advisors a firm which provides separately managed accounts to investors with an interested in master limited partnerships; high dividend yielding s
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23. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Emanagers Total Index up 0.1% in September (+4.33% YTD) [more]
Florian Guldner, Opalesque Reserach:
Emerging manager hedge funds and managed futures funds saw slight gains last month, according to a first estimation based on the data of 307 funds listed in Opalesque Solutions' Emanagers database.
The Emanagers Total Index advanced 0.1% in September,
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22. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Pabrai re-opens offshore fund to new money [more]
From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia:
After almost two years of having closed all its funds to new investors, the Managing Partner of Irvine, California-based Pabrai Investment Funds, Mohnish Pabrai, re-opened the PIF3 fund to new money from existi
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22. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge fund assets surged to new record in Q3 by +3.6% to $2.19tln says HFR: hedge fund news, week 42 [more]
In the week-ending 19 October, 2012, China private equity firm SAIF Partners revealed plans to launch a Greater China hedge fund; Amundi launched Amundi Funds Absolute Volatility Arbitrage Plus; and Morgan Stanley and SLJ Macro Partners launched a new fund under its Irish UCITS umbrella calle
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19. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque TV: Central bank moves to wrangle economies after 2008, adversely impacting forex markets [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Since the 1970s when currencies began to float and move against each other, activity in the foreign exchange markets or forex, has steadily increased. Now, forex is one of the hottest spaces for hedge funds. Matthias Knab
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18. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Retail investors see new options for hedging tail risk [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
As Opalesque has reported in detail, tail-risk hedging has gained renewed interest from investors following the 2008 crisis. For those who invest in he
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18. Oct. 2012 | Opalesque Roundtable: Not every hedge fund starting out in Connecticut will succeed [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
Participants at the recent Opalesque Connecticut Roundtable agreed on the whole that while the quality of life is high and the costs of maintaining a business are lower in
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