Previously published Opalesque Exclusives
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28. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge funds move into eurozone: hedge fund news, week four [more]
In the week ending January 25, 2013, Connecticut fund of hedge funds Simple Alternatives said it was looking for a new manager to allocate to; Odey A.
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25. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Roundtable: Speakers declare that South Florida is a tremendous resource for knowledge and talent [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
Speakers at the Opalesque Florida Roundtable, sponsored by Eurex and
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25. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Waypoint Asset Management launches, focusing on emerging markets [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
The principals of Forum Asset Management, have come together again after a decade to launch a new firm, Connecticut-based Waypoint Asset Management. The firm will focus on emerging market lending, debt, and special situations opportunities. The founders are t
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24. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Hong Kong’s SFC unveils new frontier in Mainland-Hong Kong funds platform [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
Hong Kong’s market regulator Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced a plan to introduce a common Mainland-Hong Kong recognition of funds as a new frontier in the evolution of renminbi (RMB) investment products and the development of asset manage
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24. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: New fund based on historic special situation investments achieves 2012 performance of 25.91% [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
In a communication to investors obtained by Opalesque, New York-based Cruiser Capital LLC announced that it had returned +2.34% in December and +25.91% for 2012, net of fees and expenses. Over the same pe
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23. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Roundtable: Understanding differing dimensions of risk is crucial say Roundtable participants [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
Participants at the Opalesque Florida Roundtable, sponsored by Eurex and
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23. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Marc Chaikin, creator of the Chaikin Money Flow develops research and analytics workstation for fund managers on iPad [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
After more than 40 years on Wall Street, Marc Chaikin, creator of the Chaikin Persistency of Money Flow, retired after a successful career. Now, he has returned, following the financial crisis to bring back research and analytics to the buy-side and institution
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22. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Ex-Tudor manager to launch global macro fund that bets on risk premia [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
Global macroeconomic uncertainty has driven bond yields to record low and global risk premia to all time highs. AlphaParity’s new fund, the All-Weather Strategy, which is to be launched this week, is designed to capture those very risk premia.
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22. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Veteran hedge fund consultant still believes in value of alternatives [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
Veteran hedge fund consultant Anthony Hodges is back in the UK and back offering his services to hedge funds and their investors. Hodges has spent some 30 plus years in the industry, having started working as a commodity trading advisor developing what were
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22. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Radio: Nicholas Brooks: Gold should remain a core asset in 2013 [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
Palladium, tin and coffee could offer interesting investment opportunities this year, said Nicholas Brooks, head of research and investment strategy for the ETF Securities group of companies, in an interview with
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22. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque TV: Hedge fund manager, Patrick Wolff, sees rise of fortress USA in 2013 [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Patrick Wolff is founder of Grandmaster Capital, the first hedge fund seeded by Peter Thiel. Thiel is a well-known Silicon Valley leader and investor. Grandmaster is a fundamentals based long/short equity manager with some macroeconomic analysis added in – a
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22. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Roundtable: Cayman strives to remain competitive, now has more than 10,000 registered funds [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
The Cayman Islands reported a surge in hedge funds registrations in 2012 largely because of the new regulatory requirement to register master funds, said Ingrid Pierce, managing partner at global law firm
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22. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Emanagers Total Index up 1.37% in December (+5.27% in 2012) [more]
Florian Guldner, Opalesque Research:
Emerging manager hedge funds and managed futures funds performed well in the last month of 2012, according to a first estimation based on the data of 300 funds listed in Opalesque Solutions' Emanagers database.
The Emanagers Total Index gained 1.37% i
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21. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Connecticut fund of hedge funds, Simple Alternatives launches manager search [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York
Simple Alternatives, LLC is an institutional alternative investment manager based in Ridgefield, CT. Simple Alternatives is a boutique firm with a concentrated portfolio of strictly long/short equity, favoring smaller managers (read under $500m AUM). "We f
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21. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Hyphen’s long/short equity hedge fund (38.8% in 2012) positioned to profit from coming emerging market storm [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
The portfolio manager of Hyphen’s long/short equity hedge fund believes there is a lose-lose situation for emerging market investments, which presents tremendous opportunity.
Hyphen Partners L.P. was up 38.8% in 2012 (compared to 16% for the S&P500 inde
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21. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge funds (excluding CTAs) average returns of 6%+ in 2012: hedge fund news, week 3 [more]
In the week-ending January 18, 2013, it was reported that Skanska group’s Jonas Granholm and managing director Gustav Lundeborg had teamed up with former Skanska CFO Hans Biörck to launch a hedge fund; former SAC Capital portfolio manager Charles Simonian said he would start a long-short equi
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18. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Roundtable: Cayman must stand firm against demands to embrace UCITS type rules [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
The Cayman’s financial sector is well positioned for the alternative funds industry and should not try to please everybody else, said participants at the recent Opalesque Cayman Rou
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17. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Verno Capital believes Russian reforms not yet priced into stocks [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
Moscow-based long/short hedge fund Verno Capital returned 16.7% for 2012, despite a difficult Russian market. The firm has $200m under management. Senior Partner Roland Nash remains bullish on the Russi
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17. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Roundtable: Best practice in hedge fund good governance driven by institutional investors' demand [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
The improvements in best practices in hedge fund governance are driven by the demands and expectations of institutional investors and more recently by some court cases such as the Weavering case, where the judge took the opportunity to set out what is expecte
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17. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Maglan Capital’s distressed fund ends 2012 up 41.03% (+9.39% in December) [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Maglan Capital LP reported that their distressed master fund had gained 41.03% in 2012 (and +9.39% in December). The fund focuses on identifying liquid instruments of corporations either in or approa
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