Previously published Opalesque Exclusives
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11. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque Roundtable: Real estate investors not always very keen on hedge funds [more]
From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia:
Real estate investors are not your usual investors and most of the times, could be biased against hedge funds, said Marc Lehmann, General Partner at Riverloft Capital during the latest
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11. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge funds assets jumped 6% to $2.6tln: hedge fund news, week 6 [more]
In the week-ending February 8, 2013, the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, said it would launch the new All Weather Major Markets hedge fund this year; Avenue Capital Group was reported to be preparing a new $500m fund that is focused on Europe; and Morgan Stanley launched a
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08. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Swiss family office’s asset management arm puts money on UCITS [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
The executives of Palaedino Asset Management, a firm that is part of the Palaedino multi-family office Group, are strong advocates of the UCITS structure. If a strategy can be managed onshore and within that structure, then it should be done so. Whatever ca
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07. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Strong January for Niederhoffer hedge funds [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
R. G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, a New York-based CTA is off to a strong start for 2013. According to a January performance estimates obtained by Opalesque, nearly all programs ended the month positively, making up for a rough end to 2012 felt by nearly a
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07. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Switzerland reinforces asset management industry [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
The Swiss financial centre is reputed more for its wealth management than its asset management industry. But with the ongoing changes in its funds law (which should be implemented this year) and plans from financial associations to strengthen this part of t
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06. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque TV: Bank debt pioneer Mark Okada, of Highland Capital Management, sees significant opportunities in 2013 [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
In 1993, few players were in the bank debt space. Bank loans were largely traded between banks, at a low volume, and for the whole loan from start to finish. Now, as bank debt has grown as an investment to over $1tn dollars, Mark Okada, one of the pioneers of
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05. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Swiss volatility arbitrage fund up 25% in 2012 by profiting from market's myopia [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
The Cassiopeia Fund, a volatility arbitrage fund, was launched in 2003, after years of research done by the fund's founder, Dr. Michel Dominicé. This fund profit s from markets' irrational moves and proves through its performance that a rational ap
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05. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Amberstone Global Strategies up 2.16% in its inaugural month [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
Stamford, Connecticut-based Amberstone Capital Management’s inaugural program, Amberstone Global Strategies, posted a 2.16% gain during its first month of operation in January and started its operation on a positive note.
Pascal Magnollay, Managing Partner
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04. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Oxford Investment Partners’ fund of funds ends 2012 up 9% thanks to hedge fund, equity, fixed income exposure [more]
From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia:
The UK-based Oxford Investment Partners Ltd (OXIP)’s OXIP Diversified Fund delivered 1.9% (est.) in Q4-12, bringing the entire year’s gains to 9%, thanks to the fund’s equity, hedge fund and fixed income investme
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04. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Nomura Holdings’ Asia-focused hedge fund gains 32% on credit bet: hedge fund news, week five [more]
In the week ending February 1, 2013, Man Group's FRM Capital Advisors made a significant investment in a Japan-focused hedge fund launched by Arena Capital Management; Schroders is to launch the Sirios US Equity fund through its UCITS global alternative investor access platform in Februar
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01. Feb. 2013 | Opalesque TV: The art of vulture investing, a new book explains what being a vulture fund really means [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Vulture investors have been making a lot of news of late, and for those that might be interested in learning more about what a vulture fund really is, good news –
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31. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Roundtable: Hedge fund managers say investors are constantly faced with information overload [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
Investors are faced with the constant problem of information overload and bombarded with incessant inflow of short term information that influences their long term perspective, declared Mark Levas, the Founder and Senior Managing Principal of the Olympian Grou
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31. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Argentine debt holdouts go public ahead of court date [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Argentine President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner has some world travel planned, but she won't be doing it on the presidential plane. The plane, Tango 01,
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31. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: 'Alternative Alternatives' investment funds gained 0.63% in December (+2.92% in 2012) [more]
Florian Guldner, Opalesque Research:
'Alternatives Alternatives' investment funds had a positive month of December, according to an estimation based on 633 single- and multi-manager funds currently listed in 25 categories in the Opalesque Solutions A SQUARE Fund Database (
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30. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Roundtable: Dynamic hedging applications can bridge gap between algorithmic techniques and traditional long term investment [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:Complex and dynamic hedge fund applications are capable of bridging the gap between algorithmic techniques and traditional long term investments, said Maxime Dupont, Founder and CEO of Luxembourg-based Quan
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30. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Credit Suisse launches first covered call gold ETN in the US [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:After ringing the opening bell on the NASDAQ in New York City today, Credit Suisse announced the launch of the Gold Shares Covered Call ETN (GLDI). GLDI is the first exchange traded product in the US
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30. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Exis Capital annualizes 18% since 1998 inception [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:New York-based firm Exis Capital’s hedge funds registered 7.19% net gains in the last quarter of 2012, bringing profits for 2012 at 14.77% n
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30. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: The Curse of Adonis – Why good looking people shouldn't try to sell hedge funds [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Prof. Dr. Bernd Ankenbrand, Professor of Constructivist Finance at Karlshochschule International University, Germany, has been researching perception and first impressions for a while. In 2011, he
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29. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: Another good year for Swiss short-term trading shop Amplitude [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
Swiss CTA shop Amplitude Capital, which runs three short-term trading programs, has kept on doing very well since we last reported on them
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29. Jan. 2013 | Opalesque Exclusive: FATCA regs finalized, but hedge funds still in limbo [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
On January 17, the IRS issued finalized Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) rules. These rules will impact financial firms and investors of all stripes foreign and domestic. In essence, the rules are designed to go after US tax cheats regardless of where
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