Previously published Opalesque Exclusives
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28. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Guggenheim Investment Advisory makes proprietary alternatives platform available to advisors [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Guggenheim Investment Advisory, a business unit of Guggenheim Partners, LLC has launched their Guggenheim Alternatives Platform, a web-based solution designed specifically for independent registered investment advisors, private banks and trust companies and sim
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28. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Roundtable: Falcon Private Bank sees huge interest in gold equities in 2012 [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:
Swiss private bank Falcon Private Bank sees plenty of opportunities in gold equities and has teamed up with John Hathaway from Tocqueville Asset Management and to operate a large gold equi
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28. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: US credit strategies provide good returns for BHCC [more]
by Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
2012 has proved a profitable year for the Brevan Howard Credit Catalysts Ltd. (BHCC) fund which has enjoyed a year to date return of 12.7% and seen assets under management increase to $183.5m, while it
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27. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Advent and IntraLinks join forces on Tamale RMS [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Advent Software, a global investment management software provider and IntraLinks a global technology provider have come together to create an interface between the Advent Tamale RMS product and IntraLinks. The new interface offers enhanced information automati
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26. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Frank Travers lays out method for young and old hedge fund analysts [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
Those in the job of hedge fund selection must have at one time or another felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of funds out there. There are indeed between 8,000 and 10,000 to sift through – although of course, they don’t all run the same strategy. Those wh
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26. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque TV: Sovereign wealth funds stick with brand name hedge funds [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are some of the largest investors in both public and private markets, but their inner workings are largely kept out of the public sphere. Sometimes, however, a few moves are publicized – specifically, when foreign personnel bec
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26. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Paulson, Soros pile up on gold: hedge fund news, week 47 [more]
In the week-ending November 23rd, 2012, we heard that MainStay Investments had launched a new fund of hedge funds tailored to financial advisers with wealthier clients; Matterhorn Investment Management, a $400m London-based hedge fund, is to launch an emerging-markets hedge fund next year tar
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23. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Revere Capital forms consultancy for emerging hedge fund managers [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Revere Capital Advisors has just launched REM Marketing Solutions, to offer marketing advice and product consulting to early-stage hedge fund managers, in response to the growing demand
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22. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: The perfect circle brings Luke Ellis back to FRM [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
In his role as chief executive officer of FRM, Man Group’s newly remodelled fund of funds business, Luke Ellis has every right to feel that he got his baby back. Ellis joined Blaine Tomlinson at
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22. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Emanagers Total Index declines 1.07% in October (+3.33% YTD) [more]
Florian Guldner, Opalesque Research:
Emerging manager hedge funds and managed futures funds generated losses last month, according to a first estimation based on the data of 298 funds listed in Opalesque Solutions' Emanagers database.
The Emanagers Total Index lost 1.07% in October, redu
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21. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: SEC brings charges, FBI makes arrest in most lucrative insider trading scheme 'ever,’ Steven Cohen implicated [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Today the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) brought charges in what the enforcement agencies are calling the most lucrative insider trading scandal ever. The SEC brought civil charges against Mathew Martoma
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20. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Battenkill Capital, an energy and infrastructure fund, draws institutions early on [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Few funds that launched in 2007 made it out of the downturn alive, especially if they launched without significant seed capital. But for one firm– New Jersey-based Battenkill Capital Management, 2008 served as a means of establishing a solid track record by sh
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19. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque TV: Hedge funds leveraging past successes to build new, unconstrained investment management firms [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
At its height, Artradis Fund Management grew to be one of the largest Asian hedge funds managing nearly $5bn. Now, that firm has transformed into something more closely resembling a family office, with some outside investment. The original team, including Stev
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19. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Deer Park Road’s mortgage fund up 23.5% YTD, closes to new investors [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
A U.S. distressed real estate fund is doing very well so far this year, and its manager believes there are still opportunities in the mortgage market. And after receiving inflows of some $40m, the fund will close to outside investors on December 1st.
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19. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Total assets of the global fund industry worth around $120tln, says TheCityUK: hedge fund news, week 46 [more]
In the week-ending November 16th, 2012, Barnstar Opportunities Fund LP, a multi-disciplinary, special situations long-bias fund launched; emerging and frontier market investment special
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16. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Roundtable: CTAs have faced a brave new world since 2008 [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
The Opalesque Managed Futures Roundtable, sponsored by Efficient Capital Managem
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16. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque TV: Managed accounts evolve to meet investor demands [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
In the aftermath of Bernie Madoff, more investors are turning toward separately managed accounts in order get a handle on transparency and greater liquidity – especially at the institutional investor level. In a recent
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15. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Barnstar opportunities opens for business [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Barnstar Opportunities Fund LP, is a multi-disciplinary, special situations long-bias fund, that launched yesterday, November 14, 2012. It will invest across the capital structure in U.S. companies that are significantly undervalued by the capital markets, for
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15. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Exclusive: Senator Dodd, regulators, managers weigh in on Dodd-Frank [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Former Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton, and Guggenheim Partners Chairman Alan Schwartz, convened last night at the Bloomberg FX12 Summit to discuss Dodd-Frank and what financial markets participants might expect over the coming
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14. Nov. 2012 | Opalesque Roundtable: Volatility is key driver in managed futures funds [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
CTAs are defined by their volatility and speakers at the Opalesque Managed Futures Roundtable, sponsored by
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