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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: When it comes to hedge fund managers taking a look at new structures, hedged mutual funds seem to be getting the most column inches (and
This article was authored by Alex Gavrish, founder and CEO of Etalon Investment Research, and author of "Wall Street Back To Basics."
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Financial reporters often tout new funds and investments as uncorrelated investments, but few can say they are uncorrelated to everything but weather. Enter Blue Sky Alternative's water fund which invests in the permanent rights to Australia's water. Sev
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Charles Van Vleet, Textron’s private pension fund CIO, gives his perspectives on why benchmarking against the HFRI is a mistake in a rising S&P environment in a recent
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: As a private pension fund CIO at Textron, Charles Van Vleet gives insight into his strategic asset allocation over the next 12 months and his best tactical allocation ideas. He explains why he is increasing his allocation in private debt structure funds, and
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The European Union has approved moving into the second phase of its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) regulation which handles market structure issues, these new rules will have implications for high frequency trending and derivatives. In additi
In the week ending 18 April, 2014, eVestment reported hedge funds raised assets in Q1 attracting $55bn of net new money. Assets held by European hedge funds hit record high levels in the first three months of this year to record $476.2bn by the end of March; multi-strategy hedge fund firm Cen
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: A new trend in alternative alternatives is emerging - car appreciation funds. Classic Auto Funds Limited (CAF) is the first to market with several funds that make super elite luxury cars into real asset investments. As a result of growing overseas demand couple
Mark Melin, Opalesque Futures Intelligence, Chicago: In this interview, Opalesque Futures Intelligence Editor Mark Melin discusses current trends in alternative investing with Rob Guttschow and John Gambla of First Trust Advisors Mark Melin: Can you just describe the benefits of
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Here is a fund that manages to keep year on year positive returns thanks to its extensive use of Asian convertibles to trade volatility, as well as index option
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The original architects of PIMCO's Unconstrained Bond Fund have teamed up for a new unconstrained fund utilizing their existing experience and best new ideas. The Anfield Universal Fixed Income Fund (AFLIX), takes a "go anywhere" approach to managing fixed i
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Hedge fund replicators as a group of products tend to get a bad rap from hedge fund managers who suggest that the best a replicator can offer is dynamic beta capture. A
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Two compliance experts discuss financial regulatory extraterritoriality, the current confusion among European fund marketers, new managers’ stance toward the AIFMD, and the beauty of technology within compliance practices. Extraterritoriality, the ap
In the week ending 11 April, 2014, the oldest and biggest hedge funds have the most assets according to the latest data from eVestment; Capstone Investment
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Michael Lewis' new book Flash Boys released last week to great fanfare, and some very real investigations into market activity. In the book, Lewis blends two of his familiar plot lines wall street and plucky idealism. Lewis, former creature of the t
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Structured credit went out of fashion in 2008, then back again four years later. The asset class still offers attractive rewards for the bold, yet sagacious inv
By: Andrew Beer, Beachhead Capital Management Alternative betas, or risk premia, are established investment strategies that are simple enough to automate with a computer but too complicated for most investors to implement directly. For instance, you can program a computer to buy "value" stocks a
By: Kaye Scholer Attorneys The European Parliament and Council recently agreed on the substance of the new UCITS V Directive, which will include safeguards to protect client assets in the event of a depositary’s insolvency and also address remuneration practices that are thought to encourage e
This article was authored by Alex Gavrish, founder and CEO of Etalon Investment Research, and author of "Wall Street Back To Basics." With the amount of activist investments on the rise during the last few years, more and more media at
This article was authored by Phil Niles Head of CET - Americas at Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services. Back in June 2012, I published a piece outlining
By: James Bibbings, President, Turnkey Trading Partners In late January 2014 the National Futures Association ("NFA") announced to its membership they were: "…reviewing the current regulatory structure applicable to Commodity Pool Operator ("CPO") and Commodity Trading Advisor ("CTA") operat
This article was authored by Andrew Beer, founder of Beachhead Capital Management LLC in New York. Below is the first part; you can download the full version of the article here.
By: Kevin Ryan, HedgeDirector Ltd The Cayman Islands financial regulator CIMA has revealed proposals to create a public database showing details of offshore directors’ workloads. This move follows a long campaign by investor pressure groups who have been lobbying CIMA to help them in their due d
This article as authored by Andrew Beer, CEO of U.S.-based Beachhead Capital Management. You can access the full version by clicking on the link at the bottom. In this note, we examine the relationship between the hedge fund
Expect greater SEC scrutiny of hedge funds that share information or collaborate in advance of their trades From Thelawyer.com: A recent Wall Street Journal article — ‘Activist investors often leak their plans to a favoured few’ — focused attention on ‘activist’ investors and stock analy
From ABCnews.go.com: A German sought by authorities for alleged fraud has been arrested in Austria — after dropping into a police station to ask officers whether he was under investigation. Police in Salzburg said the 59-year-old man walked into a police station in the city on Friday night. Sp
Hedge funds find pitfalls along with profits in real estate ventures From Law360.com: Hedge funds have joined the rush to real estate deals and development in recent months to close the financing gap left by tightening bank standards, but attorneys say many aren't prepared for the disclo
From Businessweek.com: Korea Investment Corp., the nation’s $72 billion sovereign wealth fund, plans to double alternative investments over the next 10 years to compensate for declining returns from stocks and bonds. “We’ll have to embrace the lower return expectation from traditional assets and tha
Featuring : Private pension manager forecasts "great merger" between traditional PE and hedge fund managers.The 2013-2014 Opalesque Institutional Investor Series profiles leading institutional investors to analyze their best strategic and tactical allocation ideas, portfolio construction trends, and investor expectations f...» Watch the video
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Near Term Trend: NegativeFriday's Close: 3,534.53 (+ 1.45)UPDATE: Just over six weeks ago, the market posted a new high. We stated at that time, "No significant interruption is viable unless a daily close below 3.640.00 is posted". We noted four weeks ago, "The Index settled below 3,640.00".Three weeks ago, we followed with, "Market remains vulnerable below the trend line". At this juncture, it is bouncing toward the trend line, which would be impressive if it continued, however, quite a bit of overhead exists and the trendline resistance appears solid.
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