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Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: The $8.5bn investment management firm Advent Capital Management announced it would launch a new UCITS regulated umbrella fund domiciled in Ireland, which will include the Advent Global Absolute Return Strategy, in the second quarter of 2015. Advent
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Currency fund managers mostly gained in January as 22 of the 31 programs that reported their results in the Parker FX Index showed positive results and nine incurred losses during the month. The Parker FX Index was
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: The $430bn Korean’s National Pension Service (NPS) last week approved a plan to allocate some of its assets into hedge funds this year after studying the asset class for eight years, reported
In the week ending 27 February, 2015, a majority of hedge fund managers have identified regulation as the biggest challenge facing the industry this
This article was authored by Andrew Beer, founder of Beachhead Capital Management LLC in New York. You can download the full version here. W
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Securities and Exchange Commission chief economist and director of Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) Mark J. Flannery has warned of the risks posed by market misconduct, particularly in the true valuation of assets by hedge fund managers. In his
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today published a paper that outlines a number of key principles and initiatives for regulators, market participants and industry service providers in order to further improve regulatory transparen
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: A Canadian physicist-turned-fund manager, who runs a systematic non-directional volatility arbitrage strategy which he developed over many years, explains his methodology. Dr. Andrew Cumming was an MIT-trained physicist before deciding to move into equi
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: In one of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (AWM)’s hedge fund platforms, called dbSelect, a number of FX Strategies did very well in January. dbSelect is a managed investment platform for unf
In the week ending 20 February, 2015, hedge funds have started their 2015 performance in the black as the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark gained 0.07% in January; 36 South Capital gained 2.5% from central-bank surprises; Dan Elsberry said he expects hedge fund returns to catch up w
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: There aren’t many one-man shops around in the hedge fund world but we talked to one. Andrew S. Peskin, who is ba
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: In early 2014, Alex Rabinovich, Managing Director of Chessica Asset Management, announced that the firm he co-founded with Victor Plotkin in 2009, had been acquired by Mosaic Investment Partners. Mosaic is a Washington, DC-based diversified financial services fi
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Skënderbeg Funds AGmvK, an investment fund for qualified investors under Liechtenstein law (umbrella fund),
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Delegates at the recent Opalesque Geneva Roundtable discussed the state of affairs of the local hedge fund industry; fewer managers, the regulatory or funding difficulties faced b
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: There is a well-known transition among investors in hedge funds between high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors, Ian Hamilton, head of the IDS Group, said during the recent
In the week ending 13 February, 2015, investors raised their hedge fund bets in February as asset subscription rose .63%; the hedge fund industry redeemed $29.1bn in December, its largest outflow since April 2009; Passage to India Opportunity Fund tripled investor’s money in 2014 after gainin
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Alexander Ineichen, founder of Ineichen Research and Management, an independent research firm based near Zurich, recently produced an interesting risk management research piece on forecasting and nowcastin
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: A new regime governing the distribution of non-Swiss funds to Swiss investors comes fully into force on 1 March 2015. According to a report from
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: "Geneva happens to be the main epicenter worldwide in terms of microfinance investments," Roland Domicié, CEO of Symbiotics, an asset manager specialized in microfinance investments with $1bn in
By: David Murrin, Spartent Global Solutions We have already expressed our concern over Western policies in Ukraine that have pushed Russia away from the West into the hands of China, the negative consequences of which are expected to unfold with the next decade. However, since then, the fal
By: Branden Jones, Liquid Holdings The digital revolution is transforming today’s fund manager. The days of being tied down to your desk to manage investments and handle investor inquiries are disappearing. In its place is a new mobile, connected, empowered fund manager that can carry the most i
This article was authored by Alex Gavrish, founder and CEO of Etalon Investment Research, and author of "Wall Street Back To Basics." Elliott Associate discloses Informatica stake On January 26th, 2014, an activist hedge fu
This white paper was authored by FundCalcs, an independent software provider based in Dublin, and Global Perspectives, an Irish consulting and research firm. It examines the trends si
This article was authored by AlternativeSoft, a provider in asset selection, portfolio construction and fund reporting software based in the UK and Switzerland, and Global Perspectiv
This article was authored by Gabriel Kurland, managing director at Montfort Funds, a FINMA licensed representative for foreign funds in Switzerland. Want to get your piece of the € 571 billion Swiss pension funds’ assets? Sho
Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA – Managing Partner, Agecroft Partners With interest rates and credit spreads near historic lows and equity valuation above historical averages, many people are concerned that the Federal Reserve, by artificially keeping rates low, has created a 2007 type asset bubble i
Research report by Alexander Ineichen of Ineichen Research & Management and Virtus Investment Partners. You can read the full report here. Alternative investments are still not full
Seth Klarman of Baupost outlines his investment process as major stock market indices are stretched From Valuewalk.com: As hedge fund manager Seth Klarman, leader of the $28 billion Baupost Group, reviews 2014 performance and considers investors gained near 7 percent on the year, he cons
As rig count falls, hedge funds pile into long crude futures From 247wallst.com: In the week ended February 27, the total number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States came in at 986, compared with 1,019 in the prior week and 1,430 a year ago. Including 281 other rigs mostly drill
From Reuters.com: Dymon Asia's $3.1 billion macro hedge fund lost 10.45 percent in January, performance data seen by Reuters showed, a month where many peers lost heavily after a surprise rise in the Swiss franc. Singapore-based Dymon, set up by Danny Yong, a former founding partner and chie
Featuring : Opalesque.TV: Soft commodities trader David Stephen Martin’s rise to institutional-grade CTA.David Stephen Martin is the Founder of Martin Fund Management, a Registered Commodity Trading Advisor he launched in January 2013 that runs a discretionary trading strategy based on proprietary quantitative and systematic models w...» Watch the video
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Near Term Trend: PositiveFriday's Close: 2039.89 (+ 0.49)UPDATE: As we stated last week, I still believe the risk remains to the downside, and a dip toward 1975.00 is still in play.
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