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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Hedge funds have had to do a lot of maneuvering in recent years to keep up with new regulations, ever changing financial markets and investor demands. Now as the industry matures and good talent, and indeed good investments are harder to find funds are taking s
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: London-based Old Park Capital’s Maestro Managed Futures Strategy returned +1.08% in January and +2.08% in February (+3.16% YTD) as political uncertainties in emerging markets continue to create
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
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Emerging markets had a very turbulent start in 2014 as a result of the massive depreciation of the Argentinian Peso (-22%) and Turkish Lira (-9%), said Asian hedge fund specialists GFIA. Entering 2014, Russian and B
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: According to Judith Sabbah-Sciamma, a securitisations expert, the RMBS market in Europe offers some real opportunities. Judith Sabbah-Sciamma is CEO, CIO and Portfolio Manager of London-based WyeTree Asset
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Three federal bank regulatory agencies issued final guidance describing supervisory expectations for stress tests conducted by financial companies with total consolidated assets between $10b and $50bn. In a
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The latest round of investor letters from some of the biggest names in investing are out. The most highly anticipated of these letters is Buffet's which had a lot to say about th
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management (CFAM), a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P is acquiring California-based Fintan Partners, LLC, a fixed income absolute return fund of hedge funds. Fintan is led by founder Alexander Klikoff and will become part of CFAM.
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Asian hedge fund specialists GFIA said Asian fund managers ended January with low net exposures, with selective net short exposures in countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. GFIA founder Peter Dougla
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Emerging market-focused hedge funds suffered sharp losses at the start of 2014 as the HFRI Emerging Markets (Total) Index declined by 2.5% in January on weakness in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Comparatively, the index gained 7.1% in the final four month
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: A new study by global analytics firm Cerulli Associates found that 93% of asset managers rely heavily on secondary market intelligence or so-called packaged research solutions. "Secondary research is already compiled and synthesized, usually in a report doc
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New hedge fund data from Citi Prime Finance shows that hedge funds were down slightly through January but still outperformed the index. January volatility from weakness in emerging markets and US economic data contributed to the drag on performance. Composite he
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: The Salus Alpha RN Special Situations fund delivered positive returns during the month of January generating +1.90% in returns and outperforming major peers by a positive margin
In the week ending 28 January, 2014, Preqin said hedge funds reported a resurgence in asset inflows from family offices and wealth managers in 2013; Forbes released the 25 highest-earning hedge fund managers and traders in 2013 who also made the most gains; hedge funds redemption climbed 3.3
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Hong Kong's financial regulator the SFC is nearing the end of it's one-month consultation period on proposals to amend the Code on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT Code) to introduce more flexibility in the investment scope of real estate investment t
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Mr. Guessas, a commodity trading advisor, has recently appointed Peter Halmshaw as Head of Operations.
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: S&P Capital IQ and New Legacy Group
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
This article was authored by Alessandro Ferrari, who heads up global marketing outreach for RIMES, which serves the growing
By: Rene Levesque, Founder, Mountjoy Capital When asked about the behavioral and personality characteristics of the successful traders, Mr. Schwager, author of several books on Market Wizards, answers with the following: "People who are suc
By: Rene Levesque, Founder, Mountjoy Capital "Past Performance Is No Guarantee Of Future Results" The studies are well documented on the fact that manager selection based on trailing performance metrics is a losing proposi
From WSJ.com: The hedge-fund firm D.E. Shaw Group will cut its fees on nearly-decade-old illiquid investments, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The $32 billion multistrategy firm, which historically used sophisticated computer models to determine when to buy and sell assets, has tol
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The US Treasury and IRS have issued their final rules and guidance on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Alternative investment firms and their lawyers have been eagerly awaiting the finalization of the law which has seen some delays. The proposed
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Near Term Trend: PositiveFriday's Close: $102.76 (+ $ .36 cents)UPDATE: We have consistently gone with the theme of whatever happens in Equities ultimately pulls the price of Crude with it. Regardless, last week we stated, I would not chase the long side at this juncture; as it is clearly overbought. We sold the April contract last week at on Monday's open at $102.29 and placed a stop at $103.45. Monday's price high and the high for the entire week was $103.45. We were a little too acute for our own good, as we were stopped out for a loss of $1.17. At this juncture, the price consolidation spans 8 days within the Bull Flag (see chart). Odds favor a break higher, but a daily close below $101.20 would negate the near term bulls.
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