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Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: The focus on corporate governance that is pushing for higher standards in the hedge funds space culminated in the Statement of Guidance issued by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) in January this year, declared Darren Stainrod, a Principal at
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Diversified asset allocation strategies dominate UK’s defined contribution pension default fund landscape, according to Cerulli Associates’ institutional report, European Defined Contr
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: As regulation and reporting requirements grow for alternative investments, hedge fund administrators are growing as well. Assets under administration (AuA) are now up 6.23% to $6.37tn in the second half of 2013 compared to the first half of 2013, according to th
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Alex Rabinovich, Managing Director of Chessica Asset Management, announced today that his firm, which he set u
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: CME Group, a large Chicago-based derivatives marketplace, has just received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for a London-based derivatives exchange. It will be called
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Swiss private banking group SYZ&CO launched the OYSTER Market Neutral Plus, a new sub-fund of OYSTER, its Luxembourg UCITS SICAV. The fund will follow up on the success of the OYSTER Market Neutral fund t
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
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: While many CTA managers have suffered in terms of performance and AUM, over the last 15 months Swiss-based Amplitude Capital’s assets under management grew by about 33% to around $1.6bn on the back of a few large tickets from North-American and European pensi
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Investing in global equities is presently a roller coaster. Latest statistics from China, geopolitical events in Ukraine and uncertainty about US valuations and the dollar, all add to a generally perceived high level of risk. Hence some long-only managers are
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Ashley Gunning, a partner at investment funds group Walkers Global said that one of the trends he expects to continue this year is the increase in special situations funds where specialist man
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Commodity and equity hedge funds lead strong performances in February as the commodity, equity and fixed income markets recovered from January’s volatility despite continued turbulence in emerging markets, said data provider
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: There may be a glimmer of hope for investment firms when it comes to new financial regulations. In February, the SEC released a significant no-action letter f
In the week ending 07 March, 2014, the IMF said big institutional investors account for 80% of the $500bn that plowed into emerging market sovereign debt in the last few years; hedge funds
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
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
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
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
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Hedge funds are once again net long the S&P500 following buying spree, according to the latest
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
How George Soros made $4b in 2013: Short the yen, bet against Bill Ackman From Forbes.com: Just like when he broke the Bank of England, netting $1 billion betting on the inevitable devaluation of the British pound, George Soros came into 2013 with a large currency bet: shorting the Japan
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Intermediate Trend: PositiveFriday's Close: $102.69 (+ $ 1.13)UPDATE: NOTE: We have depicted a Long term chart dating back to 2010, whereas each bar represents one week of time. In our last report, we stated, "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". Based on the last five trading days, the lowest daily settlement was $101.45, therefore the bull scenario lives on. Looking at the long term picture, it appears the market is challenging long term resistance which could allow for a move toward $110.00. Next week or two are critical. $101.20 remains our downside pivot.
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