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19. Jun. |
HFRU reports declines across the board to mid-June: Composite index down 1.72%, up 0.98% year to date [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - HFR's UCITS indices report the HFRU Event Driven Index posted a decline of -1.
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19. Jun. |
Swiss funds increased by CHF 100bn ($829bn) year on year [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: The Swiss Fund Association has announced that in May 2013, the volume of assets placed in the investment funds
covered by the s
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19. Jun. |
Akin Gump publishes top 10 FAQs for US asset managers looking to Europe [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: US law firm Akin Gump has published a top 10 of FAQs on the AIFMD. The firm writes: On July 22 2013, the Alte
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18. Jun. |
Barclay CTA Index down 1.31% in May (+0.61% YTD); most traders give back April gains [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: Managed futures lost 1.31% in May according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index remains up 0.61% year to date.
“May’s trend reversal in gl
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18. Jun. |
Best Practices Barometer for alternative advisers and investors from RFG [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Regulatory Fundamentals Group (RFG), a New York-based firm that provides strategic business and regulatory insights for alte
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18. Jun. |
Hedge fund manager James Shepherd pleads guilty to commodity pool fraud [more]
From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia – North Carolina hedge fund manager James Alexander Shepherd pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of at least $6m after admitting to using a personal post office bo
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18. Jun. |
Opalesque Roundtable: Intimate understanding of a company’s structure allows Akanthos’s Kao to be opportunistic [more]
By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
The Opalesque 2013 West Coast Roundtable, sponsored by Sunrise Capital,
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17. Jun. |
Barclay Hedge Fund Index up 1.06% in May; (+5.87% YTD) most hedge fund strategies have gains in 2013 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: Hedge funds gained 1.06% in May, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is up 5.87% year to date.
“While improving consumer
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17. Jun. |
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.42% in May (5.43% YTD) [more]
Opalesque Industry Update – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (the “Broad
Index”) finished up 0.42% for the month of May.
Performance for the Broad Index and its 10 sub-strategies is
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17. Jun. |
LGT Capital awarded GBP100m multi-alternatives mandate from Kingfisher Pension Scheme [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - LGT Capital Partners has been awarded a GBP 100 million multi-alternatives mandate from Kingfisher Pension Scheme. The mandate is focused exclusively on alternative investm
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17. Jun. |
Newedge CTA Index down -1.71% in May (2.58% YTD) [more]
Opalesque Industry Update – The Newedge Trend Index fell 3.65% in May 2013 (3.74% YTD), relinquishing some of the gains from March and April. The Newedge Short-Term Trading Index finished slightly po
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17. Jun. |
RBC Hedge 250 Index up 0.60% in May, 4.85% YTD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update — RBC Capital Markets today reported that for the month of May 2013 the RBC Hedge 250 Index® had a net return of 0.60 percent. This brings the year-to-date return of the Inde
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17. Jun. |
Lyxor launches M&A fund on its alternative UCITS platform [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Lyxor Asset Management (“Lyxor”) has announced the launch of the Lyxor / Tiedemann Arbitrage
Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), a
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17. Jun. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Navigator Absolute Return Fund up 3.29% YTD, changes name to BAF Latam Trade Finance Fund [more]
From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia:
The Navigator Absolute Return Fund is maintaining its winning streak with consistent positive returns since inception in March ’08 after posting 0.67% in May (+3.29% YTD). The fund
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24. May. 2013 |
Other Voices: What the doctor ordered [more]
By: Andre Boreas, Director-Alternative Investments, Intralinks
I had the opportunity to attend a real estate conference a few weeks ago where the topic of transparency was a hot button issue. More information, quicker turnaround times and deeper due diligence was the mantra among the general par
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17. May. 2013 |
Other Voices: Three 'game changers’ have limited contagion in European markets [more]
This piece was authored by Melanie Rijkenberg, CFA, Associate Director, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company Europe LLP.
Since the start of the year we have seen a clear de-correlation in global markets and most n
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17. May. 2013 |
Other Voices: Great rotation? What great rotation? [more]
In the article below, Alex McKnight, investment manager at GAM, an independent, active investment management firm, comments on why convertibles are catching investors’ eyes.
We believe the "great rotation" is ov
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02. May. 2013 |
Other Voices: The changing role of hedge funds in pension plan portfolios [more]
This article was authored by Shahid Ikram, CIO at Aviva Investors, a global asset manager that is part of Aviva, one of the world’s largest insurance companies, and appeared first in Swiss daily newspaper Le Temps on Monday.
Mo
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02. May. 2013 |
Other Voices: How the JOBS ACT will benefit hedge fund investors [more]
This article was authored by Donald A. Steinbrugge, Managing Member of Agecroft Partners LLC, a third-party marketer based in Richmond, VA, U.S.
It has been recently covered in the media that Mary Jo White, who became SEC chair
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16. Apr. 2013 |
Other Voices: A primer on AIFMD for U.S. advisers [more]
This article was authored by Deborah Prutzman, Founder and CEO of New York based-RFG, which provides, among other things, regulatory and risk guidance.
AIFMD—As a U.S. adviser, are you within its scope and can you avoid its reach?
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05. Apr. 2013 |
Other Voices: Ikos's Elena Ambrosiadou asks: "Has anyone learnt anything from the recent Cyprus maelstrom, and will it make a difference?" [more]
This piece was provided by Elena Ambrosiadou, chief executive officer of Ikos Asset Management.
Cyprus is in the middle of a financial maelstrom - where did it come from and what needs to be done about it now? Cyprus is the third
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27. Mar. 2013 |
Other Voices: Chasing shadows: should hedge funds shadow administrators? [more]
This article was provided by Bijesh Amin, Co-Founder/Managing Director at Indus Valley Partners.
To shadow or not to shadow
At least that is the question facing many large hedge funds with assets well
above the magical $1bn mark.
The production of a portfolio NAV (Net Asset Value) is
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- GAIM delegates hear fund of funds fees are increasingly discounted[more]
Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: Reporting from the GAIM conference in Monaco, CooConnect finds that funds of funds are taking action over their fees.
The site writes: "Funds of funds have insist - Multifonds’ white paper reflects on the likely impact of AIFMD[more]
Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: Investment software provider Multifonds has published its white paper, entitled: The impact
of AIFMD and
convergence survey. Key findings from the survey include:
83% of respondents agree convergence o - Swiss funds increased by CHF 100bn ($829bn) year on year[more]
The Swiss Fund Association has announced that in May 2013, the volume of assets placed in the investment funds covered by the statistics compiled by Swiss Fund Data AG and Lipper reached around CHF 763 billion, a slight rise of CHF 2.6 billion month-on-month. This represents a marked increase of jus - GAIM Conference – Hedge funds brace for renewed debt crisis, Hedge fund managers don hairshirts and ‘impact investing’ at Monaco meet[more]
Hedge funds brace for renewed debt crisis
From Indiatimes.com: The euro zone's debt crisis may be far from over, while Japan's money-printing gamble to revive its economy could destabilize global markets if it doesn't work, some hedge fund managers say. They are taking the view that the - Expertise on shipping related investments: Shipping related investments are unique. Firstly, shipping investments tend to show almost no correlation with other asset classes such as equity or bond markets *. Secondly, we believe, no other asset class reflects the global demand and original trade as accurately as the shipping industry does. A
 NYMEX - GOLD (August) – Daily
Near Term Trend: Negative
Monday’s Close: $1,383.10 (- $4.50)
UPDATE: In the last few weeks, we identified support at $1,340.00, and resistance at $1,420.00.
Following the identification of those inflection points, the market dipped to $1,338.00 and then proceeded to rally to $1,424.00. On both occasions the levels were touched for just a few minutes before reversing.
At this juncture, Gold volatility has contracted and is currently trading in a narrow range.
A near term close above $1,394.50 could allow Gold to trade toward $1,440.00.
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