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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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14. Jun. |
TrimTabs and BarclayHedge: Hedge funds receive meager $430m, underperforms S&P 500 by 126 basis points in April [more]
Opalesque Industry Update — BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that hedge funds took in a net $430 million (0.02% of assets) in April 2013, building on an inflow of $817 mill
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14. Jun. |
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index up +0.77% in May; Capital Movement Index June net flows advance 1.17% [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2013 measured 0.77%.
Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index ad
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14. Jun. |
Hedge fund launches rise as investor risk tolerance returns [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: The number of new hedge fund launches increased for the fourth consecutive quarter in 1Q13, according to the latest HFR Market Microstructure Industry Report, released today
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14. Jun. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Dexion's Robin Bowie declares the hedge fund of funds' landscape has changed for the best [more]
by Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
Robin Bowie, founder of Dexion Capital, a boutique investment bank focused on alternatives, is in defensive mode over the firm’s listed fund of funds (fofs) business, a sector he and his team pioneered in 2
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13. Jun. |
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index returns 0.77% in May, a gross year to date return of 7.14% [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May reported a return of 0.77%, a gross year
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13. Jun. |
Opalesque TV: Abenomics may be more fragile than investors expect [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York
In the new world of Abenomics, some of the oldest Japanese hedge funds are enjoying growth that they haven’t seen in a number of years. Shinichiro Shiraki Chief Investment Officer of Astmax and also the Chairman of AIMA-Japan, has been operating in this space fo
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12. Jun. |
Alain Dubois to join MSCI from Lyxor Asset Management [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: MSCI Inc., a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that Alain Dubois, currently Chairman of Lyxor Asset Management, is to join th
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12. Jun. |
Horizon Cash Management introduces emerging manager fund cash account [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Horizon Cash Management LLC, an investment advisor specializing in active cash management solutions for the alternativ
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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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Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: - According to the SWF Institute's latest Sovereign Wealth Fund Rankings, the total amount of sovereign wealth funds' asset under management is now $5,473bn, to which oil and gas relate - Mariner’s incubation platform takes on new volatility arbitrage fund[more]
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