Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Revisiting the Corona Fighters (2) [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: We revisit some of the original Corona Fighters - hedge funds and alternative asset managers who successfully protected assets and outperformed the markets in early 2020 - and see how they did at the end of the year. The Canadian multi-strategy fund The

• Global M&A value touches $2.9tn in 2020 [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: With an overall value of $ 2.9 trillion, global M&A in 2020 is tracking below 2019's value of $3.3tn but still ranks fifth for the value of deals in the post-global financial crisis period, said a study. According to the EY research looking at global M&A trends in

• M&A deal volumes up 18% and deal values increase 94% in H2 2020 [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: M&A dealmaking jumped in the second half of the year with total global deal volumes and values increasing by 18% and 94%, respectively compared to the first half of the year, said a study. Besides, both deal volumes and deal values were up compared to the last six

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: IRS final carried interest rules favorable to fund managers [more]

  By: Michele J. Alexander, Barnes&Thornburg On Jan. 7, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department issued final regulations regarding the treatment of carried interests, or profits interests in partnerships that generally entitle service providers to share in appreciati

More Exclusives

• 18. Jan. | Opalesque Roundup: More hedge funds report market beating returns in 2020: hedge fund news, week 03 [more]

  Opalesque Roundup: More hedge funds report market beating returns in 2020: hedge fund news, week 03 In the week ending January 15th 2021, a lot happened at Renaissance Technologies as its famed Medallion fund, available only to current and former partners, had one of its best years ever, surgi

• 14. Jan. | Opalesque Exclusive: Quant pioneer profits by eschewing traditional investing beliefs [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Robert Zuccaro is a quantitative investment pioneer and CIO of Target QR Strategies, which is based in Florida and in New York. His Golden Eagle Growth Fund, which was launched in May 2020, returned triple-digits that year. There are six reasons why the fund is ahead

• 13. Jan. | Opalesque Exclusive: Niederhoffer eyes new risks in 2021 - "There's no vaccine for a debased currency" [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: 2021 could be the year where investors remember why they keep uncorrelated strategies in the portfolio, according to hedge fund manager Roy Niederhoffer founder of New York-based R.G. Niederhoffer Capital Management. 2020's rebound in stocks could be giving

• 12. Jan. | Institutions return to private markets with a greater focus on ESG [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Institutional investor interest in sustainable investing could reach new highs over the next few years if recent investor sentiment data from Commonfund is any indication. According to Commonfund Capital's fourth-annual private markets survey, investors indi

• 11. Jan. | Opalesque Exclusive: French behavioural finance specialist sees no value in timing the market [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Quantology Capital Management is a Paris-based hedge fund and specialist of behavioural finance. Its motto is "No beliefs, only processes". The firm believes that market opportunities are mainly linked to behav

• 11. Jan. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds shine with strong performance: hedge fund news, week 02 [more]

  In the week ending January 8th 2021, in performance news, Emerging manager Breacher Capital Management ended 2020 on a high note - according to performance information for i

• 07. Jan. | Breacher Capital Management ends 2020 up more than 55% [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Emerging manager Breacher Capital Management ended 2020 on a high note. According to performance information for investors reviewed by Opalesque, the BCM Partners

• 04. Jan. | Opalesque Exclusive: Credit quality worsens in leveraged lending [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New data from S&P Global suggests that investors should be wary of credit quality within the leveraged lending market. LCD recently surveyed buy-side and sell-side participants in the leveraged lending market to gauge sentiment heading into 2021. According

• 04. Jan. | Opalesque Roundup: New market dynamics foster hedge fund renaissance with more funds launching: hedge fund news, week 01 [more]

  In the week ending January 01st 2021, the HFR Market Microstructure Report revealed that new hedge fund launches increased to the highest level in five quarters in 3Q 2

• 30. Dec. | Opalesque Exclusive: SureFire Capital's multi-strat fund of funds stands out in a challenging year [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: An emerging fund of funds from Montreal-based family office SureFire Capital is topping performance award lists in 2020. SureFire Multi-Strat has posted doubl

• 23. Dec. | Opalesque Roundtable: Academics, regulators, try to de-risk innovation [more]

  Can you effectively de-risk innovation? Delegates at the recent Opalesque Innovation Roundtable suggest that it is possible for academics, institutions, and regulators to come together and create a framework that allows new growth and governance. Delegates noted that there is more opportunity t

• 23. Dec. | Opalesque Exclusive: Amsterdam veterans launch equity arbitrage, volatility trading hedge fund with $24m committed capital [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Privium Fund Management BV, a global alternative investment fund manager, today officially announced the launch of a new fund, the SAVIN Multi-Strategy Arbitrage Fund (SAVI

• 22. Dec. | Opalesque Roundtable: Sandboxes can be part of 'real value' innovations [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Among the great topics explored during the latest Opalesque Roundtable, which theme is "The Great Disruption", some centered around sandboxes, which are ever so necessary as the dig

• 21. Dec. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund managers record strongest return since 2009, up 4.50% in November: hedge fund news, week 51 [more]

  In the week ending December 18th 2020, a report from Eurekahedge revealed that hedge fund managers recorded their strongest return since 2009 and were up 4.50% in November, supported by the s

More Other Voices

• 05. Jan. 2021 | Other Voices: Top hedge fund industry trends for 2021 [more]

  By: Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners 1. Hedge fund industry AUM to reach all-time high driven by net inflows Hedge fund industry assets will reach an all-time high in 2021 driven by one of the largest positive net inflows into the hedge fund industry in over a decade. Although the

• 29. Dec. 2020 | Other Voices: SEC gives "special purposes" brokers the go-ahead on digital assets custody [more]

  By:Peter LaVigne, Nicholas Losurdo, Jana Steenholdt - Goodwin Christmas came early for many in the digital asset community by way of a statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2020 that grants relief in the area of broker "custody" of digital asset securities. T

• 29. Dec. 2020 | Other Voices: SEC gives "special purposes" brokers the go-ahead on digital assets custody [more]

  By:Peter LaVigne, Nicholas Losurdo, Jana Steenholdt - Goodwin Christmas came early for many in the digital asset community by way of a statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2020 that grants relief in the area of broker "custody" of digital asset securities. T

• 17. Dec. 2020 | Other Voices: Congress gives SEC 10-year window to pursue fraudulent funds [more]

  By: Kevin R. Edgar, Teresa Goody Guillén, Bari R. Nadworny and Michelle N. Tanney On December 8, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved final passage of a $740.5 billion annual defense policy bill, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021b

• 30. Nov. 2020 | Other Voices: UK private equity: horizon scanning for 2021 [more]

  By: Simon Beddow and Ian Ivory, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner In a year dominated by the pandemic, it is easy to lose sight of some of the more granular legal developments and trends coming over the horizon for 2021 which, in their own ways, can also have a significant impact on the UK/EU private

• 13. Nov. 2020 | Other voices: UK outlines its plans for wide-ranging new foreign investment review powers [more]

  By: Marc Israel, Kate Kelliher The UK has outlined the details of its new National Security and Investment Bill, heralding the introduction of a new regime for foreign direct investments in the UK. The new regime would introduce, for the first time, a mandatory pre-screening mechanism for deals

• 05. Nov. 2020 | Other Voices: Resurging leveraged loan issuance points to a stronger year [more]

  By: Jeremy Duffy, Eliza McDougall, Jake Mincemoyer, White & Case After taking a deep dive in Q2, US leveraged loan issuance picked up in Q3, while European markets gained year on year. Having navigated extreme market dislocation due to COVID-19 for the past six months, leveraged loan activity

• 22. Oct. 2020 | Other Voices: SEC updates regs for funds of funds, but some limitations remain [more]

  By: Scott Moss, Lauren A. Schwartz, Lowenstein Sandler On October 7, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and related amendments to streamline and enhance the regulatory framework, which governs registered funds th

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US TREASURY FUTURES (@TY) – Daily

Currently: Long Looking to: Sell / short @ 137’04.5

As of 1/17/21 @ 8:37pm EST: 136’29.50

LAST WEEK: We suggested exiting longs and shorting TY futures on a bounce to 137’12 and with a covering target of 134’30.5.

UPDATE: 10-Year US Treasury Price futures are finally bouncing and are rapidly approaching our target for selling / getting short. We still see TY futures trading lower in the coming weeks – so this bounce has to be sold.
We would look to sell longs / get short at 137’04.5 with stops honored on a close above 137’12.5 and with a downside target for covering and getting long at 135’23.