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01 Dec. 2010 Peter Carr selected as the recipient of the 2010 IAFE/SunGard Financial Engineer of the Year Award [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The International Association of Financial Engineers (www.iafe.org) and SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that Peter Carr, managing director and global head of market modeling for Morgan Stanley, has been named the 2010 IAFE/SunGard Financial Engineer of th
01 Dec. 2010 SEB: Global imbalances will benefit hedge funds, 'asset class is highly useful in portfolio-building' [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Here is an overview of SEB's latest comment on hedge funds: - The difficulty for hedge funds has been to find the right risk level and thereby create the conditions for generating returns. The financial market is offering a climate favourable to hedge fun
01 Dec. 2010 Australian Fund Monitors Hedge Fund index up 1.74% (est.) in October (+4.71% YTD) [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The past week has seen a continuation of the broadly positive results from Australia's absolute return and hedge fund sector, and with 94% of single funds' October returns recorded, the average performance (non-weighted) was +1.80% for the month.
01 Dec. 2010 Hedge Funds Care Cayman raises $220,000 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Cayman Islands hedge fund community assembled at Camana Bay in support of Hedge Funds Care Cayman ‘Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit.’ The benefit dinner held on 6th November raised a total of $220,000 that will be used to further eradicate and assist the vict
30 Nov. 2010 CAIA to launch Chapter in Paris, Kedge Capital Fund Management CIO to speak at opening launch event Dec 7th [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the globally recognized association for credentialed alternative investment professionals, will launch its 12th chapter in Paris on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Hôtel Westminster, 13 rue de la Pai
30 Nov. 2010 IMAS: Q3’s data shows Q2 was a temporary blip in the steady progress of a recovery in the UK financial services industry [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Recovery in Q3 2010: are we back on track? Report's summary: Approved Persons and net new business authorisations back up Following the decline in Approved Person and net business authorisations in Q2 2010, Q3 2010 shows an improvement in Approved
30 Nov. 2010 Edhec: Environmental protection is considered an investment theme by 90% of investment management professionals [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - In a new EDHEC-Risk Institute Publication, entitled “Adoption of Green Investing by Institutional Investors: A European Survey”, EDHEC-Risk review the concept of green investing and report the results of a European survey on investment management professionals. One
30 Nov. 2010 Gramercy announces Doug Krehbiel to lead new European (London) office [more]
Opalesque Industry UPdate - Gramercy, a dedicated emerging markets investment manager, today announced it has opened an office in London. The firm also announced that Doug Krehbiel recently joined as Managing Director and European Regional Head. His appointment was effective in early summer and he
30 Nov. 2010 Geneva-based firm Alix Capital launches the first investable 'UCITS Alternative Index' [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Palaedino Asset Management, advisor to the Axiom Fund, and Alix Capital, provider of the UCITS Alternative Index are proud to announce the launch of the first investable “UCITS Alternative Index®”. The Axiom UCITS Alternative Investable Index Fund (“the Axiom Fund”) is a
30 Nov. 2010 BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research introduces Global Financial Stress Index [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research has introduced the Global Financial Stress Index (GFSI), a comprehensive, cross-market gauge of risk, hedging demand and investment flows. The index is designed to help investors identify market risks earlier and more accurately than com
30 Nov. 2010 William Deuchler joins Cain Brothers Asset Management [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - William Deuchler joins Cain Brothers Asset Management following 7 years at Graham Capital. CBAM, which is based here in Florida, is affiliated with Cain Brothers & Company, a boutique investme
29 Nov. 2010 Clifford Chance: Staying above the water – a checklist [more]
- Appoint and empower a financial sector reform tsar and steering committee – this will need serious resource - Don’t treat this as a compliance project (yet) – it’s strategic - Don’t look at the individual pieces of legislation in isolation – pick themes and get the subject teams
29 Nov. 2010 Hedge fund managers predominantly downbeat on US equities, 16% inclined to increase leverage [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers remain predominantly downbeat on U.S. equities, according to the TrimTabs/BarclayHedge Survey of Hedge Fund Managers for November. About 39% of the 83 hedge fund managers the firms surveyed in the past two weeks are bearish on the S&P 500, and bu
29 Nov. 2010 French UCITS hedge fund Lutetia Patrimoine reports AuM of $80m [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Lutetia Patrimoine Fund, a Paris-based UCITS absolute-return fund specialising in merger arbitrage, celebrated its first birthday last week with a 26-fold increase in assets under management, industry-leading risk-adjusted performance, and two awards nominations.
29 Nov. 2010 RWC Partners macro fund managed by Allwright and Frost to launch at the end of January 2011 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - RWC Partners today announced it will launch the RWC Macro Fund managed by Peter Allwright and Stuart Frost at the end of January 2011. The fund will be the first fund that RWC Partners will domicile in Ireland. Subject to approval it will be structured as an Open Ended
29 Nov. 2010 Matrix appoints Angus Woolhouse as CEO of asset management division [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Matrix Group, the privately owned financial services business, announced the appointment of Angus Woolhouse as CEO of its Asset Management division. Angus Woolhouse was most recently Head of Global Institutional Business at Gartmore, where he was responsible
25 Nov. 2010 Frontier Capital Management launches FrontEdge managed futures FoFs [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Frontier Capital Management LLP (“Frontier”) announced the launch of a new fund: FrontEdge Managed Futures Fund. The Fund is designed to offer investors an efficient method of accessing Managed Futures, and is the second alternative investment fund established by Fro
25 Nov. 2010 MPL says use of performance fees in life settlement funds is 'moral hazard' [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Managing Partners Limited, the boutique fund manager, believes that the use of performance fees in many of the funds that invest in traded life policies poses a moral hazard. Research by MPL shows that seven of the 11 sterling-denominated traded life policy funds share cl
25 Nov. 2010 M&A investment opportunities to strengthen through 2011, says Bernheim, Dreyfus [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The M&A sector will continue to grow through next year creating an exceptional range of investment opportunities, says Paris-based hedge fund manager Bernheim, Dreyfus. “We believe the recent rebound in mergers and acquisitions is rapidly gaining momentum a
25 Nov. 2010 Audley Capital launches natural resources fund, re-opens European Opportunities Fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - On 18th November, Walter Energy USA announced a bid of C$11.50 for Western Coal Corp of Canada.  The 23% equity stake in Western Coal held by funds advised by London-based alternative investment advisors, Audley Capital Advisors LLP, values Audley’s stake at some C$7
25 Nov. 2010 Greenwich Composite Investable Index gains 1.21% in October, 1.67% YTD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Greenwich Composite Investable Index gained 1.21% in October as equity markets continued their push higher on solid corporate earnings and anticipation of quantitative easing. All of the Greenwich Investable Indices moved higher on the month, with funds focusing on d
24 Nov. 2010 Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index gains 1.92% in October, 8.02% YTD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index ("the Index") Gained 1.92% in October and is up 8.02% YTD. A new monthly commentary offers insight into October hedge fund performance. Some key findings from the report include: * Nine
23 Nov. 2010 Blackstone to terminate merger agreement with Dynergy, 'disappointed' by Seneca's and Icahn's opposition [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - In anticipation of their proposal not receiving the necessary votes to be adopted, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group and Dynegy Inc expect to announce the termination of their merger agreement following today's shareholder meeting. Blackstone issued the followi
23 Nov. 2010 U.S. Federal agents swooped down on three hedge funds as insider trading probe escalates [more]
Opalesque Industry update – Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday swooped down on three hedge funds as investigation into an alleged largest insider case is escalating, various media reports said. The FBI raided two Connecticut hedge funds, Diamondback Capital Management
22 Nov. 2010 CESR issues consultation paper proposing guidelines on risk measurement and calculation of global exposure for some UCITS [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - CESR’s Guidelines on Risk Measurement and the Calculation of Global Exposure for certain types of structured UCITS Executive summary of the guidelines This paper sets out CESR’s proposed guidelines on Risk Measurement and the Calculation of Global Exposur
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