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17 Oct. 2012 Bond funds see strong inflows as investors look at risk to equities, weaker earnings [more]
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Bond funds posted their second biggest weekly inflows year-to-date during the week ending October 10 on investors’ concerns over the risks posed to equities by global growth and weaker corporate earnings. Data provider
17 Oct. 2012 Shareholder activism likely to increase over Q4, 2013 driven by weak earnings reports [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: A new study done by New York-based law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel
16 Oct. 2012 UCITS HFS Index returns 0.36% in September 2012 with a year to date return of 2.77% [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - After a negative second quarter in 2012 the UCITS HFS Index reported gains for the third consecutive month in September. This positive monthly outcome is due to a strong performance in the first half of September: the f
16 Oct. 2012 First study of impact of Dodd-Frank suggests hedge funds are adapting well [more]
Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: It comes with a big warning, but an empirical study entitled 'Hedge Fund Manager Registration Under the Dodd-Frank Act’ by Wulf A. Kaal from the University of St. Thomas, Minn
16 Oct. 2012 US leads the world in number of single manager hedge funds - Preqin [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The United States continue to lead the world as the jurisdiction of choice for single manager hedge funds – 61% of all single manager hedge funds are located in the US according to a
16 Oct. 2012 Hedge funds remain highly correlated to the S&P 500 [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Hedge funds remain highly correlated to the S&P 500, according to a new report from Bank o
16 Oct. 2012 SALT Conference kicks off in Singapore to fire up Asian hedge funds [more]
From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia – The latest round of the SkyBridge Alternatives Conference (Salt) kicks off in Singapore on Wednesday with the aim of reviving Asian hedge funds, various media reported. The three-day event will be held
15 Oct. 2012 MLC Appoints DGAM as hedge fund advisor [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: MLC, the wealth management division of the National Australia Bank, has appointed Diversified Global Asset Management Corporation, a leading institutional alternative investment manager and advisor, as its hedge fund advisor. MLC conducted a global search for a p
15 Oct. 2012 RBC Hedge 250 Index up 0.61% for September (+4.52% YTD) [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: RBC Capital Markets today reported that for the month of September 2012 the RBC Hedge 250 Index® had a net return of 0.61 per cent. This brings the year-to-date return of the Index to 4.52 per cent. These returns are estimated and will be finalized by the middle of nex
15 Oct. 2012 Barclay CTA Index down 0.69% in September (+0.51% YTD); 61% of managed futures traders take losses [more]
Opalesque Industry Update:Managed futures lost 0.69% in September according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index remains up 0.51% year to date. “A second month of rising equity prices generated profits for momentum-based managers, but losses in commodity and interest rate
15 Oct. 2012 Stuart MacDonald joins Aquila Capital as Managing Director [more]
Opalesque Industry Update:Aquila Capital, has announced the appointment of industry expert, Stuart MacDonald as Managing Director to assist in developing Aquila’s growing institutional business. Stuart joins Aquila Capital from Gems Advisors, having previously worked in a senior capacity at firm
15 Oct. 2012 Marcum LLP and Twenty-First Securities Corp. urge public companies to pay 2012 dividends before year-end; help shareholders avoid major tax increases of the fiscal cliff [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: Marcum LLP, and Twenty-First Securities Corporation, are joining forces to urge publicly traded companies to pay year-end 2012 quarterly dividends to shareholders on or before December 31, when the tax cuts enacted by the Bush administration in 2003 are due to expire. By
15 Oct. 2012 Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.04% in September, (+5.61 YTD) [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: Performance for the Broad Index and its 10 sub-strategies is calculated monthly. September, August and YTD 2012 performance numbers are listed below and are available at www.hedgeindex.com. The following fund was
15 Oct. 2012 Average large US public pension allocates 7.4% to hedge funds [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - In its just-released Special Research Report, Infovest21 examined the asset allocation of 26 large US public pension funds which allocate at least $1 billion to hedge funds. In this sample, the a
15 Oct. 2012 Alternative UCITS fund from Morgan Stanley and SLJ Macro Partners LLP [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Morgan Stanley has announced the launch of a new fund under its Irish UCITS umbrella, FundLogic Alternatives Plc. The MS SLJ Macro UCITS Fund (the “Fund”), will provide investors with an opportunity to gain exposure
15 Oct. 2012 Investors in real assets find supply in hedge funds [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Gamma Finance, an independent specialist provider of advisory services to the alternative investment sector, has been awarded advisory mandates of $500 million by clients seeking to optimise exits from a diverse range of lower-liquidity assets, including real estate and p
15 Oct. 2012 Virginia hedge fund manager indicted on 26 counts of fraud [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Jeffrey A. Martinovich, a Newport News, Virginia-based hedge fund manager has been indicted by a grand jury on 26 counts of fraud including mail fraud, wire fraud, unlawful monetary transactions, and bankruptcy fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in pris
15 Oct. 2012 South Korea’s pension system to seek legal changes to allow it to invest in hedge funds [more]
Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia – Korea’s National Pension Service with $340bn in assets, is set to start an internal deliberation and decide whether to seek legal changes to its charter and allow it to invest in hedge funds.
12 Oct. 2012 100 Women in Hedge Funds' London Gala and other UK fundraising efforts raise over £630,000 gross for SkillForce [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - 100 Women in Hedge Funds ("100WHF"), a leading non-profit organization for professionals in the Alternatives industry, today announced that the gross proceeds raised from its annual London Gala and other fundraising during the year in support of SkillForce, a le
12 Oct. 2012 Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index up +0.99% in September (+4.6% YTD) [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers mostly reported gains in September, with the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index up +0.99% for the month. September strategy returns are very similar to the August results, most strategies reported positive September returns, with the lingering exception
12 Oct. 2012 Broadfin Capital up +6.5% in September (+18.4% YTD), celebrates 7th anniversary [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Broadfin Capital, a New York-based hedge fund focused on health care technology equities, is celebrating its 7th anniversary with strong returns. The firm pos
12 Oct. 2012 Nanex: More high frequency trading events in the U.S. last week [more]
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva – Last Wednesday (October 3rd), shares of Kraft Food spiked by $13. When the market opened, Kraft shares went from $45.55 to a high of $58.54 before the Nasdaq cancelled trades above $47.82. This was another episode created by high frequency traders (HFT).
12 Oct. 2012 Dutch Financial Alternatives Community raises more than Eur100,000 for charity [more]
On 3rd October, more than 160 professionals from the Dutch financial alternatives community participated in the fund raising initiative of the "Alternatives 4 Children" foundation. The foundation raised more than EUR100,000 through this year’s gala donations. These will support the Charity's cau
11 Oct. 2012 Megan Corcoran joins Maples Fund Services from GlobeOp [more]
Opalesque Industry Update: Maples Fund Services, a division of MaplesFS, has expanded its U.S. operations with the hire of Megan Corcoran, Director of Business Development, Americas. Based in New York, Megan will focus on expanding opportunities for continued growth of the fund services business in
11 Oct. 2012 Hedge fund performance up, inflows down according to SS&C GlobeOp [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for September, 2012 measured 1.11%. The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index is an asset-weighted, independent monthly window on hedge fund perfor
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    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Endurance Series Trust, a multi-series trust, is launching with Gator Capital Management, LLC as the adviser for the Trust’s first mutual fund series. Endurance Fund Services, LLC, an independently owned and operated fund administration company will serve as t

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    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Investment firm Morgan Creek Capital Management has acquired Signet Capital Management a UK-based credit fund of funds with $700M in assets under management. Under the agreement, Signet will contribute its funds and senior investment management team to Morgan Creek

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    From Valuewalk.com: …From Cornell, whose student-run hedge fund beat Wall Street returns to the University of Michigan, which allows its students to manage as much as $250,000, student hedge fund are becoming a more prominent part of financial education. Their success has attracted the attention of

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