Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Pensions raise concerns over the pandemic, US elections [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Pension plan sponsors are worried about how the pandemic and the upcoming election will ultimately impact their retirement plans, according to new data from pension consultant NEPC. Recent volatility in the market has already impacted funded status for pension p

• DIF Capital Partners raises $3.6bn for sixth global infrastructure fund; 20% oversubscribed [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Dutch infrastructure investment firm DIF Capital Partners has raised more than €3bn for its latest global infrastructure fund. DIF Infrastructure VI secured €3.03bn ($3.6bn) of commitments in a final close, exceeding its €2.5bn target and the €1.9bn raised for its

• Despite the COVID-19 crisis, Canada-based investors stick with real estate [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: As 2020 draws to a close, it is difficult to assess the longer-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Canadian private real estate market. Preqin data suggests the asset class has been hit hard this year, with only three funds closed so far, raising an aggregate

• Veritas Capital closes debut credit fund on $400m [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private-equity firm Veritas Capital closed its maiden credit fund, collecting $400 million of aggregate committed capital to invest in companies at the intersection of technology and government. The closing of the Credit Opportunities Fund, in addition to the final

• Hedge funds outperformed the global equity market with event-driven and arbitrage funds in the lead [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers ended the month of September down 0.72% on an equal-weighted basis, and loss 1.43% on an asset-weighted basis. The weak performance of the global equity market resulted in a negative performance of most fund managers due to the renewed concern surround

• Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ends September up 1.26% (7.63% YTD) on asset-weighted basis [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ended September 2020 up 1.26% MOM on an asset-weighted basis and down -0.15% MOM on an equal-weighted basis. The aim of the Scotiabank C

Today's Other Voices

• 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

More Exclusives

• 23. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: ThirdYear Capital launches macro fund with Agathon Capital and Universal-Investment [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: ThirdYear Capital has launched a new macro UCITS fund together with Agathon Capital and Universal-Investment. The ART Global Macro fund invests in liquid and excha

• 20. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Stock scientist's new aggressive growth fund up 22% MTD [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The Golden Eagle Growth Fund, which actively invests in the world's fastest growing companies using a quantitative method, has had a good run this month; it is up 22.2% MTD through October 13th close and 111.5% YTD. The Fund began

• 19. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Adaptability rewards this trend-following hedge fund [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Trend followers, who buy an asset when its price trend goes up and sell when its trend goes down, expecting price movements to continue, have experienced fluctuating fortunes since 2009 partly due to greater correlations and choppiness in markets. But trend following

• 19. Oct. | Opalesque Roundup: Global hedge funds generated $160bn in industry AuM in Q3 2020: hedge fund news, week 42 [more]

  Opalesque Roundup: Global hedge funds generated $160bn in industry AuM in Q3 2020: hedge fund news, week 42 In the week ending October 16th 2020, Opalesque has revealead the four speakers of their next DIVERSIFICATION MATTERS webinar on October 27th 10 am EST where founder Matthias Knab w

• 16. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Fundana's fund of hedge funds are generating strong alpha this year thanks to manager selection [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: How are funds of hedge funds doing these days? Slightly down in September but still holding their own. The HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index is up 2.4% YTD (to Sept.), annualising 2.8% in the

• 14. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: SME lending proves resilient down under [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: If one wonders about investing in the SME lending market, some funds are showing that it is well worth it. One of them is the Aura High Yield SM

• 14. Oct. | Venture Capital rebounds in Q3 as dealflow and valuations increase [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Despite the pandemic slowing down other parts of the private equity universe, new data from PitchBook and NVCA shows that dealflow in venture capital remained strong in Q3. The $37.8 billion invested in Q3 was relatively on par with Q3 2019, thanks largely to la

• 12. Oct. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds stumble in September as investor risk tolerance fell: hedge fund news, week 41 [more]

  In the week ending October 9th 2020, HFR reported that hedge funds posted mixed declines in September as investor risk tolerance fell over uncertainty regarding addition

• 07. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: A.W. Jones emerging manager fund of funds passes three year milestone, up +12.61% through August [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: An emerging manager fund of funds from A.W. Jones has just passed its three-year milestone and is outperforming so far this year. The fund was up 3.29% in August a

• 07. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Canadian manager collects in the metals and mining market [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The Delbrook Resource Opportunities Master Fund, a metals and mining equity long/short hedge fund, is up 114% YTD (up to end-August), after returning about 20% each month from April to July. By comparison, the XME ETF is down 14% YTD (

• 05. Oct. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds launches rebound, liquidations fall: hedge fund news, week 40 [more]

  In the week ending October 2nd 2020, the HFR Market Microstructure Report revealed that new hedge fund launches rose from a near-record low in 1Q20, as investor risk toler

• 01. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Private equity banks on recovery in 2021 [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New data from accounting firm BDO suggests that private equity fund managers are banking on a significant recovery in 2021. BDO's Private Capital Pulse Survey is a survey of 100 private equity fund managers and 100 venture capital fund managers at firms in the Unit

• 29. Sep. | Opalesque Exclusive: As world carbon markets expand, traders find new opportunities [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: 2020 has been a challenging year for carbon investors. As covid-19 expanded worldwide shutting down global travel and economies, emissions plummeted and along with

• 28. Sep. | Opalesque Roundup: Asia hedge funds hiring up disrupted markets: hedge fund news, week 39 [more]

  In the week ending September 25th 2020, a survey said that hedge funds in Asia have continued to increase their headcount and still have an appetite to hire more talent despite the econom

More Other Voices

• 15. Oct. 2020 | Other Voices: Responsible Investment labels: welcome to the jungle! [more]

  by Perrine Dutronc, Sustainable Investing Specialist, Groupe La Française There is no common definition of "sustainable finance", which leaves ample room for interpretation when referencing sustainable investments. Sustainable investment strategies can be based on environmental or social

• 13. Oct. 2020 | Other Voices: FoHF Returns vs Hedge Funds during Covid-19 [more]

  From Alternativesoft (information@alternativesoft.com): Some investment funds have done better than others during Covid-19. From data aggregated using AlternativeSoft's investment platform, we can see that easily the best performing investme

• 24. Sep. 2020 | Other Voices: Updated ILPA model LPAs continue to miss the mark(et) [more]

  By: Gus Black, Zachary Oswald, Albert Tse, Thiha Tun, Dechert The Institutional Limited Partners Association has recently released an update to its model limited partnership agreement for private equity funds and other closed-ended funds. One of the stated benefits of the Model LPA and the recent

• 16. Sep. 2020 | Other Voices: The offer of certainty is resonating clearly in US [more]

  By: Philip Pirecki, Jersey Finance The first half of 2020 for the US was a fragmented, disrupted and at times tumultuous period. From an economic perspective, after a period of a few years of achieving

• 09. Sep. 2020 | Other Voices: Hedge fund's mid-year trends and strategies currently in demand [more]

  By Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA, Founder and CEO - Agecroft Partners, LLCThe hedge fund industry is dynamic, comprising numerous strategies that attract varying degrees of interest over time. Demand for each strategy is impacted by many variables including capital market valuations, expectations of

• 25. Aug. 2020 | Other Voices: Decarbonization and fossil fuel's growing weakness [more]

  By James Jampel, HITE Hedge Asset Management Warren Buffet said in 1999: "Sometimes, incidentally, it is much easier in these transforming events to figure out the losers. You could have grasped the importance of the auto when it came along but still found it hard to pick companies that would ma

• 18. Aug. 2020 | Other Voices: Hedge Fund Indices - A helpful tool, but can cause confusion [more]

  By Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA, Founder and CEO - Agecroft Partners, LLC Although hedge fund indices can be a very useful tool, indices can also create confusion if their construction and composition are not well understood. Take for example hedge fund industry performance: what does this number r

• 12. Aug. 2020 | Other Voices: CFTC sets final rules for virtual currencies [more]

  By: Andrew Schaffer, Timothy Spangler, Audrey Wagner, Nicholas C.D. Ward, Dechert The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2020 its final interpretive guidance concerning retail commodity transactions involving certain digital assets (2020 Guidance).

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ISHARES EUROPE ETF (IEV) – Daily

Currently: Long Looking to: Sell @ $46.41

As of 10/16/20 close: $42.70

LAST WEEK: We suggested buying IEV at last week’s levels with a target of $46.41.

UPDATE: The European ETF (IEV) showed a little weakness last week, but nothing has changed in terms of the technical picture thus far. We still see IEV rallying up to either $44.48 or $46.43. Support for IEV comes in at $41.87.

We would buy IEV at current levels down to $41.87 with stops honored on a close below that level. The upside target will be $46.43.