Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: SEC’s Mark J. Flannery warns hedge funds against valuation misconduct [more]

  Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Securities and Exchange Commission chief economist and director of Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) Mark J. Flannery has warned of the risks posed by market misconduct, particularly in the true valuation of assets by hedge fund managers. In his

• Opalesque Exclusive: ISDA releases new principles for regulatory transparency [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today published a paper that outlines a number of key principles and initiatives for regulators, market participants and industry service providers in order to further improve regulatory transparen

• Opalesque TV: Canadian systematic options strategy uses behavioral finance concepts as foundation [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: A Canadian physicist-turned-fund manager, who runs a systematic non-directional volatility arbitrage strategy which he developed over many years, explains his methodology. Dr. Andrew Cumming was an MIT-trained physicist before deciding to move into equi

• Institutional investors seek improvements in management fees in alternatives [more]

  Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: A majority of institutional investors surveyed by data provider Preqin at the end of 2014 said that improvements in the alignment of interests between investors and fund managers can be made by focusing on managem

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: The danger of indices [more]

  This article was authored by Andrew Beer, founder of Beachhead Capital Management LLC in New York. You can download the full version here. W

More Exclusives

• 26. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: dbSelect’s top ten FX strategies average almost 10% in January [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: In one of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (AWM)’s hedge fund platforms, called dbSelect, a number of FX Strategies did very well in January. dbSelect is a managed investment platform for unf

• 23. Feb. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund launches continue unabated: hedge fund news, week 09 [more]

  In the week ending 20 February, 2015, hedge funds have started their 2015 performance in the black as the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark gained 0.07% in January; 36 South Capital gained 2.5% from central-bank surprises; Dan Elsberry said he expects hedge fund returns to catch up w

• 20. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Very small CTA averages 6.90% per month since April’14 inception [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: There aren’t many one-man shops around in the hedge fund world but we talked to one. Andrew S. Peskin, who is ba

• 20. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Chessica funds reopen under the Mosaic banner [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: In early 2014, Alex Rabinovich, Managing Director of Chessica Asset Management, announced that the firm he co-founded with Victor Plotkin in 2009, had been acquired by Mosaic Investment Partners. Mosaic is a Washington, DC-based diversified financial services fi

• 20. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Skënderbeg launches four single-manager funds with Your Wealth AG [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Skënderbeg Funds AGmvK, an investment fund for qualified investors under Liechtenstein law (umbrella fund),

• 19. Feb. | Opalesque Roundtable: Swiss regulator 'stifling the growth of the smaller manager’ [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Delegates at the recent Opalesque Geneva Roundtable discussed the state of affairs of the local hedge fund industry; fewer managers, the regulatory or funding difficulties faced b

• 18. Feb. | Opalesque Roundtable: Many Swiss investors are questioning the value proposition of hedge funds [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: There is a well-known transition among investors in hedge funds between high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors, Ian Hamilton, head of the IDS Group, said during the recent

• 16. Feb. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund assets raise again after fall of 3.28% in January: hedge fund news, week 08 [more]

  In the week ending 13 February, 2015, investors raised their hedge fund bets in February as asset subscription rose .63%; the hedge fund industry redeemed $29.1bn in December, its largest outflow since April 2009; Passage to India Opportunity Fund tripled investor’s money in 2014 after gainin

• 13. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Nowcasting is to forecasting what astronomy is to astrology [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Alexander Ineichen, founder of Ineichen Research and Management, an independent research firm based near Zurich, recently produced an interesting risk management research piece on forecasting and nowcastin

• 13. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: New Swiss rules on distribution of funds come into force on March 1st [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: A new regime governing the distribution of non-Swiss funds to Swiss investors comes fully into force on 1 March 2015. According to a report from

• 12. Feb. | Opalesque Roundtable: Geneva is the main epicenter worldwide for microfinance investments [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: "Geneva happens to be the main epicenter worldwide in terms of microfinance investments," Roland Domicié, CEO of Symbiotics, an asset manager specialized in microfinance investments with $1bn in

• 12. Feb. | Opalesque TV: Passionate systematic global macro trader annualizes 23% since July 2011 [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Adam Tomas, Australia-based Portfolio Manager of the Global Capital Allocation Fund (GCAF), started designing

• 09. Feb. | Opalesque Roundup: More hedge funds to convert to family offices: hedge fund news, week 06 [more]

  In the week ending 06 February, 2015, Philippa Allen has seen a trend for hedge fund managers to convert to family offices and expects it to continue this year. Andrew Bellas and Alexander Captain have resigned from Tiger Global to launch their own hedge fund firms; Scott Phillips

• 06. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: AlphaParity grows to $500m in two years, hires two, readies two new launches [more]

  Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Jeffrey Silverman has just joined AlphaParity as President and Head of Business Development.

More Other Voices

• 11. Feb. 2015 | Other Voices: Red alert - be aware of a cornered Putin [more]

  By: David Murrin, Spartent Global Solutions We have already expressed our concern over Western policies in Ukraine that have pushed Russia away from the West into the hands of China, the negative consequences of which are expected to unfold with the next decade. However, since then, the fal

• 04. Feb. 2015 | Other Voices: 5 benefits of a mobile fund manager [more]

  By: Branden Jones, Liquid Holdings The digital revolution is transforming today’s fund manager. The days of being tied down to your desk to manage investments and handle investor inquiries are disappearing. In its place is a new mobile, connected, empowered fund manager that can carry the most i

• 28. Jan. 2015 | Other Voices: Why you should not follow Paul Singer on Informatica investment [more]

  This article was authored by Alex Gavrish, founder and CEO of Etalon Investment Research, and author of "Wall Street Back To Basics." Elliott Associate discloses Informatica stake On January 26th, 2014, an activist hedge fu

• 05. Dec. 2014 | Other Voices: The growing problem with performance fees [more]

  This white paper was authored by FundCalcs, an independent software provider based in Dublin, and Global Perspectives, an Irish consulting and research firm. It examines the trends si

• 04. Dec. 2014 | Other Voices: The evolving role of portfolio management, key trends and technology solutions for alternatives [more]

  This article was authored by AlternativeSoft, a provider in asset selection, portfolio construction and fund reporting software based in the UK and Switzerland, and Global Perspectiv

• 03. Dec. 2014 | Other Voices: Want to get a piece of the Swiss pension funds’ assets? [more]

  This article was authored by Gabriel Kurland, managing director at Montfort Funds, a FINMA licensed representative for foreign funds in Switzerland. Want to get your piece of the € 571 billion Swiss pension funds’ assets? Sho

• 02. Dec. 2014 | Other Voices: What Will happen to the Hedge Fund Industry if we Experience a 2008 Type Market Decline? [more]

  Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA – Managing Partner, Agecroft Partners With interest rates and credit spreads near historic lows and equity valuation above historical averages, many people are concerned that the Federal Reserve, by artificially keeping rates low, has created a 2007 type asset bubble i

• 27. Nov. 2014 | Other Voices: Time diversification is a myth [more]

  Research report by Alexander Ineichen of Ineichen Research & Management and Virtus Investment Partners. You can read the full report here. Alternative investments are still not full

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