Testimonials

"Opalesque offers the only alternative investment news that is worth reading every day."

Dr. Philippa Malmgren, Founder of The Canonbury Group and former Financial Market Advisor to President George W. Bush

"Alternative Market Briefing is the only thing I read, because it is the only thing one needs to read to stay on top of what goes on in the world of alternative investments."
Harry M. Kat, PhD, Professor of Risk Management and Director Alternative Investment Research Centre, Cass Business School, City University London

"You need information on hedge funds in trouble. Get access to websites that disseminate news on the hedge fund industry, like the stellar Opalesque.com."
Financial Times (FT Wealth)

"Just yesterday I saw the following headlines from Matthias Knab's excellent newsletter Opalesque..."
James Altucher in TheStreet.com

"It is the first email I receive regarding Hedge Funds every day. It is the only one I need."
Jeffrey Heely, Heely Capital LLC

“Maybe some view me as being in a privileged information position as regards events in the hedge fund industry and I probably am but I use Alternative Market Briefing to see what I am not hearing elsewhere. For anyone without a large information infrastructure the Briefings must certainly help to "even the playing field" and for those with a large information infrastructure the Briefings are an valued additional support.”
David Smith, Chief Investment Officer, GAM

“I have enjoyed this service enormously and found it very useful.  Thank you again for the excellent service.”
Peter Dickinson, Director of Strategic Investments, Merrill Lynch Global Private Banking Group

“Keep up the good work!!”
Marc Gabelli, Gabelli Asset Management

“Alternative Market Briefing continues to be first-rate!”
George Van, Chairman, VAN HEDGE FUND ADVISORS INTERNATIONAL

“Excellent daily summary of hedge funds. I particularly like the practical links to the source articles.”
Jack Schwager, Senior Portfolio Manager, The Fortune Group, Author

"Opalesque Alternative Market Briefing has become part of my daily routine. There is no better source for timely and comprehensive news on the hedge fund industry. Matthias clearly has cornered the market on information sources!"
James R. Hedges, Founder, President and Chief Investment Officer of LJH Global Investments

"I consider the Alternative Market Briefing an efficient way to master all the daily hedge fund related headlines."
Alexander M. Ineichen, CFA, CAIA, Managing Director and Head of AIS, UBS, Author

"In most hedge fund newsletters, there are many rumors, lots of outdated information and a few important news. Alternative Market Briefing is the best access point for the important news. A must read for an investment professional."
François-Serge Lhabitant, Kedge Capital, Professor EDHEC, Author

“I enjoy receiving the Opalesque daily news letter.”
Ed G. Robertiello, CFA,
Senior Managing Director of Investments & Research, Asset Alliance Corporation

“Thank you for a FAB news service”
Dana Hall, Managing Director, Lighthouse Partners

“Each morning I read the headlines in Opalesque, and the front page of the Wall Street Journal - in that order! ”
Gregory J. Troccoli, Managing Director, PlusFunds Group

“I am enjoying your news every time!"
Jun Miyazaki, CEO Gartmore Japan Ltd.

“This daily industry e-mail on Alternative Investments is my first read every morning."
Michael London, Citigroup Global Transaction Services

"Your service keeps me well informed about the industry."
Yasmin Malhotra, Ministry of Defence Pension Fund, Muscat

"Alternative Market Briefing has the broadest coverage that the other similar service providers and yet in much interesting (not too much acedemics but commercial-oriented) topics and news that we are looking for."
Seiji Morii, Man Investments

"It gives me a good oversight of general issues within hedge funds, and all aspects of them too. Not just IT/control/investment strategies etc, but ALL stuff. Thats why i like it. And it comes at a great price. And it gives info which isn't replicated in other sites."
Graham Smith, The Omerta Group

"You are thoughtful and timely with a fresh format and some intelligent editing. I think Opalesque is a standout in the world of alternatives."
Lisa Tabala, Strategic Value Partners, LLC

"Opalesque is the most concise and accurate briefing available in the AI world. Any you've got a great a sense of humor!"
Eric Jacobson, Fortis Prime Fund Solutions

"Your publication (and I read MANY) is one of the best ones I receive. I will keep recommending you."
Alexandra du Sold, CPIM

"Quick and timely news which is easy to scan for things I should research in more detail."
Martin Nance, Aladdin Capital Management LLC

“I just wanted to congratulate you on turning your excellent newsletter (one of my favorite reads) into a subscription service.”
Philippe Bonnefoy, Comas

“Thanks again for your terrific service. Alternative Market Briefing is the first thing I open up each morning.”
Jim Bergeris, VP-Business Development, Bernard Sands

“Alternative Market Briefing is a terrific news service. I used to spend a lot of time each morning checking different websites and news services to keep abreast of the day's hedge fund industry news.  Alternative Market Briefing now saves me all of that search time, and provides a breadth of coverage that is difficult to match.”
Christopher Burden, COO, Ferro Capital

“I find the daily Briefing the most useful of the various ones I receive. I have essentially stopped reading the other daily letters and rely solely on your service."
Emmett Harty, Partner, Zebra Capital Management

"Your bulletin is outstanding. I read it every day, to quickly see what's happening globally in our business."
Frank Belvedere CFA, F.C.I.A., VP Alternative Investments, Montrusco Bolton

“This is really good. May I ask you to add my boss to the mailing list?"
James Cooke, Alternative Investment Analyst, Baring Asset Management (London)

 “I get so many emails every day, but your newsletter is the one I enjoy and usually read first. It is definitely the best newsletter in the hedge fund industry.”
Matthew T. Hoffman, CIO, Mayer & Hoffman Capital Advisors

"I won't go a day without reading your excellent newsletter, Matthias. It is the best and most comprehensive summary of Alternatives related news that I see in the market today. Exceptionally well done. Thank you."
Federico G. Cribiore, Vice President Gabelli Asset Management (UK) Limited

"I greatly enjoy your daily letter and find it very useful."
Gary Anderson, Investment Manager, Tulane University

“I just wanted to say that I very much enjoy reading your newsletter daily, it is an excellent and useful summary.”
Paul Booty, Credit Risk Management, Deutsche Bank Group

"Good product - easy to read - concise - clear."
Yves Buchard, Threadneedle Investments

"I want a centralized, one-stop news source on HFs and FOHFs with an archive and a clear and easy-to-use format. Opalesque is that source for me today. No joking, I consider Alternative Market Briefing the best service out there right now: it is the first and (admittedly) often the only daily news I read."
Claude Bovet, Amundsen Capital

"A very fast service with all the up-to-date news. You are first to get the news letter out so there is not need to spend time reading others...you have everything covered."
Ellie Anderson, RA Asset Management Limited

"Keep up the wonderful work you do."
Stanley Marchon, Amplitude Capital

"I like your daily update - concise and to the point."
Aron Miodownik, Managing Partner, Cambrian Associates

“I find Alternative Market Briefing wonderful, a really useful service.”
Thomas Kelly, HSBC

“I have to quickly tell you how much I enjoy receiving and reading Alternative Market Briefing. It provides me with both current and relevant information from the global alternative market space. Thank you for this publication! You are doing a great job.”
Rudolph J. Bayer, Managing Director, Meyerhoff Investment Holdings, LLC

"This newsletter is well-written and informative. Hope you don't mind but as I am head of sales in the US I shared it with my team and they found it impressive."
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“Several weeks ago I started getting your newsletter, and have thoroughly enjoyed it.  As a hedge fund manager I cannot read everything, and find your summary presentation quickly lets me get to the heart of the matter.  Thanks for sending it.”
W. Rafter

“I appreciate your daily newsletter. Many thanks!”
Brian M. Bader, Senior Vice President, Head of Product Development Third Party Distribution, U.S. Trust Company

“I am quite new to the industry. Alternative Market Briefing provides me ideas, updates and names... it is a very efficient source of info for me to start.”
Quing Xiao, Cosmos International

“A continuing thank you for your newsletter, and please add the following email address….”
Michelle Snow, Xerion Partners

“Alternative Market Briefing is an absolute added value for our industry and interested investors. We continuously recommend the subscription of your newsletter to the participants of our course of studies “hedge funds intensive” and get a very positive feedback from our participants on your newsletter as well.”
Rolf Dreiseidler, German Association for Alternative Investments

"Congratulations...1 year anniversary. Very useful/helpful sight!  Good luck and keep up the great work."
Leon Glazer, Credit Risk Management, Deutsche Bank

“Your newsletter is excellent and insightful. On the cutting edge of the Alternative Investment community.”
Adam Connors, Financial Staffing Director, Core Staffing, Inc.

“Great service to keep up to date with hedge fund market news.”
Alexandra Napier, Merrill Lynch

“I feel that any professional that is interested in the latest news about the hedge fund community should subscribe to Alternative Market Briefing.”
Greg Tillery, Newton & Associates

“Thank you very much for sending the newsletter to me, in which I am always finding something of interest.”
Martin P Tolcher Director, Business Development Butterfield Fund Managers (Guernsey) Limited

“Congratulations for the excellent newsletter.”
Christophe Künzler, Unigestion

“I find your Briefing to provide a nice snapshot of the industry from a global perspective. We do business in the US and Switzerland and its nice to go to one place for information. You are doing a great job!”
Rudolph J. Bayer, Managing Director, Meyerhoff Investment Holdings, LLC (second testimonial)

“Thank you so much! I love your newsletter!”
Tzvetanka Stoyanova, The Longchamp Group

“This newsletter is fantastic”
Anric Blatt, CEO, Infiniti Capital AG

“Dear Matthias, your newsletter is excellent - thank you.  Would you mind please including our chairman on your distribution list as well?”
Lucy O'Flaherty, Marketing Manager, CQS Management

“…and in the mean time keep up the good work. You are doing an excellent work and it is worth commending. Well done.”
Amit S. Bedi, Alternative Investments, Executive Wealth Management

“I am most impressed by the quality of the service that you have developed over the past 2 or so years. It is a major productivity-enhancement for myself and many colleagues as it is so comprehensive and therefore minimises the amount of time that we need spend scanning journals and newspapers to keep ourselves up to date on critical current issues in the Hedge Fund world. Please, please keep it at this standard!! I well understand the work that this implies for you as you travel around the world attending and reporting on the conferences that we are keen to avoid!”
Gustaf Bradshaw, Atlas Capital Limited

“This newsletter is very good, thank you!“
Joseph Miro

“An excellent electronic publication”
Shaun Curry, Gottex Funds

“Alternative Market Briefing is an excellent service providing current news headlines for the Global Hedge Fund industry.“
Colin Taylor, UBS

Hello! Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate these Alternative Market Briefings.....thank you!!!!!!
Lisa

“Thank you so much for your great newsletter which I read every day.”
David Loris, Mellon Global Investments

"Thank you, excellent informative service!“
Steven Krasnor, Arrow Smith Financial Group

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Anne Marie Gagnon, President, Alphastrategic LLC

“I greatly enjoy receiving your newsletter.”
George Yepes, Gottex Funds

“I am impressed by your hedge fund newsletter”
Scott Hall FinX Technologies

“I love this newsletter, thank you so much! Thanks so much, and please keep up the great work!”
Pamela Kurucz, SFS Entry

“Thanks for sending your excellent Newsletter every day”
Jane Brooks, Director, iVenture Investment Management Limited

“I have been receiving Alternative Market Briefing since we met at the Amsterdam Hedge Funds Conference 2 weeks ago. This is just to say that I am finding it really useful for market learning and knowledge - Keep up the good work!”
Keith Milligan, Manager, IQPC

“Your newsletter is terrific. Please add me to the daily distribution.”
Martin Goldberg, Vice President, York Capital Management

“I find Alternative Market Briefing extremely informative. Keep up the nice work.”
Rhonda B. Rosen

“As you can see, we read your news bits. I receive lots of news wires and rate yours at the top of my pile. Good job.”
Boris Tiomkin, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Alternative Investment Solutions LLC

“I thoroughly enjoy the Briefings, they are just they type of information I like - brief, easy to read and relevant. Many thanks for a great service.”
Kevin Gundle, Aurum Funds

"Very useful. My world is real estate direct investment and there is some overlap with your news."
Andrew Oksner, New China Land

"You do an excellent job."
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"Very up to date focused hedge fund news on a daily basis. Easy to use. Value for money.
Chizuko Nara, Arcacia Ltd.

“Accurate and fast on delivering news on the hedge fund industry.”
Cedrik van Rijckevorsel, IDS Capital

"You are thoughtful and timely with a fresh format and some intelligent editing. I think Opalesque is a standout in the world of alternatives."
Lisa Tabala, Strategic Value Partners, LLC

“A good time saving device since all the industry news from major press sources is compiled in one place. ”
David Claypoole, Parks Legal Placement

"Keeps me up to date on news events within the hedge fund industry. Provides a source of relevant information when dealing with clients."
Wayne Hu, Citigroup Prime Brokerage

“An outstanding resource for up-to-date information on "What’s New" in the hedge fund world. ”
David Lewinson, Correctnet

"Opalesque actually provides suffient information to comply with my needs."
Ian Hamilton, Global Fund Services (South Africa)

“… one of the most complete source of information on hedge fund industry items ”
Georg Stucki, Olympia Capital Management

“I greatly enjoy your newsletter and find it a very efficient way of keeping up to speed with news. I am always impressed with the variety of news sources you have access to.”
Simon O'Sullivan, Product Specialist, Pioneer Alternative Investment Management Limited

“Looking forward to continuing to receive your informative and valuable service.”
Jeff Landle, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Hardt Group

“You are successful - there are so many newsletters available now that I am surprised.....though of course they don't match up to yours!”
Joanna Thompson de Colonges, Director Institutional, GAM London Limited

“Congratulations on producing the excellent newsletter that I have enjoyed for the past year!”
Ed Moisson,Associate Director,Fitzrovia International

“I very much enjoy reading your newsletter, it is superb. You never cease to amaze me with the breadth of the stories you collect. I remain very impressed "
Ben Cotton, Director Financial Institutions, Societé Generale

“An Incredibly useful and very informative daily service.”
Michael Stratford, MVP Asset Management

“Your content is terrific. I look forward to reading your edition each morning at this time.”
(…sent from my BlackBerry 6:08 am from NYC…)
Michael Meyers, Managing Partner, Trivium Capital Management

“I have really enjoyed and regularly read your newsletter.  You do a great job and often pick up things many of the others miss. ”
Simon P. White, Chief Operating Officer, GLG Partners LP

“Matthias, your letter here is really terrific. I know I sound like a cheerleader, but it is great. Was with some guys from Commerzbank last night and they all agreed too."
Keith M. Rosenbloom, Managing Partner, CARE Advisors LLC

"Your daily market briefing is by far the best and the only one I really take time to read."
Wolfgang Landl, Senior Manager, Man Investments Ltd.

“I have been reading your service for about 3 months now- I think it is excellent. It’s organized, efficient, very up to date and interesting.”
Carol Peterson, Rothschild London

“I appreciate you covering so many information sources. I read to take the pulse of the industry (i.e. regulation etc..) and also for leads.”
Aaron Smith, BackTrack Reports

"Alternative Market Briefing gives me a daily heads-up on important hedge fund issues. Time compression is the real advantage here."
Tony Jones, General Partner, Veritas Alpha

"I really like the newsletter. Very complete."
Benjamin Alimanski, Olympia Capital Management

“Very up to date focused hedge fund news on a daily basis. Easy to use. Value for money.”
Chizuko Nara, Arcacia Ltd.

"A new exciting service to quickly scan the industry's breaking news and trends on a easy to use daily basis."
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"What you provide is what I seek. Very nice job."
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“Your news service is outstanding.”
Bill Poutsiaka, Pan Agora Asset Management

“Alternative Market Briefing is excellent.”
Barbara Justiz, Barbara Justiz Advisors Incorporated

"Current and informative!"
Noel Reilly, PwC

"Helps to keep track on specific fund news and trends in the hedge fund industry."
Mikael Berglund, Barclays Capital

“I find your letter to be very informative and timely, a must in this industry.”
Jorge de Cardenas, Kaufman, Rossin & Co.

“Just a short note of appreciation for your outstanding editorial work. The Briefing is a remarkably affective tool in helping to keep abreast of industry developments.”
Andrew Hubert Willmann, AURUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, S.A.

“I enjoy reading the titles and the subjects, it is brief and very well informed!”
Marlen Engeler, Credit Suisse

“You do an excellent job with these briefings each day. Congratulations!”
Edmund L. Luzine, Jr., Adirondack Capital Management

“I am delighted with your service and consider it a true bargain in the hedge fund media space. I am a huge fan!”
Lauren Damask, Lupus Alpha

"Opalesque is the most comprehensive hedge fund news service I have encountered. I have been impressed with every aspect of the service."
Joseph Omansky, SkyFund LLC

“Your work is a real contribution to the industry.”
Somer Hatano, Morgan Stanley

”Your news service is absolutely first rate and one of the few to which my colleagues and I refer with any regularity.”
Stuart MacDonald, Director of Hedge Funds, Henderson Global Investors

"Your newsletter is extremely helpful. It helps to keep me up-to-date on the most newsworthy hedge fund happenings. Thank you for the service!"
Grace Yang, Massachusetts Pension Reserve Investment Trust

“You are fast, we love your product since the beginning.”
Kerem Mavituncalilar, The Investment Office, United Arab Emirates

"Opalesque gives me a very good oversight of all issues and aspects within the Hedge Fund environment. As an Executive Search Consultant specialising in Hedge Funds, the variety of the information and the exclusivity contained in the website is far better than other "news" providers."
Graham Smith, The Omerta Group