Opalesque Exclusive: Japan quant strategy uses academia as starting point of investment research... [more]B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Shin Samurai is a thorough systematic Japan macro strategy, which takes advantage of behavioural biases by using mathematical and statistical techniques. It also relies heavily on academic research for idea generation, and combines the said research with a deep understand
Scale Venture Partners raises $900m for its biggest fund yet... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Scale Venture Partners just raised its largest fund ever. It raised $900 million for its eighth venture fund. Scale plans to use the money to back cloud and software-as-a-service startups, with an emphasis on cognitive apps.
Active fund strategies bear brunt of outflows in Europe... [more]From FT: Active asset managers are bearing the brunt of negative sentiment with outflows from open-ended funds surpassing €150bn in the year to the end of August, while passively managed inflows have helped mask the extent of the damage.
Markets have undergone a wide sell-off since the star
Boaz Weinstein reveals the secret trade that helped make him famous... [more]From Bloomberg: Boaz Weinstein thinks about markets differently than most credit traders. The 49-year-old founder of hedge fund Saba Capital Management spent his early career at Deutsche Bank AG, when credit-default swaps were just hitting the market.
The Saba Capital Management founder talks
Tech: How to use machine learning to create a portfolio hedging strategy... [more]From Forbes: Portfolio managers are constantly adapting to the ever-evolving environment of the investing landscape. Shifting market trends, government regulation and macroeconomic factors can all affect the way investors form their strategies.
A few things are constant though: Investment profes
Study reveals extent to which pension funds rely on consultants and specialists for stress tests... [more]Opalesque Industry Update - Pension funds are currently relying on investment consultants and specialist companies for most of their stress testing and scenario modeling.
This is according to new research from Ortec Finance, the leading global provider of risk and return management solutions fo
And, finally: Bright Idea... [more]From Yahoo! News: Noise complaints are way down at a restaurant in Singapore after it implemented a "screaming children surcharge" of $10, Yahoo! News reported.
Angie's Oyster Bar & Grill said that before the new policy was put in place, they were receiving complaints on a weekly basis about ch
Issue 8 of Horizons: Family Office & Investor Magazine is out, starting with a BANG. Continuing our Family Office ANONYMOUS series, the Principal of a family office with merchant roots dating back before the French Revolution (1789) explains How to Do a Prenup Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot. But before even thinking of a prenup, make sure you have gone through Whitney Tilson's 12 Questions to Ask Before You Marry Someone.
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B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The petrodollar era may be ending at last - as many economists have been predicting this year. And if that were the case, it would have multiple implications around the world.
In a recent report inspired by an article in Modern Diplomacy in May, Charles-Henry Monchau, CIO ..
