Investcorp to buy Mercury Capital Advisors to boost alternatives advisory business... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in the institutional capital raising and investment adviser Mercury Capital Advisors in a bid to boost its alternatives investment advisory capabilities.
As pa
Private market investors and managers temper return expectations, new survey reveals... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Institutional investors and private-markets fund managers are tempering their expectations regarding future returns, revealed a new survey.
52% of the respondents surveyed in early 2019 by eVestment are expecting private equity fund returns to decline in the future
LGIM launches two sustainable investment funds... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: London-based Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched two sustainable investment multi-asset 'future world' fund aimed at investors seeking to diversify across asset classes whilst incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations
Hennessee Hedge Fund Index gains +1.07% in April, up +6.83% YTD... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global equity markets rose in April, with encouraging economic data and ongoing dovishness from major central banks supporting appetite for higher risk assets.
Corporate bonds outperformed government bonds. US equities advanced, supported by strong labour market d
French fund manager Scor Investment Partners buys London hedge fund firm Coriolis Capital... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: SCOR Investment Partners has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the capital of UK based fund manager Coriolis Capital to expand Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) unit.
With this first acquisition, SCOR Investment Partners is entering an important new phase in i
Tepper to convert Appaloosa to family office... [more]Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: David Tepper's Appaloosa LP will become a family office. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news.
People familiar with the matt
CTAs outperform hedge fund strategies for the second month in a row... [more]CTAs lead the pack in April as the strategy was up +1.6% in the month, which brings the year-to-date performance close to +5%.
According to the Lyxor CTA peer group, the strategy was up +1.6% in April, which brings the year-to-date performance close to +5%. In April, CTAs benefitted from the ro
IPM axes equity fund to focus on flagship strategy... [more]From City Wire: Swedish systematic asset manager IPM is to liquidate its systematic equity fund and focus its efforts on its flagship systematic macro fund, the group has announced.
The company said the strong growth of the IPM Systematic Macro strategy meant the IPM Systematic Equity fund was
U.S.: Ron Wyden wants hedge fund managers pay fair share of taxes... [more]From KTVZ: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced legislation Thursday to close the "carried interest" loophole and ensure hedge fund managers and private equity CEOs pay their fair share in taxes.
For the first time, he said the bill proposes closing the entire c
Europe: Deutsche Bank CEO pledges tough investment bank cuts as shares hit low... [more]From Reuters: Deutsche Bank's chief executive promised shareholders "tough cutbacks" at its underperforming investment bank on Thursday as he battled to convince them he can turn around Germany's biggest lender, whose shares hit a record low.
Ranked as one of the most important banks in the glo
And, finally: How to nearly lose $4m worth of Jewellery in Cannes... [more]Rita Ora left her luggage in the capable hands of a courier to transport her jewellery to Cannes, or so she thought.
The UK based singer found out that the approximately $4 million worth of gems she hired them to transport got left on a plane.
According to AFP, a woman got on a plane from
Welcome to Issue 3 of Horizons: Family Office & Investor Magazine
with "Generations" as a main theme.
We are starting with a portrait of Frederick Chavalit Tsao, one of Asia's leading business tycoons,
who shares some provocative insights and questions on the mortality and sustainability of family
businesses, the self-image of families (and why "family stories" can be a trap) and the downside of
"Prudence" as a core business and family value.
Opalesque has been publishing Technical Research (chart analysis) since April 2006. Opalesque Technical Research offers technical chart analysis with a global perspective on all major markets, including Equity Indices, Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities.
Opalesque Technical Research is unique compared to most available research which is fundamental in nature, and not technically (chart) oriented. In addition, most current available research is mainly equity based, and not global in nature.
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