Sun, Nov 8, 2026
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS pod
Get FREE trial access to our award winning publications
Alternative Market Briefing

Hedge funds bullish on global telecom and cable, media and gaming

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: A hedge fund manager who attended the latest Opalesque 2013 West Coast Roundtable has expressed a bullish outlook on global telecom and cable, media and gaming industry.

Chris Ainsworth COO and CFO of registered investment advisor Maerisland Capital, LLC, said that because the market is enjoying high liquidity, the rise in tide is lifting everything at this point that has created opportunities not only on the long side of investing and riding the wave but also on the short side.

"As a global long/short fund, we see these opportunities on a global basis and invest in local markets globally," Ainsworth told the delegates and added, "Some of the areas that are extremely interesting to us right now. Given our portfolio manager's background in the TMT space, we find the global telecom and cable space extremely interesting, offering huge opportunity."

The Opalesque 2013 West Coast Roundtable took place in Las Vegas in May and was sponsored by Sunrise Capital, The California Hedge Fund Association, Eurex and Taussig Capital.

A......................

To view our full article Click here

Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing

 



  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. Opalesque Exclusive: DACH institutions push alternatives to 32.3% of portfolios as hedge funds make a comeback[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Institutional investors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland now hold almost a third of their portfolios in alternative investments, and they are more confident than ever in

  2. KRX chief courts CalPERS for bigger bet on Korea[more]

    Korea Exchange Chairman and CEO Jeong Eun-bo held talks with California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CalPERS, to promote greater investment in South Korea's capital markets, the bourse operator announced Wednesday. Jeong met with CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Stephen Gilmore.

  3. 755 Unicorns, $8 Trillion: Fifth Era maps the autonomous digital economy[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Fifth Era Partners, a specialized asset manager focused on the convergence of Internet, AI/Agentic and Blockchain technologies, has released the findings of its 13th Bia

  4. Opalesque Exclusive: "Enough beta plays" - how Fasanara builds an alpha-only multi-strategy platform[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Most multi-strategy funds promise diversification. Fewer can explain why their return streams should stay independent when markets turn. In an Opalesque SkillsLab investor

  5. Opalesque Exclusive: Governance, Scale, and Boutique Resilience in a Consolidating Hedge Fund Industry[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: The hedge fund industry has undergone significant consolidation in recent years, with capital increasingly concentrated among large multi-strategy platforms. Yet boutique m