Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Private equity continues to outperform despite growing uncertrainty [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: 2019 was another banner year for private equity, according to the latest Global Private Equity Report from Bain&Company. While there were some signs of a slowdown compared to 2018, the deal environment was generally competitive. However, 2020 might prove to be

• Venture capital fundraising see a steep drop-off in fund closures in Q4, 2019 [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Venture capital fundraising is typically strongest in the final quarter, but in 2019, an unexpectedly sluggish Q4 dampened the annual total. According to a Preqin report, at the end of Q3 2019, full-year fundraising by US-based venture capital funds looked set to o

• CMC Capital Partners raises $950m for third China fund [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: CMC Capital Partners, a Chinese private equity firm set up by Ruigang Li, formerly president of Shanghai Media Group (SMG), has closed its third US dollar-denominated fund with more than $950 million in commitments. CMC Capital Partners III surpassed its original t

• Europe: 2019's UCITS and AIF results to strengthen the average return of investment funds [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published its latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet and 2019 overview of net sales data of UCITS and AIFs. After the challenging year 2018, 2019 ended as a good year for the European investmen

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: Pandemic response: Coronavirus & business continuity planning [more]

  By Eze Castle Integration: With the recent outbreak of coronavirus, businesses and alternative investment firms are enacting pandemic response plans in an effort to keep their day-to-day operations running smoothly and without major disruptions due to staffing issues. According to the World Health O

More Exclusives

• 24. Feb. | Opalesque Roundup: Investors pulled $109.6bn or 3.8% of assets from hedge funds last year: hedge fund news, week 08 [more]

  In the week ending February 21st 2020, the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator revealed that hedge fund clients continued to pull out their money in December, marking the second-straight month of outflows and the worst full-year outflows since 2009. Globally, outflows

• 21. Feb. | Deloitte: ESG-mandated assets on pace to account for 50% of all professionally managed assets by 2025 [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The US has often lagged behind other jurisdictions in terms of its appetite for ESG investments, but that may be changing. A new report from Deloitte suggests that the number of ESG-mandated assets in the United States could grow almost three times as fast as no

• 21. Feb. | Are all ESG Indexes as green as you want them to be? [more]

  From Beyond Investing: When Laurence Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, with nearly US$7 trillion under management, vows to put sustainability at the core of the firm's new investment approach, markets and investors sit up and liste

• 20. Feb. | Opalesque TV: Where patient capital is a clear behavioural edge [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: How can a long-term equity investment approach be differentiated? According to Tollymore Investment Partners, a sensible long-term, business owner investment philosophy is o

• 18. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Optima A.M. bets on healthcare and biotech innovations with long/short strategy [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Optima Asset Management has just launched the Optima Healthcare and Biotechnology strategy, which will be managed by five portfolio managers

• 17. Feb. | Opalesque Roundup: Meet the 5 hedge fund managers who took home more than $1n last year: hedge fund news, week 07 [more]

  In the week ending February 14th 2020, Bloomberg reported that the top 15 hedge fund managers collectively earned $12 billion in 2019, with the top five taking in more than $1 billion each: Chris Hohn, Jim Simons, Ken Griffin, Steve Cohen and Chase Coleman. However, after a four-month winning run

• 14. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Baron Hans-Willem van Tuyll, a pillar in the alternative investment industry, has died [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque: It is with great sadness that we have received the news that Hans-Willem Reinier Baron van Tuyll van Serooskerken, heer van Vleuten, Knight in the order of Oranje-Nassau, has deceased 11 February 2020 in Nyon, Switzerland. He was born 27 June 1938 in The Hague, the Neth

• 13. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Proxy Renewable Long / Short Energy Fund outperforms, more than doubles AUM in 2019 [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Swedish energy-focused asset manager Proxy P Management AB has more than doubled its AUM in one year as a result of significant outperformance in its long/short re

• 12. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Ranjan Bhaduri's Bodhi Research Group expands to New York [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Based in New York City, Kalina Berova, CFA, joined Bodhi Research Group as a Visiting Researcher in Q4, 2019. Kalina is the third person to formally join the firm in this important role. By mirroring the university model, the Visiting Researcher Program involves global

• 10. Feb. | Opalesque Roundup: Global alternative AUM on track to hit $14tn by 2023: hedge fund news, week 06 [more]

  In the week ending February 07th 2020, a new report showed that global alternative assets under management topped $10 trillion as of June 30 and are on track to exceed $1

• 06. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Carbon Cap's World Carbon Fund wins Amsterdam AIF Factor prize [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: The 9th ABN AMRO Amsterdam Investor Forum (AIF) organized by ABN AMRO Clearing on Feb. 5th 2020 saw once more five alternative investment funds competing to deliver the &qu

• 05. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Infusive Asset Management generates alpha by trading on joy [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Can you run a portfolio based on joy? Infusive, an asset manager with offices in New York and London, says yes. The firm manages a UCITS fund that invests in products that elicit joy in consumers. According to Infusive, emotionally driven consumption creates ine

• 03. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Frifeldt Investment Council launches family of hedge fund strategies [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Spring Lake, Michigan-based Frifeldt Investment Council has launched three strategies based on portfolio manager Keith Frifeldt's approach to relative value. Frif

• 03. Feb. | Opalesque Exclusive: Cindicator Capital launches digital assets quant fund [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Cindicator Capital has launched a new multi-strategy fund focused on cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Cindicator relies on a hybrid quantitative approach that combines human predictions with machine learning algorithms. The fund's technology uses predict

More Other Voices

• 12. Feb. 2020 | Other Voices: Evolution of shrinking hedge fund fees - what do investors and managers need to know? [more]

  By Don Steinbrugge, Founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners (DonSteinbrugge@agecroftpartners.com): Hedge funds fees remain under extreme pressure across the industry. This strong trend is driven by declining return expectations from investors, inc

• 11. Feb. 2020 | Other Voices: Proposed revisions to the Volcker rule [more]

  By: Lawrence Berkovich, John Hwang, Chris Jackson, Sheena Paul, Derek Poon, Nicholas Robinson, Bill Satchell, Ari Yannakogeorgos, Allen & Overy LLP On January 30, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller

• 31. Jan. 2020 | Other Voices: OCIE publishes its 2020 examination priorities [more]

  By: Margaret (Peggy) Blake, Eric Love, Laura Pruitt, David Woodcock, Jones Day The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued its 2020 examination priorities. The Exam Priorities set forth a nonexhaustive list of key areas where OCIE i

• 23. Jan. 2020 | Other Voices: SFC issues guidance to private equity firms and family offices on licensing issues [more]

  By: Anne-Marie Godfrey, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP In recent years, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has increasingly focused on private equity funds' obligation to be licensed under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO). In February 2019, the SFC's Licensing Ha

• 10. Jan. 2020 | Other Voices: PFIC: what U.S. investment funds should be particularly aware of and newly proposed regulations [more]

  By: Kris Hatch, Idan Netser, Fenwick & West LLP U.S.-based venture capital and other funds that invest in foreign companies must be careful to avoid the passive foreign investment company (PFIC) rules, which could substantially increase the tax owed on exit for U.S. taxpaying investors. U.S. per

• 27. Dec. 2019 | Other Voices: Final opportunity zone treasury regulations released [more]

  By: Russell Stein, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP On Thursday, December 19th, the U.S. Department of Treasury released the long-awaited final Opportunity Zone Treasury Regulations. The Final Regulations and explanatory materials that span 544 pages, are quite extensive and give some needed clarity in

• 11. Dec. 2019 | Other Voices: Missing the mark: CFA hedge fund performance standards [more]

  By Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA - CEO, Agecroft Partners: The CFA Institute has released and circulated the final version of its guidelines to improve performance standards in the hedge fund industry. They will go into effect on January 1, 2020. We strongly support the effort to create and implement p

• 26. Nov. 2019 | Other Voices: For alternative asset managers, the time for RPA is now [more]

  By: Martin Boyd, president of Capital Market Solutions for FIS Alternative asset managers are getting serious about embracing technology. Robotic process automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence - innovations I collectively refer to as emerging technology are having a moment in

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GOLD FUTURES (March - @GC) – Daily

Currently: Cash Looking to: Short here, cover at 1,470

As of 2/21/20 as of 2:17pm EST: 1,648.05

LAST WEEK: We suggested selling longs / getting short near 1,576.91 with stops > 1,587.06 and with a
target of 1,536.60.

UPDATE: Gold futures are trading right around our previously-mentioned long-term upside target at 1,641. Gold’s recent rise has almost certainly been due to the rise in coronavirus fears and safe-haven buying. Right now, we believe there will be a rotation back out of safeharbor.

We would sell / short now with stops honored on a daily close above 1,647.95 and with a downside target
of 1,470. If stopped, try the shorts again at 1,662.20.