Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Metals and mining fund finds opportunity in volatility [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new metals fund has been able to outperform despite significant volatility in the commodities market. Canadian firm Delbrook Capital's flagship strategy the

• The Corona Fighters Report 36: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. Sustainable Global Macro JP Morgan's Global Macro Sustainable Fund was up 0.1% in April and is up

• Listed asset managers display financial resilience in Q1 despite virus-sparked sell-off [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Publicly-traded asset managers that run traditional stock and bond funds suffered far less than many investors in the first quarter, said a study. "Despite the steep sell-off in global equities and fixed-income markets amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Q1, traditional p

• Majority investors expect a negative 2020, but improved sentiments in longterm [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 65% of alternative fund managers expect GDP to shrink by at least 3% in their focus markets this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, said a survey. With the coronavirus pandemic shutting down segments of global economies, many of the respondents to a surve

• Most portfolio managers unable to view performance attribution of ESG factors [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 71% of portfolio managers are currently unable to view the performance attribution of ESG investment factors, said a research. According to a research by RiskFirst, which looks at portfolio managers' ability to see the impact on the investment performance of ESG fa

• Ares charged with compliance failures [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: In 2016, private equity firm Ares Management invested in a company and appointed one of its employees to that company's board - as private equity firms do. But it became a problem when the employee was allowed to continue to be part of the trading decision process a

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: Coronavirus, subscription credit lines and private equity funds [more]

  By:Jonathan Sablone Noah Schottenstein The current economic downturn has impacted virtually every industry and business across the globe. Just like most businesses, private funds, and in particular private equity funds, will not escape unscathed from the one-two punch of a global pandemic and ec

More Exclusives

• 28. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Welton set to launch ESG quant strategy [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Basil Williams talks to Opalesque about Welton's new quantitative hedge fund, Welton ESG Advantage fund, due to launch in June 2020. The fund has a core active ESG equity strategy as well as a diversifying trend strategy as an overlay. Williams

• 28. May. | The Corona Fighters Report 35: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. Short currencies outperform Systematic Alpha Management's flagship Systematic Alpha FX Program ad

• 27. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Institutional Investors plan to stick with private fund managers through the downturn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Institutional investors are sticking with their private market allocations despite increased stress from the COVID-19 pandemic. New data from

• 27. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: The Corona Fighters Report 34: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. Risk management leads the way Balyasny Capital Management's flagship Atlas strategy is up 10.87% year to

• 26. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: The Corona Fighters Report 33: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. Managing credit volatility Managing credit volatility has paid off for Orchard Global Asset Management. The

• 25. May. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds' total assets dropped more than $300bn in a single month: hedge fund news, week 21 [more]

  In the week ending May 22nd 2020, BarclayHedge said that there were more than $85 billion in redemptions in a disastrous March, when hedge funds also suffered trading losses of $229.

• 22. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: The Corona Fighters Report 32: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge fund and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. AI for low correlation Tungsten TRYCON AI Global Markets, one of the oldest AI-based UCITS around, is up

• 20. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Institutional investors want to solve the world's problems, if the price is right [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: 96% of institutional investors believe they have an important role to play in addressing the world's most pressing challenges, including climate change, social and economic inequality, and the need for infrastructure development, according to a new Natixis Inves

• 18. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: The Corona Fighters Report 31: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge fund and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. Don't miss tomorrow's webinar: CORONA FIGHTERS - Episode 2 (details below). No trades in April The

• 18. May. | Opalesque Roundup: CTAs and trend-following hedge fund strategies maintain their momentum, hedge fund news, week 20 [more]

  In the week ending May 15th 2020, CTAs and trend-following hedge fund strategies maintained their recent impressive momentum, profiting from continued trends acros

• 15. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: The Corona Fighters Report 30: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge fund and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. Rebounds in equity hedge After a harsh first quarter, equity hedge strategies rebounded in April. Swiss firm,Tr

• 14. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: The Corona Fighters Report 29: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge fund and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. Contained volatility Finnish firm Estlander & Partners flagship Glacies Fund is up 4.18% year to date. Th

• 13. May. | The Corona Fighters Report 28: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge fund and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. A contrarian outperforms Pennslyvania-based firm Valley Forge Capital's flagship fund returned 11.7% net in Apri

• 12. May. | The Corona Fighters Report 27: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge fund and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. Global macro outperforms Said Haidar's Haidar Jupiter Fund is up 59.67% year to date, according to p

More Other Voices

• 08. May. 2020 | Other Voices: Update on relief under the CARES Act for fund managers [more]

  By: Alston & Bird On April 24, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released the Interim Final Rule on Requirements for Promissory Notes, Authorizations, Affiliation, and Eligibility, which provides additional guidance on the rules governing the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Under

• 29. Apr. 2020 | Other Voices: Massive dislocations in the fixed income marketplace creates opportunities for top hedge funds [more]

  By: Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners The massive dislocations in the fixed income markets in March caused huge divergence in performance among hedge fund managers with similar strategies. The first quarter selloff affected most fixed income hedge fund strategies, including structured credit, c

• 23. Apr. 2020 | Other Voices: Tips to navigate a down round fundraising [more]

  By: Dominick P. DeChiara, Winston & Strawn Over the past six weeks, control-oriented private equity funds have been hunkering down with their portfolio companies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Any and all tactics have been considered and implemented in order to preserve liquidity, including

• 31. Mar. 2020 | Other Voices: ESMA proposes formal limits to leverage potentially affecting alternative funds [more]

  Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, a UK-based independent fund depositary and oversight business, has flagged the following new regulatory proposals potentially impacting alternative investment funds: There was an interesting consultatio

• 30. Mar. 2020 | Other Voices: Management fee - you are always on my mind [more]

  By: Robert Seber, Vinson & Elkins This Q&A attempts to answer some questions that may be on the mind of private equity sponsors who are nervous about the reactions of their LPs to the current crisis. Can our LPs terminate our fund? You need to check your fund agreement. According to

• 19. Mar. 2020 | Other Voices: Taking a long-term investment view is the only way to navigate this period [more]

  By Mark Walker, managing partner at Tollymore Investment Partners, London: We can make no clear conclusions on how much further markets may decline. We do know that this panic will subside but don't know if it will accelerate before it subsides. Anyone claiming the ability to be able

• 19. Mar. 2020 | Other Voices: Seven ways the effects of the coronavirus will impact the hedge fund industry [more]

  By Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners, LLC: The changing landscape caused by the Coronavirus will lead to the largest shake out in the hedge fund industry since the 2008 market crash. Below are some of the ways we believe the Coronavirus will impact the hedge fund ind

• 16. Mar. 2020 | Other voices: Boys and Men [more]

  From Christian Armbruester, Blu Family Office Why crashes are a wonderful way to discern good investment strategies from bad managers. Separating the proverbial "men from the boys" is a great exercise in times like these. When markets come under duress, is when you really find out who has

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Weekly US Jobless Claims Data Averages:

Last week’s claims #: 2,438,000

4-Week Average of Claims: 3,042,000

Prior Week’s 4-Week Average: 3,543,000

13-Week Average of Claims: 3,043,538

Prior Week’s 13-Week Average: 2,872,538

Comments: Weekly claims came in lower week over week at 2,438,000 on Thursday. The 4-week moving
average of claims once again dropped on a week / week basis. However, the 13-week moving average (shown here) continued to move higher for another
week. For the 4-week avg to rise next week, we would need to see the weekly number come in above 3,867,000
– which seems very unlikely at this point.