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Opalesque Roundup: Some hedge fund managers rekindle close partnerships with family offices: hedge fund news, week 46
Saturday, November 11, 2017

In the week ending 10 November, 2017, Opalesque reported how some of the larger family offices have started to enter close partnerships with skilled independent investment managers and integrating their trades and strategies directly to their own portfolio management.

BetBox says it is using the power of Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks to turn Sports Betting into an alternative asset class. Finland's FIM launched a Nordic fund powered entirely by artificial intelligence. Eaton Vance Management said it would launch the Eaton Vance Oaktree Diversified Credit NextShares in mid-November.

The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +0.4% from 24 October to 31 (+3.8% YTD); The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) climbed 1.3% in October (+7.2% YTD); The Barclay Hedge Fund Index was up 0.96% (+8.31% YTD); The eVestment Hedge Fund Performance Report showed a 1.22% gains (+7.18% YTD); And the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index gained 1.59%.

Hedge funds are headed for their best performance since 2013 because of the gravity-defying stock market; Tourbillon Capital has lost money in its flagship fund while the firm preaches patience; quantmental and behavioral science based hedge fund focusing on global equities Goldsky Asset ......................

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