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Editor's Note
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Geneva remains one of the favourite destinations for financiers – whether they be in private banking, trade finance, commodity trading, pension funds, family offices, private investors, or in the hedge fund industry – especially, it seems, in funds of hedge funds. This tightly-knit community has not stopped expanding in the last few years, despite the severe set-backs it suffered during the credit crisis and the
Madoff scandal.
There are now around 22 hedge fund firms in Geneva and nearby Vaud, some of which being client facing subsidiaries to communicate with investors in place. Geneva hosts many funds of hedge funds but it is also a “hot spot” for single hedge funds, according Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). Even if the
later are still not in great numbers, many expect this to change.
Geneva is where Brevan Howard and BlueCrest moved recently. Many will say the strongest attractions of this place (and the rest of Switzerland) are the quality of life, the tax environment and it being outside the European Union.
Eight experts gathered at our 2010 Geneva Roundtable and discussed the following topics:
- Why gold and agriculture might be good places to invest
- Why managed accounts and platforms are so popular with investors
- What the problem with the low expected real rate of return is
- What some of the ways to limit drawdowns are
- Why it has been so difficult for hedge funds to raise capital
- What are the misconceptions about Geneva
- Where Geneva’s finance industry is heading
The Roundtable took place in December 2010 at the offices of GAIA Capital and was attended by:
- Jamil Ismail, Partner and Head of Distribution, IPM Informed Portfolio Management (IPM)
- Eric Bissonnier, Chief Investment Officer, EIM
- Alexandar Pechovitch, co-Founder, DHAULAGIRY Asset Management
- Joe Taussig, Founder, Taussig Capital
- Coast Sullenger, Founder, Managing Partner and Fund Manager, GAIA Capital Advisors
- Louis Zanolin, Partner, ALIX Capital SA
- David Barry, Head of Sales & Marketing Europe & Middle East, Custom House Group
- Cedric van Rijckevorsel, Managing Director, IDS Capital
We want to thank the 2010 Roundtable Series sponsors Custom House Group and Taussig Capital for their support.
Enjoy “listening in” to the 2010 Opalesque Geneva Roundtable (http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableGeneva2010.html)!
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Battle of the Quants: London, Oct. 22nd, Royal Automobile Club
Designed for quantitative managers, institutional investors, allocators, and data experts, the Battle of the Quants - London provides a unique forum to exchange ideas, challenge conventional thinking, and build relationships with the people driving the evolution of quantitative trading.
Join me for the 21st "Battle" in London, the Quantitative Allocators Roundtable and Data Roundtables are highly regarded. For details: www.battleofthequants.com
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Free allocator registration: Apex Invest Europe, Zurich, 27-28 October
I've attended Apex Invest events twice. They are among the conferences where I would tell an allocator: clear the two days.
Apex Invest Europe keeps the manager count at 50 and the allocator-to-manager ratio at 2:1, so LPs are the majority in the room. But the programming is what brings me back - the keynotes and panels are genuinely excellent, and the allocators I talk to say the same.
Opalesque has free allocator registration: https://bit.ly/45ZOk7X
The Dolder Grand does not hurt either ;-). Please reach out if you have any questions.
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Family Office Forum ZURICH Nov. 10-11, Dolder Grand
Join Opalesque founder Matthias Knab at the 13th Prestel & Partner Family Office Forum in Zurich along with 100+ Family Offices!
This is YOUR opportunity to:
- Meet private investor peers in person
- Be part of a trusted community in a "safe place"
- Share experiences and views
- Access information across Family Governance & Investment best practice topics.
Investors attend for free, if you are interested in joining, let me know (email knab@opalesque.com and I'll make an introduction to the organizers.
I can also facilitate discounted tickets for investment managers / service providers given my 10+ year relationship with the organizers, please reach out as well.
See here for agenda and more information: https://prestelandpartner.com/familyofficeforumzurich.html
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| Inside Fasanara Capital: How Europe's most granular multi-strategy platform was built from fintech credit |
"Diversification is not aspirational. It's hard work."This Opalesque VIRTUAL MANAGER VISIT takes us to London's Mayfair district to meet Fasanara Capital. Over 15 years the firm has grown from a specialist in technology-enabled asset-based finance into a global alternative investment platform coveri...
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| Technical Research Briefing |
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S&P FUTURES (@ES) – Daily
Currently: Long Looking to: Sell @ 4,118.75
As of 3/21/21 @ 7:58pm EST: 3,896
LAST WEEK: We suggested buying dips to 3,875 with stops on a close below 3,840 and with a target for selling longs / getting short at 4,118.75.
UPDATE: S&P futures had a terrible day Thursday and limped into the weekend. Right now, we put possible short-term ceilings at 3,918 or 3,950. If 3,918 holds as short-term resistance, we will look for a dip in the ES futures to 3,818 – 3,820. If 3,950 is tested and holds as resistance instead, we will look for a dip to 3,848 – 3,850 to follow. After this bounce and subsequent dip, we will be buying S&P futures aggressively (unless evidence presents itself that forces us to change our opinion) near one of those support levels.
We would look to buy dips to either 3,849 or 3,818.50 with stops honored on a close below 3,847 and 3,815, respectively. The upside target for either entry will be 4,119. NO SHORTING RIGHT NOW!
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