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09. Oct. |
Opalesque Exclusive: As investors remain focused on fees a new study highlights effective strategies for allocators [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: A new study shows that asset owners have been successful at bringing fees down in nearly every asset class. The study was completed by consulting firm bfinance and is based on fees being quoted by asset managers for real mandates.
According to the findings,
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07. Oct. |
Opalesque TV: Exchange-traded instruments: a way to wider distribution universe for hedge funds [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Offshore hedge funds can use the exchange-traded-instrument back door to access the EU and other markets. Andreas Woelfl, founder of iMaps Capital Markets, a firm that offers a platform to transform alternative investm
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03. Oct. |
Opalesque Exclusive: HC Private Investments and Landon family office launch platform for emerging private equity managers [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: HC Private Investments, a Chicago-based private investment firm, and Landon Capital Partners, a Boston-based family office, today announced the formation of Evolution Manag
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01. Oct. |
Investors pivot to private assets as geopolitical tensions increase Schroders finds [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:
Institutional investors are pivoting to private assets as increasing geopolitical tension and fear of a global economic slowdown soar, according to Schroders Institutional Investor Study.
The study - which surveyed 650 institutional investors encompassing
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30. Sep. |
Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund launches gain surprising momentum in H1 2019: hedge fund news, week 37 [more]
In the week ending September 27th 2019, a study said that new hedge fund launches in H1 2019 have put the industry on pace to top the 561 launches from last year, which represent
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27. Sep. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Small to mid-market private equity deals outperform mega deals by 5% Pantheon finds [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New data from Pantheon suggests that private equity investors should look to the smaller end of the market in order to find high value returns. The study looks at buyout deals with vintages 2000-2012 and shows that small to medium buyouts outperformed large to m
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23. Sep. |
Opalesque Roundup: Ex-Diamondback duo launches $1bn long-short hedge fund: hedge fund news, week 36 [more]
In the week ending September 20th 2019, Larry Sapanski and Richard Schimel started a new hedge fund with $1 billion in commitments seven years after shutting their old fi
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20. Sep. |
Hedge fund veterans share best ideas at Delivering Alpha [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Hedge fund greats came together again in New York for the annual Delivering Alpha conference. This year's event had a different tone than years prior - there was less of an emphasis on markets and a greater focus on politics and headlines. Still, a few calls
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16. Sep. |
Opalesque TV: A crisis alpha fund that does the job [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: There are many strategies that can mitigate risks, one of which is crisis alpha. Simon Kitson manages one; the Dynamic Macro Strategy, a crisis alpha fund that has successfully navigated the bear and bull markets of the last 12 years.
"The strategy's main purpose
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16. Sep. |
Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund databases report mixed results for August: hedge fund news, week 35 [more]
In the week ending September 13th 2019, a report said that the hedge fund industry posted negative returns in August, dropping 0.78%, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, vers
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11. Sep. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Impact investors go all in on transforming frontier economies, GIIN report says [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Frontier finance may offer investors greater opportunities than it has in the past according to a new report from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). GIIN released the report to coincide with the UN General Assembly which is slated to begin in a few wee
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10. Sep. |
Albright Capital builds on emerging markets impact strategy, signs on to IFC principles [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Albright Capital has adopted the International Finance Corporation's Operating Principles for Impact Management. The firm has also developed its own impact measurement system as part of the implementation of the principles.
The IFC's principles were
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09. Sep. |
Opalesque Roundup: Do artificial intelligence hedge funds outperform? It depends - hedge fund news, week 34 [more]
In the week ending September 6th 2019, a study said that hedge funds that use AI-based computer models to help with trading have been outperforming the hedge fund benchm
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02. Sep. |
Family offices evolve to meet new demands [more]
The number of family offices has grown considerably over the past decade. According to Campden Wealth, family offices oversee assets valued at $5.9 trillion. Rubem Herzog, a Senior Wealth Manager, in the Strategic Wealth Management division at the Geneva Management Group (GMG), a multi-family office
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26. Sep. 2019 |
Other Voices: OCIE issues risk alert on trading compliance issues [more]
By: Jonathan Levy, Ballard Spahr
The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert earlier this month from its national examination program warning investment advisers of the most common compliance deficiencies that OCIE found r
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19. Sep. 2019 |
Other Voices: What you need to know about ILPA Principles 3.0 [more]
By: Jonathan McCullough, James McClary and Elizabeth Dylke, Bennet Jones
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) recently released the latest version of its principles, ILPA Principles 3.0. The updated principles provide a detailed selection of best practices for participants in th
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05. Sep. 2019 |
Other voices: Global negative interest rates, what can go wrong and how can hedge funds help? [more]
By: Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA - Founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners
Globally coordinated monetary stimulus prevented a potential economic meltdown in 2008 and helped create a quick rebound in the capital markets. We have since seen the longest economic expansion on record. Unfortunately, the e
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05. Sep. 2019 |
Other voices: DBRS: No-deal Brexit increases risk of breakup of the UK [more]
By: Sovereigns
DBRS considers that diverging views on Brexit among citizens in the UK could inadvertently lead to the breakup of the Union. DBRS reviews the implications of no-deal scenarios and their potential impact on the unity of the United Kingdom.
At one extreme is a "severe" hard B
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28. Aug. 2019 |
Other Voices: International compliance - a new era for SMCR [more]
Andrew Shrimpton, Executive Chairman of Compliance Consulting
With great power comes great responsibility. Yes, but in the era of SMCR, heads of compliance have found out that even a medium amount of power now comes with an almost unpalatable amount of personal accountability - and legal jeop
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21. Aug. 2019 |
Other Voices: Form SHL comes for hedge fund managers [more]
By: Catherine Anderson, Brian Prewitt,
Foley Hoag LLP
Investment advisers, hedge and private fund managers and U.S.-resident entities should review whether they have any filing obligations under Treasury International Capital Benchmark Form SHL. Form SHL is a five-year benchmark filing requirem
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01. Aug. 2019 |
Other voices: Defying gravity: US M&A H1 2019: Private equity slows in 2019 as valuations continue to rise [more]
By: Raymond Bogenrief, Oliver Brahmst, Gary Silverman, White & Case LLP
Despite accumulating a vast, historic pile of capital for acquisitions, private equity has moderated its pace of buyouts in the first half of the year.
Buyout activity fell 14 percent compared to the first half of 2018,
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19. Jul. 2019 |
Other Voices: It's time for asset managers to finally get serious about cyber security [more]
By: Paul M. Grassi, CPA, MBA
A combination of self-delusion and excuse-making has left the hedge fund and asset management industries vulnerable to hacks and their costly consequences.
When I talk about the risk of computer
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- People: MFA announces 2019-2020 board of directors, Eastspring CIO departs amid broader restructuring, Former Two Sigma managing director Karyn Williams rolls out consulting firm[more]
MFA announces 2019-2020 board of directors
Opalesque Industry Update - Managed Funds Association (MFA), the leading trade association for the global alternative investment industry, today announced its 2019-2020 Board of Directors. The new Board represents a diversity of hedge fund firm - PE/VC: Funding for China's private equity market falls by a third, US private equity fights its biggest political battle yet, U.K. DC plans could get higher returns by investing in venture capital[more]
Funding for China's private equity market falls by a third
From Axios: Private capital investment in China slowed markedly in the first half of the year, data from the Emerging Market Private Equity Association released Tuesday showed. By the numbers: Capital invested in China's private - Venture firm Mithril Capital says it has been under assault by its former general counsel[more]
It's been a strange year for Mithril Capital Management, the venture firm cofounded in 2012 by Peter Thiel and his longtime associate Ajay Royan. Though Mithril enjoyed its biggest exit to date in February, when Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $3.4 billion, plus another potential $2.35 billion i - Gen Z and Money: Will the youngest generation of adults drive FinTech?, Robo-Advisor to offer actively managed portfolios based on hedge fund holdings[more]
Gen Z and Money: Will the youngest generation of adults drive FinTech?
Findings released in the Logica Future of Money Study show that Gen Z is pioneering work opportunities in a social and tech-based workforce. Key findings also indicate an increasing interest in computer-based advice to - CTAs slide in September[more]
From Institutional Investor: Commodity trading advisers had a post-summer swoon in September. After posting two strong months of performance in July and August, the computer-driven strategy - also called managed futures - reported losses mostly ranging between 3 percent and 5 percent last month.
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