Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge funds see increased margin calls, liquidity pressure as markets react to coronavirus [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The coronavirus crash has been steep and we may not be done yet according to new data. Treasury management company Hazeltree released a new research note today suggesting that hedge fund managers should prepare for increased margin calls alongside continued liqu

• Three quant lessons from COVID-19 [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Many quantitative firms have suffered substantial losses as a result of the COVID-19 selloff. In this note, Prof. Alexander Lipton and Marcos Lopez de Prado highlight three lessons that quantitative researchers could learn from this episode. The Standard and Poo

• Hedge fund manager Nicolai Tangen to lead Norway's sovereign wealth fund [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The new chief executive for Norway's $930 billion sovereign wealth fund is Nicolai Tangen, until now chief executive of investment firm AKO Capital, a little-known Norwegian hedge fund. The world's largest sovereign wealth fund of its kind said in a press release t

• Tailwater Capital wraps up $1.1bn fourth fundraise [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Dallas-based private-equity firm Tailwater Capital has raised $1.1 billion for its fourth flagship energy-infrastructure fund. Since the firm's inception in 2013, Tailwater has raised more than $3.7 billion across its funds. The team, led by founding partn

• Evanston Capital Management buys out TA Associates stake [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The private equity manager TA Associates has exited an investment in hedge fund investor Evanston Capital Management (ECM). The alternative investment management firm with approximately $3 billion of assets under management Evanston Capital has officially confirme

• The race for artificial intelligence: The US remains top acquirer in the world. [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The US-based tech giants dominated the list of top five acquirers (by number of acquisitions) in the artificial intelligence (AI) tech space during 2015-2019, said a study. According to GlobalData, of the top five acquirers, four positions were occupied by companies

Today's Other Voices

• 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

• 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

More Exclusives

• 25. Mar. | José María Loizaga Viguri the father of Spanish private equity industry dies from Coronavirus [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: José María Loizaga Viguri, who is credited with the establishing private equity in Spain has died from complications relating to Coronavirus, he was 84. At the time of his death, Loizaga was a vice president at Spanish construction giant ACS Group. Loizaga h

• 23. Mar. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds down about 2% in February: hedge fund news, week 12 [more]

  In the week ending March 20th 2020, a report by Preqin revealed that the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Funds benchmark suffered significant losses (-2.21%) in February, compared

• 20. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Carbon Cap launches World Carbon Fund [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Carbon Cap Management, a London based environmental asset management firm has launched the World Carbon Fund. The fund invests in multiple liquid and regulated car

• 18. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: New York hedge fund says it is "simply not exposed" to mainstream markets [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: By avoiding popular hedge fund strategies, a New York-based fund manager has so far avoided the widely experienced losses. Morgan Stanley analysts estimated that hedge funds across all strategies were down an average of 7.6% YTD versus a decline in the MSCI AC World

• 17. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Canopius acquires Multi-Strat Holdings [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: London-based global specialty reinsurer Canopius has acquired Bermuda-based Multi-Strat Holdings Ltd. Multi-Strat Holdings is a specialty reinsurer focused on casualty reinsurance and casualty reinsurance linked security (ILS) transactions. Financial terms were

• 16. Mar. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds record strongest relative outperformance February since 2009: hedge fund news, week 11 [more]

  In the week ending March 13th 2020, Eurekahedge said that hedge funds had the strongest outperformance compared with broad financial markets since 2009 last month as the coronavirus outbreak began to infect markets. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was down 1.63% in February, outperforming the

• 13. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Healthcare private equity posts highest ever deal value in 2019 [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Healthcare private equity had a robust 2019. Total disclosed deal value reached $78.9 billion, the highest on record, and the deal count of 313 was in line with the 316 deals of 2018, according to new data from Bain and Company. Healthcare private equity als

• 13. Mar. | Opalesque Webinar: So, when should you exit a manager? [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust recently fired one of its fund managers for conflict-of-interest after that manager loaned $75m to an indie film studio that cast his dau

• 11. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Fund managers join central bankers in call for fiscal response to virus woes [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Fund managers are joining central bankers in the push for a fiscal response to the economic uncertainty surrounding coronavirus. Markets rebounded slightly on Tuesday, after plunging on Monday's news that the virus had worsened in Italy and the US. Sect

• 10. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Double Black Swans [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque: A comment from Ian Hamilton, Chairman, Scotstone: The Corona Virus has put the world on hold with investors behaving like people fighting over toilet rolls. But was it unexpected? In 2007 Nassim Taleb, in his book "Black Swan" warned of such an event: "as

• 09. Mar. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds navigate coronavirus storm: hedge fund news, week 10 [more]

  In the week ending March 6th 2020, a report from HFR said that Hedge funds investing in Emerging Markets and developed Asian regions began 2020 with a surge in realized asset volatility

• 03. Mar. | Opalesque TV: Commodity arbitrage as a sustainable trade [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Arbitrage opportunities within the commodity space are enduring, according to Anant Jati, founder of Greenland Investment Management. Greenland is a technology-driven systematic investment manager that runs two funds, one

• 02. Mar. | Opalesque Exclusive: Quantology Absolute Return bucks the trend with a positive start to the year [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Paris-based hedge fund Quantology looks to finish February in positive territory, beating many of its peers as equities drop on coronavirus fears. Quantology Absolute Return is a quantitative long/short equity market neutral fund. The strategy is led by Juli

• 02. Mar. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund AUM hits all-time high, helped by $10.38 bn inflows: hedge fund news, week 09 [more]

  In the week ending February 28th 2020, hedge fund industry assets under management (AUM) reached an all-time high at the end of 2019, with performance gains helping to offset negative ca

More Other Voices

• 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

• 12. Mar. 2020 | Other voices: Brace! Brace! Brace! [more]

  By David Murrin. We have been tracking the progression of the impending market Collapse and the Wuhan Virus. We are now at the point of impact when the effects of the virus touch everyone and the reality of the global economic crunch also hits home. Hence the title above, taken from the words o

• 02. Mar. 2020 | Other voices: The impact of CFIUS on private equity and hedge fund investors [more]

  By: Abbe Dienstag, Richard Gilden Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel On Feb. 13, 2020, final regulations became effective updating and refining rules regarding transaction reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS). These regulations, which until now have been in i

• 27. Feb. 2020 | Other Voices: Branding dominates hedge fund flows [more]

  Strong performance alone will not attract assets, says Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners: Over the past decade, a vast majority of hedge fund net asset flows have gone to a small minority of hedge funds with the strongest brands. Evestment estimates that almost 60

• 27. Feb. 2020 | Other Voices: ESG "creating 90s-style tech bubble" as investors ignore fundamentals [more]

  By Graham Clapp, Manager of the RWC Continental European Equity Fund Share prices for ESG focused companies are soaring, as investors ignore fundamentals in the hope of finding the long-term winners which can tackle environmental problems - a move echoing the tech bubble of the late nineties

• 17. Feb. 2020 | 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

• 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

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