Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Commonfund study highlights renewed focus on alternatives in foundation portfolios [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Like many investors, private and community foundations had a rough 2018. But, data from the newly released Council on Foundations - Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations shows that the long-term prospects for these in

• Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark up 7.88% year to date [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark posted gains of 0.23% in July. This improved the YTD return for 2019 to 7.88% and marks the sixth positive return in the first seven months of the year. Multi-strategy hedge funds posted the highest return (+1.63%) for

• Fitch's view on the investment management sector remains "negative" [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A growing cyclical and secular threat to the profitability of global investment management industry, which is exposed to late-cycle risks and business models challenged by a shift in customer demand towards passive investment products, says Fitch Ratings. Overall,

Today's Other Voices

• 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,

More Other Voices

• 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

• 12. Jul. 2019 | Other Voices: ILPA Principles 3.0 reflect changes in the alternatives industry [more]

  By: David Warburg, Seyfarth Shaw Overview ILPA Updates Its Best Practices Guidance in "Principles 3.0." Responding to private equity and other alternative asset investment trends and new issues, the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) recently released "ILPA Principles 3.

• 26. Jun. 2019 | Other Voices: SEC fines hedge fund $5 million over undervaluation of assets [more]

  By: Brian Hooven, Joshua Newville, Proskauer A recent action where the SEC focused on the presumably conservative undervaluation of assets suggests that it is more than willing to use valuation as a hook to deter "smoothing" of returns. As we previously noted, while the SEC consistently announces

• 11. Jun. 2019 | Other voices: Impact of the evolving relationship between investors and managers on fund structuring [more]

  By: Justin Savage, Ogier A combination of diminished returns across the hedge fund industry amid challenging market conditions for generating alpha and a continued and increased focus on performance has given rise to a shift away from more traditional hedge fund products to the more attractive r

• 30. May. 2019 | Other Voices: ICOs and digital assets: a new and optional legal regime in France [more]

  By: Philippe Goutay, Linda Hesse, Jones Day The Situation: ICOs and digital assets have become a new phenomenon that has impacted many aspects of our modern economies and created an alternative way of financing for start-ups or small and medium-sized enterprises. The Result: T

• 22. May. 2019 | Other Voices: Show me the data: investors demand better ESG disclosures [more]

  By Jessie M. Gabriel and Lauren T. Attard of BakerHostetler Asset managers are always looking for a valuation edge. But even when key factors are identified, the data may not be available. This is particularly true with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. No one will dispute their

• 17. May. 2019 | Other Voices: A round up of key trends in health care private equity investments [more]

  By: Foley & Lardner This conference season, private equity (PE) investors and provider compared notes on the current state of the markets, trends, opportunities and challenges. Below is a summary of key trends that have been discussed. A recent Health Care Private Equity Panel during the Yo

• 24. Apr. 2019 | Other Voices: Shareholder activism trends in the 2019 proxy season [more]

  By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, In 2018, robust U.S. and global M&A activity substantially mitigated the downside risk for activist investors. With political uncertainty ahead of the 2020 presidential election, unsettled questions on trade and tariffs, and the late 2018 market correcti

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GOLD FUTURES (Aug. - @GC) – Monthly

Currently: Short Looking to: Cover @ 1,405

As of 8/16/2019 close: 1,523.80

LAST WEEK: We suggested shorting gold at last week’s levels with stops below 1,505 on a monthly close and with a target of 1,405.30.

UPDATE: Gold is trading bullishly above monthly resistance at 1498.90. If the breakout holds, the next target will be 1,563.10 with a pullback to 1,405 to follow. If the breakout fails, we would anticipate a pullback towards 1,331.30. We would be willing to try small short positions in gold at current levels with stops on a close above 1,564 and with a downside target of 1,405.30.