Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Update: Eschler long/short equity hedge fund returns 19.5% in 2019 [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Thanks to a contrarian investment style and heavy allocations to metals and mining, Eschler Recovery Fund (ERF) retuned 19.5% (net) in 2019, compared to the Credit Suisse Long/Short Index's 10.9% return, and has annualised 6.2% since its October 2012 inception. The fu

• Family office allocation to hedge funds slips in 2019 [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Family offices allocation to hedge funds suffered a drop from 28% in 2018 to 22.4% in 2019, said a study. According to Peltz International Survey, in comparison to the 2018 survey results, the allocation to equities and fixed income increased while the allocation to

• HarbourVest Partners beats $2bn target to close its Fund XI at $2.61bn [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global private markets asset manager closed its latest alternative investment flagship fund, HarbourVest Fund XI, with $2.61 billion, exceeding its $2 billion fundraising target. The new fund is also 74% larger than its predecessor, HarbourVest Fund X, which cl

• Lexington Partners raises record $14bn for its newest alts fund [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New York-based global alternative investment manager Lexington Partners closed Lexington Capital Partners IX (LCP IX), an alternative investment fund that invests on the secondary markets, at $14 billion, surpassing its $12 billion target. The manager of secondary

• KKR raises $2.2bn for its second next-gen technology growth fund [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: American global investment firm KKR has closed its second Next Generation Technology Growth Fund at $2.2bn. The fund will be targeting blossoming business areas such as fintech, digital media and data services in Europe, North America and Israel, KKR said. The

• Stone Point Capital hauls in $7bn for eighth flagship fund [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Connecticut-based private equity firm Stone Point Capital has closed its eighth flagship fund - Trident VIII - on $7 billion, surpassing a $6.5 billion hard cap. The General Partner and affiliated entities committed more than $350 million. Trident VIII received

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: PFIC: what U.S. investment funds should be particularly aware of and newly proposed regulations [more]

  By: Kris Hatch, Idan Netser, Fenwick&West LLP U.S.-based venture capital and other funds that invest in foreign companies must be careful to avoid the passive foreign investment company (PFIC) rules, which could substantially increase the tax owed on exit for U.S. taxpaying investors. U.S. per

More Other Voices

• 27. Dec. 2019 | Other Voices: Final opportunity zone treasury regulations released [more]

  By: Russell Stein, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP On Thursday, December 19th, the U.S. Department of Treasury released the long-awaited final Opportunity Zone Treasury Regulations. The Final Regulations and explanatory materials that span 544 pages, are quite extensive and give some needed clarity in

• 11. Dec. 2019 | Other Voices: Missing the mark: CFA hedge fund performance standards [more]

  By Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA - CEO, Agecroft Partners: The CFA Institute has released and circulated the final version of its guidelines to improve performance standards in the hedge fund industry. They will go into effect on January 1, 2020. We strongly support the effort to create and implement p

• 26. Nov. 2019 | Other Voices: For alternative asset managers, the time for RPA is now [more]

  By: Martin Boyd, president of Capital Market Solutions for FIS Alternative asset managers are getting serious about embracing technology. Robotic process automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence - innovations I collectively refer to as emerging technology are having a moment in

• 22. Nov. 2019 | Other Voices: ILPA model limited partnership agreement focuses on favorable terms for LPs [more]

  By: Kate Binedell, Christine Ormond Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner ILPA has recently published a model limited partnership agreement (LPA) that reflects preferred terms and practices for the LP community investing in private equity funds. The Model LPA conforms to ILPA Principles 3.0 (published ear

• 08. Nov. 2019 | Other Voices: Hong Kong's SFC increases scrutiny of private equity managers [more]

  By: Vivian Tang, Michael Wong, Dechert The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it reprimanded and fined a Hong Kong private equity firm, SEAVI Advent Ocean Private Equity Limited (PE Firm), for employing or appointing unlicensed persons to perform regulated functi

• 16. Oct. 2019 | Other Voices: UK conduct regulator finalizes rules for funds investing in illiquid assets [more]

  By: Shearman & Sterling LLP The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has finalized new rules governing certain types of open-ended funds that invest in inherently illiquid assets. The rules include: A new category of "funds investing in inherently illiquid assets" that are subject to ad

• 30. Sep. 2019 | Other voices: Hedge fund speed dating: efficient, effective but only if approached correctly. [more]

  By: Andrew Saunders, President, Castle Hill Capital Partners Finding the right investor for your alternative investment strategy is a challenge. Due to a combination of innovation and efficiency the speed dating format has taken hold as the preferred format for capital introduction events. The f

• 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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GOLD FUTURES (Jan. - @GC) – Daily

Currently: Cash Looking to: Buy @ 1,519.8

As of 1/10/20 close: 1,563.20

LAST WEEK: We suggested buying dips in gold to 1,526 with stops below 1,520 and with a target of 1,641.50.

UPDATE: Gold futures traded higher Friday after a very volatile week this week in connection with the tensions in the Middle East.

Technically, it looks like gold may correct a little lower before resuming its recent bullish trend.

We would look to buy dips in gold to 1,519.80 with stops on a close below 1,518 and with an upside target of
1,641.