Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 0.33% in May but performance varied sharply according to fund size [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Numbers from the Eurekahedge hedge fund database show the following key highlights for May 2018: Hedge funds posted their second consecutive month of gains, up 0.33% in May and 0.48% year-to-date. Performance has varied sharply with small to medium sized

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: China makes its capital markets and financial services sector more attractive to foreign investment [more]

  By: David Olsson&Andrew Fei, King&Wood Mallesons New rules and policy statements by China's regulators provide a catalyst for the further opening up of China's financial markets and financial services sector to foreign investment, leading to increased competition, more innovation an

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• 13. Jun. 2018 | Other Voices: Not just for banks - changes to Dodd Frank impact private funds [more]

  by Morrison & Foerster LLP On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. While much of the Act was designed to provide smaller financial institutions and community banks with relief from regulations implemented under the 2010

• 06. Jun. 2018 | Other Voices: 6 Phrases that hedge funds should never use [more]

  By Sara Grillo, CFA (www.saragrillo.com) I'm sure I'm going to incite the ire of half of Opalesque with this one, but here are 6 most cringe-worthy phrases that hedge fund managers use. These hedge fund phrases are clearly ridiculous and any

• 18. May. 2018 | Other Voices: Reductionism in investing and art [more]

    By Alex Gavrish, Etalon Capital Ltd, author of Story Investing. About a year ago I read an exciting book by Professor Eric Kandel, a Nobel Priz

• 15. May. 2018 | Other Voices: How social media is changing the hedge fund industry [more]

  By: Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA With more 15,000 competitors, the hedge fund industry is extremely competitive. Many institutional investors are contacted by thousands of managers a year, meeting with a few hundred, have follow up meetings with fifty, and ultimately allocating to two. In t

• 30. Apr. 2018 | Other Voices: New partnership audit rules spell changes for private funds [more]

  By: Marc Finer, Murtha Cullina, LLP New partnership audit rules became effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. These rules, which are designed to make it easier for the IRS to audit partnerships and collect additional tax liabilities relating to partnership operations, app

• 27. Mar. 2018 | Other Voices: GDPR and asset management [more]

  By: Bruno Fiastre, executive vice president Taliance The arrival of warm weather in the Northern Hemisphere this year will bring with it another change: the General Data Protection regime will come into force. The legislation, which can impact any company with information about citizens of the E

• 23. Mar. 2018 | Other Voices: Hong Kong cracks down on cryptocurrency exchanges [more]

  by Graham Lim and David Law, Jones Day The Situation: Surging interest in digital tokens has caught the attention of regulators in Hong Kong. The Development: Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission recently introduced additional regulatory measures, and seven cryptocurrency excha

• 16. Mar. 2018 | Other Voices: The future of energy investment [more]

  By: Enda Fahy, Director of Alternatives, Fundrock The idea of using canaries in coal mines to detect noxious gases is credited to John Scott Haldane. He was known as "the father of oxygen therapy". His research on carbon monoxide led him to recommend using the birds, as they were more sensitive

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Weekly US Jobless Claims Data Averages:

Last week’s claims #: 218,000

4-Week Average of Claims: 219,750

Prior Week’s 4-Week Average: 223,750

13-Week Average of Claims: 222,154

Prior Week’s 13-Week Average: 222,769

Comments: Weekly claims came in lower at 218,000 on Thursday. That number forced the 4-and 13-week averages of claims lower for a third straight week. For the 4-week avg to rise next week, we would need to see the weekly number come in above 221,000.