Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Fidelity's venture will bring greater credibility to the digital asset class [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Fidelity Investments' launch of Fidelity Digital Assets, a platform that will offer custody and trade execution services for cryptocurrencies to institutional investors such as hedge funds, is being hailed as a great victory for the digital asset class. "So far, c

• Global anti-money laundering watchdog FATF to set first cryptocurrency rules [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The international watchdog focused on anti-money laundering (AML) regulations has said it plans to institute a global framework for cryptocurrency. Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has taken a significant step forward in the process of regulating the

• SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator: October notifications down 2.66% [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for October 2018 measured 2.66%, down from 3.35% in September. However, it showed a small improvement from the 2.69% reported a year ago, and well below the long-term historical average for the calendar month of October

• Artivest appoints first post-merger general counsel and chief compliance officer [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Alternative investment technology firm Artivest has hired 25-year industry veteran Kamal Jafarnia as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Jafarnia brings more than 25 years of experience as an attorney and compliance professional to this role, having advi

• Online alternative lending goes mainstream [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: While alternative lending is currently gaining traction among borrowers, it's also becoming a formidable asset class in its own right, with the U.S. market now accounting for an estimated $50 billion of annual origination. Born out of peer-to-peer lending, onli

• Opportunities in short duration and floaters on U.S. Treasuries [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The fixed income market looks to be in bearish territory at the moment, what with rising inflation, higher wages and economic activity, and quantitative easing programmes easing off. But opportunities are in short duration and floaters on U.S. Treasuries, according to

• Opalesque Roundup: Sears and Tears - Hedge fund manager's instincts proved wrong: hedge fund news, week 42 [more]

  In the week ending October 19th 2018, the instincts of the hedge fund manager Edward S. Lampert, who was celebrated for his intellect, ambition and prodigious work ethic, proved wrong. He has spent the last 14 years steering Sears as it spun off businesses, took on debt and, this week, filed for ban

• Goldman Sachs Asset Management takes minority interest in Harvest Partners [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Harvest Partners, a leading middle-market private investment firm, today announced that Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Petershill program has made a strategic minority investment in Harvest Partners. The passive investment, which represents 15 percent of the firm,

• Brinker Capital's Coyne joins Spouting Rock [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Spouting Rock Financial Partners, a diversified financial services firm, today announced that investment industry veteran, John Coyne, has been named Chairman of its asset management group effective immediately. This is a new role for the firm which last month announced t

• Hennessee Group: hedge funds gain +0.11% in September (+3.71% YTD) [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Hennessee Group LLC announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index increased +0.11% for the month (+3.71% YTD), while the S&P 500 was up +0.43% (+9.21% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased +1.90% (+6.43% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index lost -0.78% (+

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: Does hedge-fund activism really increase shareholder value? [more]

  By: Cydney Posner, Cooley, LLP The public debate about hedge-fund activism has long been informed by academic literature that found increases in shareholder value and operating performance after activist interventions. But do hedge-fund activists actually do any long-term good for the companies

More Exclusives

• 19. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Private equity returns fall from decade high [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New research from eFront shows that LBO performance has fallen for three straight quarters from its 10-year high in 2017. According to eFront's latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report after reaching a peak of 1.49x in Q3 2017, the average ret

• 15. Oct. | Opalesque TV: Global Fund Advisors give a little help to hedge fund start-ups [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Lauralouise and Anric Blatt, one of the power-couples of the fund management industry, have decided to fulfil a role that is dearly needed: help start-ups get over the $100m

• 15. Oct. | Opalesque Roundup: Half of the 600+ crypto funds are hedge funds: hedge fund news, week 41 [more]

  Crypto hedge funds constitute just under half (303 funds) of the broader class of crypto funds, which includes not only crypto hedge funds, but crypto venture capital and crypto private equity funds. There are currently 622 crypto funds of all types, said a new report from

• 11. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: US Pensions go all in on alternative credit [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: A new white paper from credit hedge fund Gapstow Capital Partners looks at how US pension plans are investing in the alternative credit universe. The paper includes an analysis of 915 individual credit investments for 40 US public pension funds, having collecti

• 08. Oct. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge-funds bleed-out and shut down: hedge fund news, week 40 [more]

  In the week ending October 5th 2018 two hedge funds with almost $15 billion in total assets have announced they are folding. One of the biggest hedge funds, Boston-based Highfields Capital Management, which manages about $12 billion, announced that it is winding down due to lackluster returns. Crite

• 05. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Shaked Capital offers a fresh take on fund of funds [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Investing in emerging managers can be difficult. Typically, these funds have a limited track record and their small size can make them a tough sell for investors w

• 01. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Chakra Capital finds shorts in a challenging environment [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new Boston-based manager has launched an equity long/short fund with a refreshing take - fund manager Gopal Reddy actually takes single name shorts. The Bost

• 01. Oct. | Opalesque Roundup: A bitter taste of summer for hedge funds: hedge fund news, week 39 [more]

  In the week ending September 28th 2018, Lyxor's Cross Asset Research team explained that there was "no turn in sight yet in September" for hedge fund performance and alpha. Although hedg

• 25. Sep. | Opalesque Exclusive: No other crypto hedge fund is doing volatility trading [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: According to fund manager Brian Koralewski, his is the only digital asset fund that does volatility tr

• 24. Sep. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund managers are done with fee cuts: hedge fund news, week 38 [more]

  In the week ending September 21st 2018 a new survey by PwC and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) found that over 70% of alternative fund managers sur

• 20. Sep. | Opalesque Roundtable: Managers add flexibility to co-investment terms [more]

  Fund managers have become more flexible when it comes to co-investments, but that doesn't mean it's a free for all. Delegates at the recent Opalesque Co-Investing Roundtable discussed how they structure terms to maintain confidentiality and ensure fair and equitable treatment. "Given the

• 19. Sep. | Opalesque Exclusive: JLJ Capital launches maiden bridge financing fund [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Real estate is under pressure - rising interest rates, a significant imbalance between supply and demand as well as sky-high valuations are keeping some buyers and investors on the sidelines. Developers too, are having a difficult time getting bridge financing f

• 17. Sep. | Opalesque Roundup: Emerging managers and ESG rank high on European investors' wish list: hedge fund news, week 37 [more]

  In the week ending September 14th 2018 a study showed that 75% of European investors prefer to allocate additional capital to new or emerging managers, defined as those with f

• 14. Sep. | Opalesque Exclusive: iM Global Partner takes stake in Dynamic Beta Investments [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: iM Global Partner has taken a 45% stake in liquid alternative manager Dynamic Beta Investments. Dynamic Beta was previously the liquid alternatives group at Beachhead Capital Management. The acquisition in the latest in several similar transactions done by iM G

More Other Voices

• 12. Oct. 2018 | Other Voices: A new SEC focus on short activism? Activist hedge fund Lemelson Capital charged with unlawful short attack [more]

  By: Lawrence S. Elbaum, Clifford Thau, Patrick Gadson and Sarah C.C. Tishler On September 12, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged hedge fund, Lemelson Capital and its adviser, Gregory Lemelson, with perpetrating an unlawful short attack on Ligand Pharmaceuticals. The SEC's compl

• 04. Oct. 2018 | Other Voices: BVI passes new limited partnership act [more]

  By: Trident Trust The BVI has modernised its partnerships regime with the enactment of a new Limited Partnership Act, 2017 and Limited Partnership Regulations, 2018, both of which entered into force on 11 January 2018. A key feature of the new regime is that it allows limited partnerships t

• 18. Sep. 2018 | Other Voices: SEC releases guidance...about guidance [more]

  By: Cydney Posner, Cooley LLP SEC Chair Jay Clayton issued a statement intended to make clear the importance of the distinction between SEC rules and regulations-which are adopted in accordance with the APA, have the effect of law and are enforceable by the SEC-and staff guidance, such as the CD

• 22. Aug. 2018 | Other Voices: CFTC and NFA make changes on position limits, virtual currency [more]

  By: Cary J. Meer, Lawrence B. Patent and Evan Glover, K&L Gates The CFTC and NFA have recently announced changes to their regulatory frameworks that could impact traders and fund managers. The CFTC is proposing to permit increased trading in security futures products. Separately, NFA has adopte

• 08. Aug. 2018 | Other Voices: The four dimensions of the hedge funds arms race for Alpha [more]

  From Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners: It is no secret that the vast majority of investors, including hedge funds managers, have underperformed market indices over time. However, some managers have distinguished themselves generating very strong risk adjusted returns. Outperforming an index requir

• 08. Aug. 2018 | Other Voices: The four dimensions of the hedge funds arms race for Alpha [more]

  From Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners: It is no secret that the vast majority of investors, including hedge funds managers, have underperformed market indices over time. However, some managers have distinguished themselves generating very strong risk adjusted returns. Outperforming an index requir

• 25. Jul. 2018 | Other Voices: Investors and managers can be held liable for the anticompetitive practices of portfolio companies [more]

  By: Mélanie Thill-Tayara, Laurence Bary, Dechert LLP The General Court of the European Union recently held, in Goldman Sachs v. Commission, that purely financial investors such as investment funds may be held jointly and severally liable for competition law violations implemented by their portfo

• 03. Jul. 2018 | Other Voices: Changes in Cayman could impact hedge fund compliance [more]

  by Hardin Compliance Consulting As of July 1, 2018, companies and limited liability companies incorporated or registered in the Cayman Islands are required to maintain a beneficial ownership register at their Cayman Islands-registered offices (or appointed service provider), unless an exemption

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