Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Stern's Rossbach blasts Elliott's Pernod investment [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Activist investor Elliott Management disclosed on Wednesday that it had taken a more than 2.5% stake in the family-backed French spirits company Pernod Ricard. Elliott wants the French drinks company to try to improve its performance via cost cuts and a potential me

• Opalesque Roundtable: CTAs search out new trading ideas [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: After several rough years, CTAs are looking new ways of trading beyond trend following, according to delegates at the recent Opalesque Chicago Roundtable. "We see a lot of volatility based programs now," said Jeff Malec, Managing Director at RCM Alternatives

• Vontobel combines two fund selection arms to launch $40.06bn multi asset boutique [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Vontobel Asset Management has created a boutique firm merging its multi-asset capabilities and that of Vescore, another of its subsidiaries, which offers now different investment options. The newly-created multi-asset boutique will manage 40bn Swiss francs ($40.06b

• Morgan Stanley raises almost three times initial target for private debt fund [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The New York-based investment bank Morgan Stanley raised $1.4bn, almost three times its initial target. The bank plans to invest in a wide range of asset classes and industries. North Haven Tactical Value Fund seeks to invest in private, long-term and often illiquid

• Hedge fund launches decelerate, but still outpace liquidations in 2018 while fees keep compressing [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: For 2018 through 3Q, the number of new hedge fund launches narrowly exceeded liquidations by a margin of 450 to 444, according to the HFR Market Microstructure Report. However, "hedge fund liquidations exceeded launches in 3Q, reversing a four-quarter trend of net g

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: How do we solve the public pension fund crisis in the US? Are hedge funds to blame? [more]

  By: Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA - CEO, Agecroft Partners An article recently published about the grossly underfunded Kentucky State Retirement System suggests that gambling on high fee hedge funds and private equity funds, and the use of placement agents, were primarily to blame. For many readers

More Exclusives

• 11. Dec. | Opalesque Roundtable: The mid-market in alternative credit shows signs of maturity [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The middle market for alternative credit is maturing according to delegates at the recent Opalesque Alt-Credit Roundtable and that's creating more overlap with the larger end of the market. Delegates and managers suggest that because of the significant mone

• 10. Dec. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund closures overshadow new launches in 2018: hedge fund news, week 49 [more]

  In the week ending December 7th, 2018, Eurekahedge reported 463 hedge fund launches this year up to the end of October versus 477 fund closures. The majority of funds that

• 06. Dec. | Opalesque Roundtable: Alt-credit managers cautiously optimistic about 2019 [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Alternative credit managers are still finding new opportunities heading into 2019, according to the delegates at the recent Opalesque New York Roundtable. While 2019 is likely to show signs of a slowing market, there is still room to be cautiously optimistic ma

• 03. Dec. | Opalesque Roundup: Investors redeem record amounts from emerging market hedge funds: hedge fund news, week 48 [more]

  In the week ending November 30th 2018 Hedge Fund Research (HFR) said that emerging market hedge funds are on track for their worst annual performance since 2011, extending their losse

• 30. Nov. | Opalesque Exclusive: As crypto tumbles, Pythagoras Investment Management finds arbitrage opportunities [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Crypto prices have cratered over the past month but one emerging manager is still finding arbitrage opportunities. Mitchell Dong, Founder of Pythagoras Investment

• 30. Nov. | Opalesque Exclusive: Trowbridge Capital offers a twist on long-only [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: At a time when many investors are thinking about how to reposition their portfolios away from long-only strategies and into more defensive options, a new fund is c

• 28. Nov. | Opalesque Exclusive: OpenGamma expands into the US [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: London-based derivatives analytics company, OpenGamma is expanding into the US. The company says its expansion plans come as regulatory and macroeconomic pressures continue to hit hedge funds and asset managers with offices all over the world. OpenGamma

• 27. Nov. | Opalesque Roundtable: Nordic private equity firms take a new interest in public markets [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Nordic private equity firms are becoming more active in the public markets, a shift which could impact hedge funds in the region according to delegates at the recent Opalesque Nordic Roundtable. "We have seen that some Nordic private equity firms are expandi

• 26. Nov. | Opalesque Roundup: More hedge funds faced closure in the week: hedge fund news, week 47 [more]

  Also in the week ending November 23rd 2018, a number of hedge funds have closed their doors. Macquarie Group has shut Asia's oldest quantitative equity hedge fund after a poor performance in recent years. PCA Investments Holding Co, Ltd, a joint venture between the China Investment Corporation (

• 21. Nov. | Opalesque Roundtable: German hedge funds, investors grapple with defining ESG standards [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: As Europe increases its focus on ESG investment strategies, fund managers in Germany are thinking through how to make their growing alternatives industry more sustainable. Delegates at the recent Opalesque Germany Roundtable note that creating strategies with ES

• 19. Nov. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds 'Unfriend' Facebook: hedge fund news, week 46 [more]

  In the week ending November 16th 2018, hedge funds have begun to dump the social media company Facebook's stock as it has come under scrutiny following a massive data breach scandal and other controversies like election manipulation led its founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, to defend the compan

• 16. Nov. | Opalesque Roundtable: As alts rise in Germany, managers run into a wall of regulation [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Institutional investors in Germany are taking a new look at alternatives, leading delegates at the recent Opalesque Germany Roundtable to call 2018 the 'year of the hedge fund', but it hasn't been easy. Alternative funds are tightly regulated in Germ

• 14. Nov. | Opalesque Exclusive: Walkers survey: 2018 was a positive year for new fund launches [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Despite bumpy performance, 2018 has still been a generally positive year for alternatives according to a recent survey from Cayman law firm Walkers. The annual report on trends in the alternative investment industry shows that so far this year there has been a s

• 12. Nov. | Opalesque Roundup: "Big three" who started hedge funds this year all down in October: hedge fund news, week 45 [more]

  In a major test for the "big three" who started hedge funds this year - Dan Sundheim, Steve Cohen and Michael Gelband - none of them reportedly made money in October. Daniel Sundheim's D1 Capital Partners lost money last month and is down about 5% on the year. One of Pelham Capital's hedge

More Other Voices

• 13. Nov. 2018 | Other Voices: Alternative data could pose risks for fund managers [more]

  By: Joshua M Newville and Jeffrey Neuburger, Proskauer The WSJ recently published an article detailing how companies are monetizing smartphone location data by s

• 31. Oct. 2018 | Other Voices: How to take advantage of the current market sell-off [more]

  By Alex Gavrish, Etalon Capital Ltd; author of "Story Investing" Alex Gavrish explains

• 18. Oct. 2018 | 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

• 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

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