Today's Exclusives

• Starwood rakes in $10bn for distressed real-estate deals [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Miami, Florida-based Starwood Capital Group has raised $10 billion for its latest real estate fund, bringing the U.S. private investment firm's total assets under management to over $95 billion. The fundraise for Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XII exce

• Natural resources asset class hits a new record with 428 funds targeting $224bn as of October 2021 [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 428 natural resources funds in the market are targeting $224bn as of October 2021-a new record for the asset class said a study. "This is despite a dip in growth for both unrealized value, and dry powder which is now at $304bn," said the Q3 2021?€?Natural?

• Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds 2021 momentum halts, slides in September: hedge fund news, week 41 [more]

  In the week ending October 15th 2021, eVestment released their September 2021 hedge fund performance figures. Aggregate performance for the global hedge fund business dipped in

Today's Other Voices

• Other voices: Pandemic-derived supply chain issues unlock investment opportunities [more]

  Authored by: Germaine Nicole Gurr and Arlene Arin Hahn of White&Case, a global law firm. Pent-up demand for M&A deals has been unleashed to deliver the busiest first three quarters of a year for investment banks on Mergermarket record (since 2006). The boom is partly driven by abundant liquid

More Exclusives

• 14. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: US SME lending fund in a sweet spot [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises) are the backbone of the American and European economies. The U.S.' 30 million SMEs

• 13. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Doshi: The right investment at the wrong time is the wrong investment [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: "The market is the collective behaviour of the many, not the few. If you can understand that behaviour, you can understand the market. Technical analysis, market data or behavioural analysis on their own cannot hope to deliver reliable market predictions. Reliable predict

• 12. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: New trade finance fund aims to help European SMEs [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Trade finance serves as the lifeblood of day-to-day international trade by providing the fluidity and security needed to allow goods and services movement. Trade finance is known to be particularly vulnerable in times of economic crisis. During the COVID-19 crisis, the

• 11. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: U.S. stock-picking fund beats the odds [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The goal of the active manager is to outperform the overall market. Not all of them did so in 2020 when the S&P 500 ended the year up more than 18%. 2020 was tumultuous for financial markets. The torrent of liquidity depressed interest rates and pushed up asset price

• 11. Oct. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds post broad-based gains in September across fixed income, commodity and event-driven strategies: hedge fund news, week 40 [more]

  In the week ending October 8th 2021, the data released by HFR said that hedge funds gained in September, navigating a volatile month paced by sharp declines in global equi

• 08. Oct. | Opalesque exclusives: Institutional investors increase private markets allocations [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Institutional investors are sticking with private market allocations despite rising uncertainty over inflation according to a new report from Eaton Partners. The latest "Eaton Partners LP Pulse Survey" questioned leading limited partners (LPs) from around th

• 04. Oct. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds keep rejuvenating with more launches than liquidations: hedge fund news, week 39 [more]

  In the week ending October 1st 2021, according to the latest HFR Market Microstructure Report, new hedge fund launches remained steady through mid-2021. Launches in th

• 01. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: US investors look closer at ESG [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: US investors and particularly millennials are focusing on ESG more than any other investor group according to new data from global asset manager Schroders. Schroders' Global Investor Study surveyed over 23,000 investors (including 1,500 in the U.S.) gau

• 30. Sep. | Opalesque Exclusive: A new activist fund focuses on Japan [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Activist investing is beginning to take hold in Japan. In August, Gordian Capital announced the launch of the Japan Catalyst Fund sub-advised by Tokyo based, Japan

• 29. Sep. | Opalesque Exclusive: Credit Suisse gender report shows improvement in diversity but gaps remain [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Women have taken the brunt of the pandemic in many ways. Data show that more women than men left the workforce during the pandemic. But for those that remained employed there are a few positives. New data from Credit Suisse shows that the number of women on boar

• 28. Sep. | Opalesque Exclusive: Total Return Futures are gaining recognition on both sides [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Regulatory changes have driven OTC business to listed solutions since the 2008 financial crisis. The Eurex Total Return Future (TRF) on the EURO STOXX 50® index is a prime example of this so-called futurization process, making TRFs a widely accepted alternative to OTC swa

• 27. Sep. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds rake in $18.3bn of new inflows from allocators during July: hedge fund news, week 38 [more]

  In the week ending September 24, 2021, a report by BarclayHedge revealed that global hedge fund industry assets have surged to USD4.4 trillion, with hedge funds raking in USD18.3 bil

• 22. Sep. | Opalesque Exclusive: Female led team of veteran ESG investors to launch debut fund [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A female-led team of veteran ESG investors is preparing to launch a new fund early next year built on their ESG investing and advisory experience. Sustainable

• 20. Sep. | Opalesque Roundup: August gains bring YTD hedge fund industry return to +9.53%: hedge fund news, week 37 [more]

  In the week ending September 17, 2021, according to the just-released eVestment August hedge fund performance data, the aggregate return for the global hedge fund busines

More Other Voices

• 07. Oct. 2021 | Other Voices: Will green bonds be enough to meet carbon reduction targets? [more]

  By Gael Binot and Herve Chatot, respectively Emerging Markets Fixed Income Manager and Cross Asset Manager, La Francaise AM At the end of 2020, the European Union decided to revise its environmental objectives upwards by targeting a 55% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2030 compared to 1990 leve

• 06. Oct. 2021 | Other Voices: What Biden's tax proposals mean for private funds [more]

  Authored by Sonia Kothari and Raj Tanden - Foley & Lardner LLP On September 13, 2021, the House of Representative Ways and Means Committee introduced tax proposals that, if enacted, would make significant changes to the U.S. federal income tax system. This Alert summarizes some of the proposals

• 21. Sep. 2021 | Other Voices: Why more private fund managers are domiciling in Asia [more]

  By: Jason Denisenko, James Ford, Shuhui Kwok, Charlotte Robins Pragmatic fund structures and attractive tax and setup incentives are convincing an increasing number of private capital fund managers to domicile in Hong Kong and Singapore. Asia is rapidly maturing as a market for alternative a

• 16. Sep. 2021 | Other Voices: Private equity firms hunt for value in public markets [more]

  Authored by Oliver Brahmst, Chang-Do Gong, Steven Sha, and Suni Sreepada from White & Case LLP, a global law firm. The takeover of supermarket chain Morrison's, the fourth-largest in the UK, has caused something of a stir. The UK-based supermarket chain is the subject of a bidding wa

• 27. Aug. 2021 | Other Voices: DEI update - SEC approves rule on board diversity [more]

  By: Philip Berkowitz, Corinn Jackson, Britney Noelle Torres As companies focus on workforce inclusion, equity, and diversity (IE&D), they are under increasing pressure to assure that the membership of their boards reflects these values. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently appro

• 18. Aug. 2021 | Other Voices: Private equity carve-outs ride post-COVID wave [more]

  By:Darragh Byrne, Germaine Nicole Gurr, Arlene Arin Hahn, Tzi-Yang Seow Last spring, Dell spun off its cloud computing business, VMWare, in a deal valued at nearly US$63 billion, with the equity from the deal funneled to existing shareholders including Dell itself and the PE firm Silver Lake Par

• 23. Jul. 2021 | Other Voices: SEC changes dollar threshold for qualified clients [more]

  By: Manas Kumar, Eileen Overbaugh What You Need To Know: Effective August 16, 2021, the Assets-Under-Management Test will increase to $1.1 million, and the Net Worth Test will increase to $2.2 million. On June 17, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order (SE

• 13. Jul. 2021 | Other Voices: SEC to consider new fund data disclosure requirements, enforcement on ESG [more]

  By: Ari Berman, David Oliwenstein, Roland Reimers Takeaways The Securities and Exchange Commission's near-term climate change and board diversity rulemaking process heralds what may become a period of significant reform to the SEC's disclosure requirements relating to environm

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NASDAQ 100 FUT. – (@NQ) – Daily

Curr: Long Looking to: Sell 13,810 / short 13,971.50

As of 3/21/21 @ 7:58pm EST: 12,858.25

LAST WEEK: We suggested buying at 12,664 with an upside target for taking profits at 13,810. We suggested shorting at 14,100 with a covering target of 12,466.

UPDATE: NQ futures had a very difficult session on Thursday but remain poised to move higher – potentially leading the rest of the market short-term. This could be a perfect example of a “catch-up” trade.
We would buy starting at 12,681.75 with a profit-taking target of 13,829. We would not short until 13,890 with stops on a close above 14,100 and with a covering target of 12,466.