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16 Aug. 2017 Hedge funds and other marketable alternatives a valuable part of endowment and foundation portfolios [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - NEPC, LLC, one of the industry's largest independent, full-service investment consulting firms to endowments and foundations, today announced the results of its Q2 2017 NEPC Endowment and Foundation Poll, a measure of endowment and foundation views on the economy, investi
16 Aug. 2017 Activist hedge fund Elliott holds 5% shareholding in biggest mining firm BHP Billiton [more]
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: New York-based Elliott Management, one of the world's most known activist investors, disclosed it now holds 5% of the issued shares of the world's largest mining firm BHP Billiton Plc. The company said in a
15 Aug. 2017 BarclayHedge July 2017 survey: over 36% of hedge fund managers offer reduced fees [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The monthly BarclayHedge survey of hedge fund managers revealed that 36.6% of survey respondents currently offer reduced or no fee alternatives to their investors and a further 20% plan to offer lower or no fee products in the next 3 to 6 months. "The hedge fund indus
15 Aug. 2017 Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 0.88% (est.) in July and 4.27% YTD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds were up 0.88% in July (based on preliminary numbers) with 2017 year-to-date gains coming in at 4.27%, reports hedge fund data provider Eurekahedge. Roughly 73% of fund managers are in positive territory year-to-date while almost 15% have posted double digit ga
15 Aug. 2017 Comment: "Long-Term Investing": What managing drawdown risk can do to your long-term returns [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Real Investment Advice writes on Harvest Exchange: Last week, I was having lunch with a prospective portfolio management client discussing the curre
15 Aug. 2017 Jasper Capital International joins Hedge Fund Standards Board [more]
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Diversified and systematic investment firm Jasper Capital International has become the second China-based signatory to the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), an organization that brings hedge fund managers and investors together to set standards for the hedge fund i
14 Aug. 2017 Comment: Lessons from the Past: What 1987, 1997 and 2007 teach us about getting to 2027, 2037 and 2047 [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Neuberger Berman writes on Harvest Exchange: In my previous "Perspectives", I wrote about the perils of complacency, the value of humility and the virtues of the d
11 Aug. 2017 SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index: July performance 1.24%; Capital Movement Index: August net flows advance 0.25% [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for July 2017 measured 1.24%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advance 0.25% in August. 'SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement Index rose 0.25% for August 20
11 Aug. 2017 Record breaking Japanese GDP: expected economic growth for six straight quarters [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Ahead of the release of Japan's preliminary Q2 2017 GDP figures on Monday, 14 August, Katsunori Kitakura, lead strategist at SuMi TRUST, forecasts continued growth, marking the first time in 11 years that the country's economy has grown for six straight quarters:
11 Aug. 2017 China leads emerging Asia to greater role in capital markets [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: PIMCO writes on Harvest Exchange: Over the next 12 to 24 months, we expect that Asia, led by China, will become a far more
11 Aug. 2017 Managed futures post solid gains in 'unspectacular' July but still down for the year [more]
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: All of the CTA sectors gained last month as managed futures managers post 0.64% returns during an "unspectacular" July, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHed
10 Aug. 2017 Barclay Hedge Fund Index Rises 1.11% in July (+5.48% YTD) [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge Funds gained 1.11% in July according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index has risen every month this year and is up a cumulative 5.48% for 2017. "July was another winning month for the hedge fund industry as the S&P 500 and the NAS
10 Aug. 2017 eVestment: hedge funds see 9th consecutive month of gains [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The hedge fund industry returned an average +1.21% in July 2017, bringing year-to-date (YTD) returns to +4.77%, according to the just-released July 2017 eVestment Hedge Fund Performance Report. July marked the ninth consecutive month of positive aggregate indust
08 Aug. 2017 Neudata releases version 2 of its "Scout" Digital Alternative Data Platform [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Neudata Limited has released the much-anticipated Version 2 of its very popular online Neudata Scout digital data intelligence platform. The company provides hedge funds and other institutional investment managers with metadata about the vast array of alternative datasets
08 Aug. 2017 Wealth industry boosts AUM and brings cost under control [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Scorpio Partnership's latest edition of the highly anticipated Global Private Banking Benchmark shows a tale of two halves for the global wealth industry. The leading assessment of KPIs in wealth management highlighted that private banks successfully navigated regulat
08 Aug. 2017 Hedge funds slightly down in last week of July [more]
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was slightly down last week, with global macro and CTA returns visibly moving in the opposite direction. The Lyxor Global Macro Index was down -0.8% from 25 July to 01 August which has brought its year-to-date performance to -4.3%, Lyxor A
08 Aug. 2017 Comment: The long, unwinding road of quantitative easing [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Mark Burgess, Chief Investment Officer EMEA and Global Head of Equities, Columbia Threadneedle Investments writes on Harvest Exchange: Quantitative easing has s
07 Aug. 2017 Prime Capital plans more UCITS after Gateway Target Beta UCITS Fund tops EUR 100m two years after launch [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Just before its second anniversary, the systematic "Gateway Target Beta UCITS Fund" has exceeded 100 million Euro in assets under management, a crucial hurdle for many institutional investors. This milestone event can largely be attributed to the attractive p
07 Aug. 2017 Factor Fitness: Understanding equity exposures [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: AB (AllianceBernstein L.P.) writes on Harvest Exchange: Equity factors are increasingly used by investors to help guide their portfolio al
03 Aug. 2017 Beachwood Group to shutter amid Platinum Partners fallout [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Reuters is reporting that Beachwood Group will shutter after facing reputational issues following the collapse of hedge fund Platinum Partners. Beachwood is a group of
03 Aug. 2017 Melody Capital Partners' Gueikian joins Monroe Capital to launch special situations strategy [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Cesar Gueikian, founder and former managing director of secondaries firm Melody Capital Partners, has joined Monroe Capital to launch a special situations strategy. Together with Managing Director, Aaron Peck, they will lead the firm's new special situations cre
03 Aug. 2017 Utah hedge fund trading on legal insider information up 33% net in one year [more]
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: A small hedge fund based in Park City, Utah, aptly called The Insiders Fund, is gaining worldwide recognition for generating remarkable returns through its use of insider information. The fund managed by veteran investor Harvey Sax, reported one-year returns of
03 Aug. 2017 Factor investing capacity: Are factor strategies getting too popular? [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: BlackRock writes on Harvest Exchange: As investors continue to add factor-based strategies to their portfolios, industry
02 Aug. 2017 Winston & Strawn nabs LatAm practice from Chadbourne & Parke [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Winston & Strawn LLP announced the addition of the highly regarded New York-based Latin America Practice from Chadbourne & Parke (now Norton Rose Fulbright). Nine veteran partners and one newly named partner will join Winston's New York office. The group brings significan
02 Aug. 2017 Cheyne Capital launches distressed credit business [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Cheyne Capital, the London-based alternative asset manager, announces the launch of a new sub-investment grade credit business, SVC. The team will be run by Anthony Robertson, formerly Head of Leveraged Finance at BlueBay Asset Management, who joins as CIO of the st
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