Today's Exclusives

• Hedge funds ready to negotiate management fees rather than performance fees [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Research into the attitude of hedge fund managers towards negotiating lower fees has found that they are more likely to negotiate management fees rather than performance fees. About 38.8% of the hedge funds covered by the research were willing to negotiate their ma

• Global venture capital industry AUM hits record levels at $856bn [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global venture capital is expanding fast, and over the past five years, the industry posted a compound annual growth rate of 17%, said a study. Assets under management (AUM) soared to $856bn as of December 2018, a new record, according to a Preqin and Vertex Vent

• Opalesque Roundup: Ex-Diamondback duo launches $1bn long-short hedge fund: hedge fund news, week 36 [more]

  In the week ending September 20th 2019, Larry Sapanski and Richard Schimel started a new hedge fund with $1 billion in commitments seven years after shutting their old fi

• SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for September 2019 up 3.67% [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for September 2019 measured 3.67%, up from 3.41% in August. "SS&C GlobeOp's Forward Redemption Indicator for September 2019 was 3.67%, in line with historical averages. Though up slightly from the 3.35% reported a

• Metori's Epsilon trend program launches on Kettera's Hydra marketplace [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Kettera Strategies LLC, which operates the Hydra Marketplace, the leading managed account marketplace for macro, commodities and liquid equity hedge fund strategies, announced that Metori Capital Management has launched its Epsilon Global Trend Program, on the Hydra marke

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: What you need to know about ILPA Principles 3.0 [more]

  By: Jonathan McCullough, James McClary and Elizabeth Dylke, Bennet Jones The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) recently released the latest version of its principles, ILPA Principles 3.0. The updated principles provide a detailed selection of best practices for participants in th

More Exclusives

• 20. Sep. | Hedge fund veterans share best ideas at Delivering Alpha [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Hedge fund greats came together again in New York for the annual Delivering Alpha conference. This year's event had a different tone than years prior - there was less of an emphasis on markets and a greater focus on politics and headlines. Still, a few calls

• 16. Sep. | Opalesque TV: A crisis alpha fund that does the job [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: There are many strategies that can mitigate risks, one of which is crisis alpha. Simon Kitson manages one; the Dynamic Macro Strategy, a crisis alpha fund that has successfully navigated the bear and bull markets of the last 12 years. "The strategy's main purpose

• 16. Sep. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund databases report mixed results for August: hedge fund news, week 35

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  In the week ending September 13th 2019, a report said that the hedge fund industry posted negative returns in August, dropping 0.78%, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, vers

• 11. Sep. | Opalesque Exclusive: Impact investors go all in on transforming frontier economies, GIIN report says [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Frontier finance may offer investors greater opportunities than it has in the past according to a new report from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). GIIN released the report to coincide with the UN General Assembly which is slated to begin in a few wee

• 10. Sep. | Albright Capital builds on emerging markets impact strategy, signs on to IFC principles [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Albright Capital has adopted the International Finance Corporation's Operating Principles for Impact Management. The firm has also developed its own impact measurement system as part of the implementation of the principles. The IFC's principles were

• 09. Sep. | Opalesque Roundup: Do artificial intelligence hedge funds outperform? It depends - hedge fund news, week 34 [more]

  In the week ending September 6th 2019, a study said that hedge funds that use AI-based computer models to help with trading have been outperforming the hedge fund benchm

• 02. Sep. | Family offices evolve to meet new demands [more]

  The number of family offices has grown considerably over the past decade. According to Campden Wealth, family offices oversee assets valued at $5.9 trillion. Rubem Herzog, a Senior Wealth Manager, in the Strategic Wealth Management division at the Geneva Management Group (GMG), a multi-family office

• 02. Sep. | OPIM to launch Button Growth Fund [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: OP Investment Management (OPIM), Asia's leading emerging hedge fund platform, is partnering with Hong Kong-based But

• 02. Sep. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund investors see equity markets at peak but keep redeeming: hedge fund news, week 33 [more]

  In the week ending August 30th 2019, a report revealed that almost three quarters (74 percent) of investors in alternatives believe equity markets are at a peak - up

• 27. Aug. | Opalesque Exclusive: Eschler's long/short hedge fund gains from gold, uranium and energy-related industrials [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Eschler Asset Management LLP's founder Theron de Ris, who launched a small long/short deep value hedge fund seven years ago while working full time, tells Opalesque about his fund's evolution since his

• 26. Aug. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds suffer outflows again in July but performance gains buoy AUM : hedge fund news, week 32 [more]

  In the week ending August 23rd 2019, eVestment published data showing that hedge fund investors withdrew another $8.42 billion from the industry in July. However, positive performance h

• 23. Aug. | Legal & General joins OECD impact investing project Business for Inclusive Growth [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: British financial services company, Legal & General has joined a group of 34 businesses working with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG). The initiative was launched this morning by President

• 19. Aug. | Opalesque Exclusive: World's largest pension fund promotes ESG and performance-based fees [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The largest pension fund in the world has been clarifying its sustainability goals in the last few years and fund managers ought to take note, as it is an initiator and it is working with other large asset owners. On Tuesday, CalPERS's

• 19. Aug. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund and private equity investors add social media menu: hedge fund news, week 31 [more]

  In the week ending August 16th 2019, a new investor and operational due diligence (ODD) analyst survey revealed that investors shift focus to social media analysis during hedge fund

More Other Voices

• 05. Sep. 2019 | Other voices: Global negative interest rates, what can go wrong and how can hedge funds help? [more]

  By: Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA - Founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners Globally coordinated monetary stimulus prevented a potential economic meltdown in 2008 and helped create a quick rebound in the capital markets. We have since seen the longest economic expansion on record. Unfortunately, the e

• 05. Sep. 2019 | Other voices: DBRS: No-deal Brexit increases risk of breakup of the UK [more]

  By: Sovereigns DBRS considers that diverging views on Brexit among citizens in the UK could inadvertently lead to the breakup of the Union. DBRS reviews the implications of no-deal scenarios and their potential impact on the unity of the United Kingdom. At one extreme is a "severe" hard B

• 28. Aug. 2019 | Other Voices: International compliance - a new era for SMCR [more]

  Andrew Shrimpton, Executive Chairman of Compliance Consulting With great power comes great responsibility. Yes, but in the era of SMCR, heads of compliance have found out that even a medium amount of power now comes with an almost unpalatable amount of personal accountability - and legal jeop

• 21. Aug. 2019 | Other Voices: Form SHL comes for hedge fund managers [more]

  By: Catherine Anderson, Brian Prewitt, Foley Hoag LLP Investment advisers, hedge and private fund managers and U.S.-resident entities should review whether they have any filing obligations under Treasury International Capital Benchmark Form SHL. Form SHL is a five-year benchmark filing requirem

• 01. Aug. 2019 | Other voices: Defying gravity: US M&A H1 2019: Private equity slows in 2019 as valuations continue to rise [more]

  By: Raymond Bogenrief, Oliver Brahmst, Gary Silverman, White & Case LLP Despite accumulating a vast, historic pile of capital for acquisitions, private equity has moderated its pace of buyouts in the first half of the year. Buyout activity fell 14 percent compared to the first half of 2018,

• 19. Jul. 2019 | Other Voices: It's time for asset managers to finally get serious about cyber security [more]

  By: Paul M. Grassi, CPA, MBA A combination of self-delusion and excuse-making has left the hedge fund and asset management industries vulnerable to hacks and their costly consequences. When I talk about the risk of computer

• 12. Jul. 2019 | Other Voices: ILPA Principles 3.0 reflect changes in the alternatives industry [more]

  By: David Warburg, Seyfarth Shaw Overview ILPA Updates Its Best Practices Guidance in "Principles 3.0." Responding to private equity and other alternative asset investment trends and new issues, the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) recently released "ILPA Principles 3.

• 26. Jun. 2019 | Other Voices: SEC fines hedge fund $5 million over undervaluation of assets [more]

  By: Brian Hooven, Joshua Newville, Proskauer A recent action where the SEC focused on the presumably conservative undervaluation of assets suggests that it is more than willing to use valuation as a hook to deter "smoothing" of returns. As we previously noted, while the SEC consistently announces

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NASDAQ 100 FUTURES – (@NQ – Dec.) – 4-hr.

Currently: Short Looking to: Cover @ 6,349

As of 9/22/19 as of 11:24pm EST: 7,866.50

LAST WEEK: We suggested covering trading shorts at 7,677.20 and looking to re-short up at 7,970.28 with stops on a close above 8,028 and with a target of 6,349.

UPDATE: NQ futures did not quite make it to our short-side re-entry at 7,970.28 (they peaked at 7,951 last week). We’re adjusting the projected ceiling slightly to 7,961.75 based on
this week’s look at the chart (4-hr candles shown here). We would be selling / shorting near 7,961.75 with stops on a close above 8,028 and with a target of 6,349.