Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Texas hedge fund expects further volatility in energy markets [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The war in Ukraine has generated a sharp increase in energy prices and significant volatility in European energy markets.

• Multi-strategy VC firm Drive Capital amasses $1bn in new venture funds [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Multi-strategy venture capital firm Drive Capital has amassed $1 billion in two new venture funds, to fund Midwestern startups. With the new funds, Drive has $2.2 billion in assets under management to support founders from pre-seed to IPO, said a press release fr

• Cerulli: Heightened volatility cools European investor interest in crypto funds [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Despite the punishing setbacks suffered by cryptocurrencies, fund innovation-including the development of products tracking a more diversified basket of coins-is set to continue, according to the latest issue of The Cerulli Edge-European Monthly Product Trends. Crypto

• GW&K changes executive team [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - GW&K Investment Management (GW&K), an entrepreneurial-driven investment management firm offering active equity and fixed-income investment solutions to meet the needs of a diverse client base, today announced that Harold G. Kotler is stepping aside as Chief Executive Offi

• CAIS receives strategic investment from Hamilton Lane [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform, today announced a strategic investment from Hamilton Lane, a leading private markets investment management firm with more than $901 billion in assets under management and supervision. Hamilton Lane is the latest in a seri

• UAE shelters 4,000 Russian millionaires fleeing biting sanctions [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) could be the biggest beneficiary of the Russia-Ukraine war. That's according to a BanklessTimes analysis. The site reckons the UAE will attract up to 4,000 high net worth Russians fleeing their country. That figure is the highest that any co

• Hedge funds experience redemptions of $22bn in April, CTAs inflows of $5bn [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund redemptions slowed somewhat in April 2022 though the trend continued, reports

• Hedge funds remain cautiously optimistic about their economic prospects [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - According to AIMA Hedge Fund Confidence Index's Q2-2022 report, confidence levels reported by hedge funds remain upbeat despite continued economic and geopolitical headwinds

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: JAB case highlights more aggressive supervision of private equity deals [more]

  By: Shylah Alfonso, partner at U.S. law firm Perkins Coie. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 5-0 to issue a complaint and accept a proposed order for public comment regarding private equity fund JAB Consumer Partners SCA SICAR's (JAB) $1.1 billion acquisition of SAGE Veterinary P

More Exclusives

• 27. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Hong Kong manager expects additional tailwind in Asian markets [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The Asia equity markets have not been at their best so far this year, with the MSCI Asia index down almost 13% YTD, but many managers remain buoyant about the region, as in

• 27. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: Around 39.6% of global hedge funds have generated positive returns in May: hedge fund news, week 23 [more]

  In the week ending June 24th 2022, Eurekahedge report revealed that hedge fund managers were down -0.56% in May, outperforming the tech-heavy NASDAQ by 1.49% but trailed behind the S&P 5

• 23. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: This systematic manager can provide positive returns on both tails [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Trading intraday programs, in general, has very unique advantages which many investors are not aware of, according to Deep Field Capital AG (DFC). Deep Field is a Zug, Switzerland-ba

• 21. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Don't be fooled by recent bias [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: According to portfolio manager Elias Nechachby, investors are sometimes fooled by "recency bias". That is why they allocate money to strategies that have performed the best in the last months or years and deallocate from the ones that performed the worst. Howeve

• 20. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds now down -1.4% YTD: hedge fund news, week 22 [more]

  In the week ending June 17th 2022, hedge funds fell for a second consecutive month in May with a return of -0.4%, dragging year-to-date returns further into the red at -1.4%. A steeper than

• 13. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund industry down -5.88% YTD in May: hedge fund news, week 21 [more]

  In the week ending June 10th 2022, the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge revealed that the hedge fund industry posted a loss of -0.66% in May, though loss

• 10. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Private markets withstand macro pressure [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New data from investment bank Lincoln International companies are showing signs of distress but private markets are still showing some signs of resiliency. According to a recent survey of approximately 100 alternative asset investment professionals conducte

• 06. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: Trading gain combined with new entrants push total hedge fund AUM to $5.14tn: hedge fund news, week 20 [more]

  In the week ending June 3rd 2022, BarclayHedge said that hedge fund redemptions accelerated in March totalling -$35.37 billion (-0.70% of industry assets), according to its B

• 01. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Private funds weather new headwinds [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: First quarter private fundraising figures were a little less than one-quarter of total 2021 fundraising, which could indicate a fundraising slowdown, according to the latest data from Pitchbook. Global private equity fundraising hauled in $94.8 billion committed

• 31. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Global macro fund builds on positive 2021 performance with solid first quarter [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: 2022 has been a solid year for global macro funds. The category returned 10.3% in the first four months of the year, compared to the average hedge fund which retur

• 30. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Helm: It is more important than ever that investors seek out uncorrelated sources of alpha [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: A contrarian global equity strategy managed out of New York is poised to seize opportunities in China, Chile, and Turkey, as its goal is to capture recoveries that follow price dislocations. Furthermore, the manager believes we are on the cusp of a new investment regime w

• 30. May. | Opalesque Roundup: Investors redeem $10.5bn from hedge funds despite outperformance: hedge fund news, week 19 [more]

  In the week ending May 27th 2022, the HFM Hedge Fund Flows Report said that investors redeemed a net $10.5bn from hedge funds in April, marking a sharp turnaround from the past th

• 27. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: As volatility ramps up, one firm takes advantage of investor bias [more]

  Is there an element of predictability to the current market volatility? Roy Niederhoffer founder of New York-based R.G. Niederhoffer Capital Management argues that there is. Even if it's difficult to guess what the market is going to do next, investors tend to have a set of cognitive biases that

• 25. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Project finance fund investing in biogas is at the right place at the right time [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Now is a good time to invest in biofuels in Europe; demand for locally produced gas is strategically important, as is the search for net-zero carbon neutrality. Prestige Funds, a private debt provider that manages several specialist alternative credit funds, has been doin

More Other Voices

• 24. Jun. 2022 | Other Voices: ESG exuberance is at all-time highs. But will investors buy? [more]

  As investors increase their focus on mission-based investing, they continue to grapple with ESG and what it means to them. By David Shalom, Director of Capital Introductions at Pershing Innovation. New investment solutions. That's how managers deliver value and attract new inve

• 16. Jun. 2022 | Other Voices: ESG funds perform better with lower costs - ESMA asks why [more]

  Authored by David Naughton and Katrina Smyth from LK Shields, an Irish corporate and commercial law firm. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a study confirming that funds which include environmental, social and governance (ESG) features were cheaper and better perfor

• 09. Jun. 2022 | Other Voices: SEC proposes changes to ESG reporting requirements [more]

  Authors: Jon Jurva and Amy Antoniolli from law firm ArentFox Schiff. Many investment funds, advisors, and companies have been working to incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their investment practices, but the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has propos

• 25. May. 2022 | Other Voices: Private equity under antitrust scrutiny [more]

  Authored by John Ceccio and Ben Labow from US law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. For at least the third time in recent months, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have signaled increased scrutiny of the private equity industry, highlighting interlo

• 06. May. 2022 | Other Voices: The selloff is overdone [more]

  Authored by Heeten Doshi, founder of Doshi Capital Management. Anyone who is still bearish and calling for more downside is foolish. The selloff is overdone. To point to further declines from here is poor risk management. With the Nasdaq 100 down 22% and S&P 500 down 13% for the year

• 26. Apr. 2022 | Other Voices: China's Zero COVID policy fuels inflation [more]

  By Gilles Seurat, Fixed Income and Cross Asset Portfolio Manager, La Francaise AM. China's year-on-year GDP growth rose from +4% in Q4 2021 to +4.8% in Q1 2022 (Source: Bloomberg). But the outlook is significantly bleaker for the end of 2022 given namely the rise in the number of COVID cases

• 22. Apr. 2022 | Other Voices: SEC targets private funds in 2022 examination priorities [more]

  By: Gerald Francese, Ryan Last, Michael Renetzky, Heather Stone, from law firm Locke Lord LLP. On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations issued its annual examination priorities for 2022. The Division will prioritize five significant focus are

• 28. Mar. 2022 | Other Voices: Enjoyed the last 12 years? You're going to hate the next six... [more]

  From Neal Berger, Founder/CIO of Eagle's View Capital Management, LLC, an award-winning alternative investment manager. Global equities, bonds, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and other asset classes have existed in a fake and unnatural market environment for so many years that investors have become

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ISHARES EUROPE ETF (IEV) – Daily

Currently: Long Looking to: Sell @ $52.25

As of 3/19/21 close: $50.20

LAST WEEK: We suggested buying at $49.70 with stops on a close below $48.25 and with a target of $52.25.

UPDATE: The European ETF (IEV) had a tough day Thursday along with US stocks. However, it finished higher for the week and remains in bullish technical position right now. We still are looking for a continued move up to $52.25.

Try new long positions at $49.27. Honor stops on a close below $48.25 and look to take profits up at $52.25.