Opalesque Industry Update - SVM Asset Management, the Edinburgh based investment boutique, has launched a strategic partnership with Level E Capital, the Edinburgh based hedge fund. SVM Asset Management has made a significant level of investment in the Maya Market Neutral fund, a long short absolu....Read More

Opalesque Industry Update — PerTrac, the leading provider of analytics, reporting and communications software for investment professionals, today announced the latest release of PerTrac Portfolio, a software program designed to help investors in hedge funds manage their portfolios. Institutional i....Read More

Industry Update - Sal Naro, former co-managing partner of Sailfish Capital, a $4.4 billion asset management firm with approximately $2 billion in hedge fund assets, is announcing the launch of Coherence Capital Partners LLC (Coherence Capital). Mr. Naro was most recently a shareholder in and Vice Ch....Read More

Opalesque Industry Update - Global equities posted strong gains to begin 2012 with leadership from Technology and Financials, as US economic data showed signs of improvement and sentiment improved with regard to clarity on resolution of the European sovereign debt crisis. The US Dollar declined agai....Read More

Opalesque Industry Update: Forum Asset Management appointed Robert F. Slutz Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer on January 31, 2012. He will support the CIO and Forum's trading team. "Bob brings 28 years of banking, trading and hedge fund experience and knowledge to the posi....Read More

Opalesque Industry Update - Stenham has recently made a new hire for the role of Head of Risk Management and Quantitative Research. A seasoned professional, Pablo Balan, has joined us to head up the risk management and quantitative research functions. Mr Balan joined us in the last quarter of 2011....Read More

Opalesque Industry Update – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed up 2.26% in January 2012 as all of the component strategies reported positive results. The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index provides daily published index values which enable investors to track the im....Read More

PIIGS exit scenario would bring 40% drop in Euro yield curve and a 20% drop in Euro equities Opalesque Industry Update - SunGard’s APT risk system has modelled different Euro breakup scenarios, using a global factor model incorporating macro-economic factors to estimate cross-asset class effects.....Read More

Opalesque Industry Update - The Credit Suisse LAB Index was up 1.34% in January according to Dr. Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit Suisse. Dr. Drachman noted, “The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index (“CSLAB”), which aims to reflect the perform....Read More

Opalesque Industry Update - ML Capital has announced that it will be launching two new funds this quarter, the Goldwinds Global Macro UCITS Fund and the RP Systematic Emerging Market UCITS Fund. As one of fastest growing UCITS platforms in the Alternative UCITS Industry, the new launches will furth....Read More

June 24, 2009 KPMG recently did an investment management survey, and concluded that the only way for the investment management industry to rebuild trust with their investors is by going back to basics. Building client relationships by improving communication as well as knowledge sharing are one of the most important aspects of this, according to the same survey. At [...] Read More...

June 17, 2009 Pavel over at HFS wrote an interesting piece about Open Source software and the Hedge Fund Industry, here are some extracts I found interesting: Why do hedge fund managers prefer paying annual license fees, support fees, one time engineering fees, integration fees for the proprietary systems that suck them into “long term relationship” with their software [...] Read More...

June 12, 2009 The Alternative Investments Industry is changing. To gain or keep your competitive edge in the new alternative investments world, you need to deploy new technological solutions to your business. We develop solutions for the alternative investments industry that use Semantics, Folksonomy, Mashups and other Web 2.0 technology. Basically, we build technological solutions that connect people in the alternative investments industry to what they are looking for. Our solutions encourage transparency and independence for our users. Read More...

June 11, 2009 Trend FollowingDespite the new book cover, Michael Covel’s updated Trend Following book doesn’t horse around. When I received my copy in the mail, my first thoughts were “Ok, here we go again…. another trend trading book…” BUT WAIT! The first 10 pages immediately changed my mindset, in typical Michael Covel fashion. Micahel went straight [...] Read More...

Investor driven demands for increased operational infrastructure grew exponentially with the decline in assets across the hedge fund industry. 2008 was a rapid turnabout as funds which had set high minimum investments, high fees, or had been previously closed to new investments found themselves agreeing to investor demands in the hopes of stemming redemptions and [...] Read More...

Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace are widely touted as excellent means for building an online presence, and have assisted many during their job search in this tight employment market. Opalesque has a Twitter feed which is updated with breaking hedge fund news and links to articles of particular interest (we can be followed at: www.twitter.com/Opalesque). However, [...] Read More...