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

August 8, 2009 This blog post is relevant if you or your firm run a fund (in a hedge fund format) which focuses on Alternative Alternatives, according to the definition as given on this link: http://www.opalesque.com/AboutA2.html. Please disregard this post if you or your firm is not involved with such a fund, or, if you want to do someone [...] Read More...