http://www.opalesquesolutions.com Technology for an Alternative Industry Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:47:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Opalesque Ltd., a leading provider of online information services to the alternative investment industry, today announced the results of the Opalesque A SQUARE ('alternative-alternatives') indices covering the performance of niche alternative investment funds. The indices are calculated based on the net performance of 583 single- and multi-manager funds currently listed ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/new-opalesque-a-square-index-%e2%80%9calternative-alternatives%e2%80%9d-investments-and-niche-strategies-offer-lower-volatility-and-market-risk-than-traditional-hedge-funds/ As you may be aware, Opalesque is the leading publisher in the alternatives / hedge fund space. We have been publishing for six years now and reach over 600,000 readers each week with our twelve specialist publications. Opalesque has been building and developing Databases for the past 12 months, ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/opportunity-please-list-your-fund-in-our-new-opalesque-emerging-managers-database/ 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 ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/opportunity-please-list-your-fund-in-our-new-opalesque-a-square-database/ 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, ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/communication-is-key-to-investors/ 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 ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/will-open-source-software-come-to-hedge-fund-industry/ 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 ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/headline/ 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 ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/book-review-michael-covel%e2%80%99s-trend-following-updated-edition/ 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 ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/has-third-party-administration-become-a-necessity/ 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 ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/going-online-pays/ Recruiters Forget about the generic databases and other online networking sites. If you have a position to fill, you need to find the right candidate, quickly. The Hedge Professionals Database is a niche directory of professionals who work in the hedge fund or other related industries. More than 8,000 entries listed ... http://www.opalesquesolutions.com/hedge-professionals-db/