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...

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 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...

April 20, 2009 I was reading through some career portals (no, not looking for a job) when I came across an old article on Vault.com. It talks about how Investor Relations people spend their days in the office (if they’re ever in the office). I also have a short comment on it after the article extract so read on. A [...] Read More...