Other Voices: CrowdStrike outage and its Form PF implications... [more]From the Investment Management Group at law firm Seward & Kissel LLP.
In May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds, requiring, among othe
Global VC investment soars five-quarter high of $94.3bn in Q2'24... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global venture capital (VC) investment soared from US$75.4 billion to $94.3 billion between Q1'24 and Q2'24, fueled by nine $1 billion mega-deals-the second largest total ever seen in a single quarter, revealed a study.
According to KPMG Private Enterprise's Venture
Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds in the green, posting returns up 5.8% in 1H: hedge fund news... [more]In the week ending July 19th 2024, Pivotal Path reported that hedge funds finished the first half of the year in positive performance territory, with funds including Bridgewater Associates, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors and Aspect Capital posting double digit gains. Overall, hedge funds were in the g
Hedge funds' bullish bets on gold jump to four-year high... [more]From Bloomberg: Money managers' wagers in gold jumped to the highest level in four years, signaling investor concerns surrounding the US presidential election campaign as well as renewed focus on the timing of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.
Hedge funds and other large speculators boosted t
Ex-York Capital Co-CIO Aurand's hedge fund to return cash... [more]From Bloomberg: Christophe Aurand, the former co-chief investment officer of York Capital Management who started his own hedge fund about three years ago, is handing back capital to investors as returns failed to meet expectations.
His London-based Nekton Capital will focus on managing internal
China hedge funds brace for upheaval from tough new rules... [more]From Mint: China's $715 billion hedge fund industry is facing renewed pressure from stringent regulations coming into effect next month, forcing some investment firms to seek fresh capital from white knights or even shut shop.
New guidelines for the fragmented industry from Aug. 1 will impose hi
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index returns 0.30% in June and 0.49% in 2Q... [more]The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.30%in June and 0.49% in the second quarter, underperforming a 0.31% monthly return and outperforming a 0.37% quarterly return for the HFRX Glo
Hedge funds struggle to attract big investments... [more]From Financial World: Hedge funds have long been synonymous with prestige, power and incredible returns. However, in recent years, this once glittering industry has seen significant changes.
Former superstars are losing their influence, and the entire sector is facing challenges that are changi
Commodity: High returns lure wealthy investors to fund coal as banks exit... [more]From Bloomberg: Wealthy Australians, in search of attractive investment returns, are emerging as an important pool of capital for financing coal projects shunned by banks due to environmental, social and governance concerns.
Income Asset Management Group Ltd. is one fund manager targeting the
SWF: Sovereign wealth funds are turning bullish on emerging markets... [more]From Bloomberg: Sovereign wealth funds and central banks that oversee $22 trillion in assets expect emerging-market assets to benefit from rising geopolitical tensions, an annual survey by Invesco Asset Management shows.
Two thirds of the respondents expect emerging-market returns to match or be
Currency: Hedge funds slash short yen bets by most in more than a decade... [more]From Bloomberg: Hedge funds pared bets against the yen in spectacular fashion after a suspected double-whammy market intervention from Japanese authorities to bolster the currency.
Leveraged funds reduced net short positions on the yen by 38,025 contracts during the week to July 16th - the most
Tech: Britain's AI startups look to record year as regulation looms... [more]From Forbes: Britain's artificial intelligence startups accounted for 22 percent of venture capital investment in the first half of this year, according to figures published by Dealroom and HSBC Innovation Banking.
In money terms that translates into a total of $2.1 billion raised by startups w
MENA: Why the Middle East is the new Switzerland for top hedge fund managers... [more]From Financial News: Some of the world's top hedge fund managers moved to Switzerland in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, drawn by lower tax rates that helped the country build a strong position in Europe and the world.
More than a decade down the line and that picture has started to
Study: Bond funds saw third best half-year on record in H1 2024: Morningstar... [more]From Funds Europe: Long-term funds gained €24.5 billion in inflows in June, with equity funds capturing half, according Morningstar's data. In the first half of 2024, long-term funds experienced €146.8 billion in net inflows.
Morningstar's asset flow commentary for Europe, covering June a
And, finally: Americans deserve better... [more]From ABC13: Dustin Ebey, 35, a middle school math teacher from north Texas, has thrown his hat in the ring in a big way: He changed his legal name to Literally Anybody Else and is running a write-in campaign for president of the United States in Texas (where he didn't get enough signatures to get on
Criminals continue to fleece high net-worth individuals and family offices through sophisticated scams that involve elaborate presentations, fake companies and websites, and fraudulent documents that appear credible.
We've documented three cases that describe the highly sophisticated, complex structures and cunningly designed processes which ultimately lead to straightforward investment fraud. This has
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