ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series - Netherlands 2014
Over the last five years, the number of hedge funds in the Netherlands has more than doubled, from 17 to about 40. Some of them, like Saemor and WinCap, have seen a growing interest from local and...
View ArticleABN Amro: A prime broker coming from the processing and post-trading side
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Contrary to most other prime brokers, ABN Amro Clearing has built its PB business coming from the processing and post-trading side of the business and says it therefore...
View ArticleOpalesque Exclusive: What's next for trend followers?
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New research out from Ibbotson touches on a key debate happening among investors and fund managers, specifically whether long term trend followers can survive in the...
View ArticleOpalesque Exclusive: Hedge funds should return 10%+ to remain attractive to...
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Hedge funds should return at least 10%+ annually because earning less would make it hard to sell to new investors, said Iwan Vink, founder and managing director of WinCap...
View ArticleAMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: What's next for trend followers?
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New research out from Ibbotson touches on a key debate happening among investors and fund managers, specifically whether long term trend followers can survive in the...
View ArticleAMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge funds should return 10%+ to remain...
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Hedge funds should return at least 10%+ annually because earning less would make it hard to sell to new investors, said Iwan Vink, founder and managing director of WinCap...
View ArticleAMB :- Hedge funds falter, especially in the energy sector
Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Things are not looking good for hedge funds the last three quarters. But the sector that gives most pain for the industry is energy. In a report, CNBC said that the SPDR...
View ArticleAMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: TCW Group snaps up VelocityShares Lloyd &...
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Global asset management firm TCW has brought on two former Bridgewater executives to head up the firmÂs alternatives marketing efforts. Will Lloyd joins TCW from...
View ArticleAMB :- Hedge funds said to have magnified yesterdayÂs market swings
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: Yesterday saw a steep plunge, followed by a sharp rally in a number of markets. Apparently, hedge funds had a heavy hand in those swings. Just a week after the...
View ArticleOpalesque Exclusive: TCW Group snaps up VelocityShares Lloyd &...
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Global asset management firm TCW has brought on two former Bridgewater executives to head up the firmÂs alternatives marketing efforts. Will Lloyd joins TCW from...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- Oil market proves mightier than OPEC: Kemp
There is nothing remotely surprising about the sharp fall in oil prices over the last four months, except perhaps the timing. The fundamental forces driving prices lower (rising supply outside OPEC...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- Saudi supply games expose OPEC impotence
The oil price is in free fall, down 27 per cent since June and 13 per cent so far in October. Saudi Arabia, the worldÂs traditional swing producer, has done nothing to defend the $100 (U.S.) a barrel...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- Oil-Price Slump Is Double-Edged Sword for Asia
Falling crude prices are a boon to Asia, reducing costs for businesses and consumers and giving authorities room to lower interest rates amid slow global economic growth. Yet the worldÂs largest...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- WhatÂs behind the drop in oil prices?
From oversupply and waning demand to economic concerns and politics  experts offer their views. Oil prices have been in a free-fall for nearly four months, and TuesdayÂs $4 plunge was the biggest...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- Winners and losers from oil price plunge
Crude oil prices have plunged by $25, or more than 20 per cent, since mid-June, raising many questions. How low might prices go? If they rebound, at what level will they stabilise? Will Saudi Arabia...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- Global Oil Glut Sends Prices Plunging
Oil prices posted their biggest one-day drop in nearly two years Tuesday as a U.S.-led wave of crude has crashed into weak global demand, threatening the stability of some countries and providing an...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- Flat commodities may be investors chance
The drop in the iron ore, oil and coal prices has spooked the local market, prompting a selloff of local resources businesses. While the outlook for these commodities remains subdued, this could prompt...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- Investors cooling towards commodities
Investors have been showing a more negative sentiment towards commodities in the past few weeks, ETF Securities has found. In its latest 10-page research note, the exchange-traded fund provider also...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- Commodities Sink to Five-Year Low Led by Metals Declines
Commodities dropped to a five-year low on growing concern that slower economic growth will cool demand in China, the worldÂs top consumer of metals, grains and energy. The Bloomberg Commodity Index...
View ArticleCommodities Briefing :- The next paradigm in commodities: Trade houses vs banks
Agri-business services are dominated by two industries: First, trade houses provide services that vertically integrate from farmers to consumers. Second, financial institutions horizontally integrate...
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