hedge funds

More hedge funds and investors engage in “Armageddon strategies” or disaster insurance against global meltdown

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Opalesque, the world’s largest subscription-based publisher covering the alternative investment industry, has launched the 32nd issue in a series of regional roundtable forums – the 2010 Opalesque West Coast Roundtable. The 25 page Roundtable publication can be downloaded for free at: http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableSF2010.html   The Western world has run up massive deficits in an effort to … Read more

Hedge Fund Investments, Myths And Facts

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Everywhere you look, from the newspaper to television, people are talking about hedge funds. Though the world’s fascination started several years ago, with the recent Madoff scam, there has been an increase in negative media attention for the entire hedge fund world. Since the mass media has painted a picture that is far from true, … Read more

Opalesque Roundtable: Japanese Hedge Fund Managers Upbeat On Outlook, 22 Funds Launched In 2009

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Tokyo, March 8th 2010: Opalesque, the world’s largest subscription-based publisher covering the alternative investment industry, has launched the 27th issue in a series of regional roundtable forums, the “Opalesque 2010 Japan Roundtable”.  Matthias Knab, founder of Opalesque and internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives, moderates the Opalesque Roundtables. Each Roundtable unites leading hedge … Read more

New Zealand’s Hedge Fund Managers Weathered The Financial Crisis Best

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Opalesque, the world’s largest subscription-based publisher covering the alternative investment industry, has launched the 29th issue in a series of regional roundtable forums- Opalesque 2010 New Zealand Roundtable. The 27 page Roundtable can be downloaded for free at http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableNZ2010.html. Two years after launching the Opalesque Roundtable Series in 2008 in Auckland, Opalesque founder Matthias Knab … Read more

How Small Funds Outperform Large Funds – a Classic David Vs Goliath

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Often investors get caught by marketing like anyone else and become absolutely in love with a brand. Case in point is that they’ll take lower returns from a large, name brand fund over the higher returns of a lesser known, small fund. To be fair, the large name brand funds may have earned that brand … Read more