Top Energy Funds

Featuring top-performing Energy equity mutual funds, which primarily invest in equity securities of energy and/or natural resources companies. Investors can find such energy funds by checking out the entire list of the Zacks #1 Rank Energy Equity Funds 3 Energizing Picks Aim Energy Inv (FSTEX) seeks capital growth. It was incepted in January 1984. The … Read more

Opalesque Hong Kong Roundtable: Reverse brain drain from New York, London boosts Asian hedge fund industry

Then the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98 made people realize that long-only leveraged equities or property were not necessarily the best asset classes, so they started to be interested in structured products or hedged vehicles. For many years, there was no interest in Asian-based hedge funds. If they were interested investing in a hedge fund … Read more

Japan: A Reality Check for Visiting Hedge Fund Managers

Tokyo, June 10 2009 — Opalesque has published the 2009 Opalesque Japan Roundtable, whose findings will surprise many financial professionals. In this 33-page Roundtable script, Japan-based investment veterans share how the financial crisis has changed investing in and asset raising from Japanese institutions. The new Japan Roundtable can be downloaded here for free: http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableJapan2009.html   … Read more

Having your Management Company Charge Late Rent Fees

Being a property investor and being a landlord is like wearing two hats at the same time within the realty world. It must be remembered that when you purchase rental property, even with hiring property management your responsibilities don’t end there. You need to keep on top of your investments at all times. Often what … Read more

Asia experiences wave of hedge fund startups, “Which is exactly what we saw post the Asian crisis?”

Peter Douglas, principal of GFIA, a Singapore-based consulting firm, said that the rebound of Asian hedge funds as seen by these startups, is similar to the developments post the last Asian crisis: “A lot of the great names of the Asian hedge fund industry were actually set up around the end of the Asian crisis. … Read more