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

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

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

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

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

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

Open Source enhances the change in-terms of your Need and Betterment

In general terms, Open source can be considered a code or a type of application or scripts by open community which is made available freely or at very low cost. Selection of open source solutions depends on the projects’ type and requirement. Open source targets to reduce your projects’ costs and consisting flexibility to customize … Read more