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Gemini Announces Expert Panel to Discuss Trends and Questions Surrounding Managed Futures
Monday Jan 30, 2012
Gemini will host "The Managed Futures Forum: Update and Focus on 2012" for registered media from 9-11 am on Tuesday, Feb 7th in New York City. The forum features leading experts in the managed futures space, including Jon Sundt, President and Chief Executive Officer of Altegris; David Kavanagh, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Grant Park Funds; Greg D. Anderson, Chief Investment Officer of Princeton Fund Advisors; and Eddie Lund, Vice President Business Development for Gemini, discussing the distinct advantages of this asset class, and answering common questions about managed futures products. The forum will be moderated by Timothy P. Selby, Partner at Alston + Bird LLP. To read the press release, click here.
Top Portfolio Products: Innealta Rolls Out Two New Funds
Monday Jan 23, 2012
Gemini client, Innealta Capital, announced the launch of two new funds Jan 17th and is mentioned on AdvisorOne.com. Gemini's sister firm, CLS Investments, is also mentioned for their new managed income strategy. Read the article here.
Northern Lights Fund Trust Announces Distributions
Thursday Jan 19, 2012
The Board of Trustees of Northern Lights Fund Trust, a multi-series registered investment company (the "Trust"), declared dividends from net investment income and/or capital gains distributions indicated below for the year ended December 31, 2011, with respect to each series of the Trust, payable on the "Payable Date" to shareholders of record at the close of business on the "Record Date," as further indicated in the press release. Read the press release by clicking here.
Tricky Choices
Tuesday Jan 10, 2012
Choosing a hedge fund strategy that will perform well in 2012 is difficult. With unprecedented ambiguity about what 2012 will bring, strategies need to cope with market volatility and uncertainty.
Read Andrew Rogers' contribution to Tricky Choices, a viewpoint article from Hedge Funds Review in their 2012 edition, by logging into www.hedgefundsreview.com or clicking here.
Gemini Expands Northern Lights Variable Fund Trust With Nine Funds
Wednesday Jan 4, 2012
Gemini Fund Services, LLC (Gemini), an engaged partner to independent advisors as a provider of comprehensive, pooled investment solutions, is pleased to announce the expansion and growth of the Northern Lights Variable Trust (NLVT). This expansion reflects Gemini's ongoing focus to assist advisors in successfully launching alternative investment funds to meet increasing demand among high net worth clients. With the addition of nine funds throughout 2011, the NLVT now comprises 14 funds in total, with over $380 million in assets. To continue reading the release, click here.
Activist Wall St.
Tuesday Jan 3, 2012
Folks who always wanted to invest alongside billionaire hedge fund hot shots like Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn may now be in luck. A new mutual fund is expected to launch today, The Post has learned, that will focus solely on stocks that have been targeted by so-called activist investors. The fund, called the 13D Activist Fund, is being started by Ken Squire, a former private equity executive who started tracking activist investors in 2006 with his company 13D Monitor.
To read more about Gemini's latest client, click here.
Top 10 Questions to Ask When Creating a '40 Act Mutual Fund
Friday Dec 23, 2011
The recent credit crunch and economic turndown are creating unique opportunities for alternative investment asset managers. With headlines screaming the death of asset allocation, many financial advisors (RIAs and broker/dealers) are looking beyond traditional stock & bond investments, which makes tactical hedge strategies very appealing. What few hedge managers realize is that their strategy may work inside a mutual fund, in a so-called 40 Act hedge fund-style mtual fund, thus opening the door to raising retail assets.
Morningstar is only tracking 132 hedge fund-like mutual funds, so the opportunity for new entrants with proven strategies is great. High profile alternative managers are responding and are now offering such vehicles. Recently Gemini Fund Services, LLC ("Gemini") has facilitated the creation of a series of hedge fund-like mutual funds.
To read more, go to MutualFundWire.com.
Onshore US retail investors choose alternative mutual funds for their non correlation attributes
Monday Dec 12, 2011
A success story from 2011 lies in the work Gemini Fund Services has been doing with launching alternative registered mutual funds. The American investing public love them and Andrew Rogers, President of Gemini Fund Services reports that business is booming for them. "We have had a great 2011" he says. "We specialise in alternative registered mutual funds and so we have seen many managed futures funds launch this year – we have done 10 with $ 2.5bn under management."
In total, so far this year, Gemini has launched 58 mutual funds and nine hedge or private equity funds. Rogers says: "People are looking for alternative investments, investments that are not correlated with stockmarkets."
To read more, visit Opalesque by clicking here.
GoalMine Transforms Gift Cards Into Investments
Monday Dec 5, 2011
GoalMine, an innovative new investing service, today announced the launch of its holiday gift card trade in program, which, for the first time ever, allows customers to redeem unused gift cards to fund investment accounts for a limited time. To read more, click here.
Alt Mutual Funds AUMs Could Reach One Trillion Dollars
Wednesday Nov 30, 2011
Gemini client Altegris Advisors is in the news again...check out the MFWire article on alternative mutual funds and their chance to reach $1 trillion by clicking here! Altegris is mentioned in the white paper, which you can download by clicking here.