Leading Managed Futures Researcher Mark Melin joins Opalesque as Editor of Opalesque Futures Intelligence Publication

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Mark Melin joins Opalesque as Editor of Opalesque Futures Intelligence Publication. Mark has a depth of experience and knowledge in the industry and will provide insightful analysis and understanding of this uncorrelated investment class.

Chicago, November 17^th 2011 (PressReleasePoint) : Mark Melin has been appointed as Editor of Opalesque Futures Intelligence (OFI), the leading research publication on Managed Futures and CTAs launched by Opalesque in February 2009.

“Managed Futures assets are now close to $300 billion and there are compelling reasons for further growth of this asset class. We are proud to announce Mark Melin has joined Opalesque as Editor of our acclaimed Opalesque Futures Intelligence. Mark has a depth of experience and knowledge in the industry and will provide insightful analysis and understanding of this uncorrelated investment class.”

Mr. Melin said: “My primary goal is to profile the brightest, most innovative firms and people in the industry and offer unique intelligence for practitioners and investors in Managed Futures and CTAs.  I want to get behind the numbers and illustrate how various algorithmic formulas work through a variety of market environments, report on key industry issues, practitioner viewpoints and academic research.”   

The monthly Opalesque Futures Intelligence publication offers sophisticated analysis, updates and commentary on all relevant aspects of managed futures.  The incoming editor, Mark Melin, has written three books, including High-Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010), taught managed futures at Northwestern University and works in portfolio development.  Melin is based in Chicago, IL.

Opalesque Futures Intelligence is a free publication available to Qualified Eligible Persons as defined under the CFTC Regulation 4.7.  The current issue edited by Melin, as well as all 34 previously published issues, can be downloaded here:

http://www.opalesque.com/Archive-Futures-Intelligence.html

Subscriptions to the Opalesque Futures Intelligence can be set up here:

http://www.opalesque.com/Subscribe-Futures-Intelligence.html

About Opalesque:

In 2003, with the publication of its daily Alternative Market Briefing, Opalesque successfully launched an information revolution in the hedge fund media space: "Opalesque changed the world by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service." - Nigel Blanchard, Culross. This hybrid financial news service, which combines proprietary industry news stories and filtered third party reports, has been credited by many industry insiders with delivering precise, accurate, and vital information to a notoriously guarded audience.

Each week, Opalesque publishes over digital 700000 copies of its now seventeen publications to a global readership in over 170 countries. Opalesque is the only daily hedge fund publisher which is actually read by the elite hedge fund managers themselves (http://www.opalesque.com/op_testimonials.html).
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