SWFs up the ante on climate game... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Sovereign wealth funds are doing more to address climate change in their portfolios, as more among them are employing tools like carbon footprinting and climate scenario analysis to monitor their climate impact.
According to a survey by the International Forum of S
Partners Group adds private markets royalties to its investment platform... [more]Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Partners Group has added private markets royalties as the fifth pillar of its investment platform alongside private equity, infrastructure, private credit, and real estate.
Partners Group says the product will be the first dedicated, scalable multi-sector ro
GQG enters private markets investing... [more]Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: GQG Partners has launched GQG Private Capital Solutions a group that will invest in fund managers and offer other liquidity solutions.
Alongside the launch, GQG has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Australia-listed Pacific Current Group L
High-profile hedge fund managers line up launches for 2024... [more]From Reuters: A bumper crop of 40 high-profile hedge fund launches by former portfolio managers of multi-billion dollar firms is expected this year, said research firm PivotalPath and other prime broker and industry sources.
Traders from Citadel, Lone Pine Capital, Oaktree Capital Management and
Hedge funds sue SEC over new dealer rule... [more]From WSJ: The hedge-fund industry sued Wall Street's top regulator on Monday to challenge a new rule increasing scrutiny on firms that are voluminous buyers and sellers of stocks and U.S. government bonds.
The lawsuit opposes a recent broadening in the definition of what the Securities and Excha
Biopharma funds continue to surge... [more]From Institutional Investor: The once beaten-down sector posted strong gains for the fourth straight month.
Most biopharma and life sciences hedge funds fared well in February, extending their winning streak to four months. Several posted double-digit gains for the month, and most others had inc
Tokenization trends 2024: Comparing hedge fund vs. venture capital strategies... [more]From Medium: In the ever-evolving landscape of finance, traditional methods are being challenged by innovative technologies, and tokenization stands at the forefront of this transformation.
As we delve into the digital era, the concept of tokenization emerges as a powerful tool, offering unpara
Investing: Dan Loeb enters the chip wars, Hedge funds buy largest bulk of bank stocks in a year... [more]Dan Loeb enters the chip wars
From NY Times: A small computer chip design company, R2 Semiconductor, has been notching wins in a potentially big patent fight against Intel over the past few months - a dispute that could force Intel to stop selling several chip lines in Europe.
Behi
SPACs: NYSE moves to boot Wilbur Ross-backed SPAC... [more]From Law 360: Ross Acquisition Corp. II, a special-purpose acquisition company founded by former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, disclosed Monday the New York Stock Exchange has suspended trading of its shares and began the delisting process after the SPAC failed to complete a merger within the
Commodity: Commodity traders sitting on up to $120bn in cash after years of record profits... [more]From FT: The commodity trading industry has accumulated as much as $120bn in cash reserves after five years of record growth, building a war chest that the biggest traders are set to reinvest to strengthen their dominance.
The industry reserves, estimated at between $70bn and $120bn in a study b
Tech: Will the widespread adoption of AI for investments present risks to economic stability?... [more]As Professor Stephen Hawking once warned, the creation of powerful artificial intelligence will be "either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity."
Worse, not long ago, the Economist featured historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari who declared that AI "has hacked the oper
PE/VC: India's painful venture capital crunch... [more]From FT: The Indian stock market is in a sweet spot. The Nifty 50 index is up 30 per cent in the past year and 90 per cent over five years. Domestic flows into the market have now been positive for three years in what analysts at Morgan Stanley describe as a dream run.
At the same time, as the b
Study: Global ETFs touched $12.25tn at the end of February... [more]ETFGI reports assets invested in the global ETFs industry reached a new milestone of US$12.25 Tn at the end of February.
During February the global ETFs industry gathered US$116.30 billion in net inflows, bringing year to date net inflows to US$253.04 billion, according to ETFGI's February 2024
Legal: SEC blasted by judge for 'gross abuse of power' in crypto case... [more]From Bloomberg: A federal judge in Utah took the extremely unusual step of sanctioning the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying that the regulator abused its authority in a case against crypto platform Digital Licensing Inc., known as DEBT Box.
The SEC's conduct "constitutes a gross abuse
And, finally: That's expensive Lego... [more]From UPI: At the Goodwill store in Du Bois, Pennsylvania, workers found a treasure in a box of old Lego pieces, United Press International reported on March 12: a 14-karat gold Kanohi Hau mask from Lego's Bionicle collection. Originally priced at Goodwill at $14.95, the piece eventually sold for $18
Criminals continue to fleece high net-worth individuals and family offices through sophisticated scams that involve elaborate presentations, fake companies and websites, and fraudulent documents that appear credible.
We've documented three cases that describe the highly sophisticated, complex structures and cunningly designed processes which ultimately lead to straightforward investment fraud. This has
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