Hyperion rolls out an actively managed crypto hedge fund for institutional investors... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Digital asset manager Hyperion Decimus (HD) has announced the launch of the HD CoinDesk Acheilus Fund, a data-driven way to invest in digital assets leveraging institutional-grade fiduciary management.
Aimed at institutional investors, the systematic-based fund wil
TPG, Hassana craft $1.5bn strategic partnership for climate Fund... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Saudi Arabia's main pension fund is set to make a substantial anchor commitment to a new TPG infrastructure fund as part of a $1.5 billion strategic partnership.
The global alternative money management firm and Hassana Investment Co. - the manager of the kingdom's 1
Hedge funds prioritising fundraising over the next year... [more]From Global Data: Hedge funds are looking to increase fundraising activity and diversification over the next year. More than half (55%) of hedge funds said that they expect to increase fundraising going into 2025.
This is according to research from Dynamo Software, Dakota and ProFundCom. Last ye
How quants RenTech, Two Sigma, AQR did in April... [more]From Business Insider: Here's how big-name quants like Renaissance Technologies and D.E. Shaw performed in April despite choppy markets. Renaissance Technologies withstood April's market volatility. Its legendary founder, Jim Simons, died last week. The last full month of returns Renaissance Technol
BofA survey: Global fund managers 'most bullish' since 2021... [more]From City Wire: Bank of America's May global fund manager survey has found that investors are at their 'most bullish' since November 2021. This was driven by optimism on rate cuts, rather than on prospects for company earnings.
Slightly more than 80% of the respondents expected that the Federal
Emerging market debt has climbed to record high of $17.9tn... [more]From Funds Europe: Robust hard-currency bond issuance has driven up external debt ratios, exposing emerging market economies to risk if financial conditions abroad start to tighten, according to Bloomberg Intelligence (BI).
The outstanding stock of emerging market government debt has surged to a
SPACs: Chinese art marketplace Tyfon going public in SPAC deal with GTAC... [more]From Market Watch: Chinese art marketplace Tyfon Culture Holdings plans to go public through a combination with blank-check company Global Technology Acquisition I, or GTAC.
Tyfon and GTAC on Wednesday said the combined company will have an estimated post-transaction enterprise value of $434 mil
M&A: Fortress, Mubadala complete acquisition of Fortress Investment Group... [more]Fortress Investment Group and Mubadala Investment Company, through its wholly owned asset management subsidiary Mubadala Capital, announced that they have completed the previously announced acquisition of the 90.01% of the equity of Fortress that was held by SoftBank Group Corp. Terms of the deal we
Commodity: Commodities hit highest in a year, posing new inflation threat... [more]From Bloomberg: A key gauge for raw materials prices rose to the highest level in more than a year, throwing a wrench in central banks' efforts to tamp down inflation.
The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index - which tracks 24 energy, metal and agricultural contracts - inched up Wednesday to the highe
Currency: Hedge funds risk seeing short Aussie bets backfire... [more]From Bloomberg: Hedge funds have little doubt that the Australian dollar is headed lower. The nation's biggest banks beg to differ.
Speculative wagers against the Aussie are hovering near a two-year high, reflecting concerns about the currency's sensitivity to China's slowdown and tensions in t
Tech: Hedge funds turn to AI, satellites to track vital US gas plant... [more]From Bloomberg: Each time the Freeport natural gas export terminal breaks down, traders at the hedge fund Skylar Capital Management LP look for any available insights to predict when production will restart.
They've scoured satellite photos of the site in Texas, hired pilots for flyovers, consu
Europe: Esma publishes guidelines on funds' names using ESG or sustainability related terms... [more]From Funds Europe: The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has published its final report containing guidelines to mitigate greenwashing risks by setting standards for fund managers promoting Ucits and alternate investment funds, including European long term investment funds and money m
PE/VC: Private equity's deal machine restarts but exits still sputter... [more]From WSJ: Private equity's deal machine is restarting, but firms still struggle to sell earlier investments, stanching the flow of money to investors as unsold assets pile up.
Publicly traded firms and investment banks in their most recent quarterly performance updates spoke bullishly of deal a
Study: Institutional investors double their equity exposure over the past year... [more]From Portfolio Adviser: Institutional investors have doubled their exposure to equities over the past year according to Bfinance's latest Manager Intelligence and Market Trends report.
After interviewing asset managers from around the world, the study found that equities now make up 38% of mult
Opinion: Bridgewater CEO warns of complacency on shifting geopolitics... [more]From Bloomberg: Bridgewater Associates Chief Executive Officer Nir Bar Dea warned investors of becoming overconfident in their positions as geopolitical risks impact markets around the world.
Bridgewater has been working with clients to stress test their portfolios amid tensions around the worl
Legal: US jury hears founder's call to Archegos lenders... [more]From FT: Bill Hwang told panicked Wall Street investment banks that his family office Archegos needed up to three weeks to "make everyone whole" shortly before the fund collapsed in 2021, which ended up costing his lenders more than $10bn.
On the second day of Hwang's trial for fraud and market
Activists: Activists use shareholder rights to undermine shareholders' interests... [more]From Forbes: Led by CalPERS, the pension fund for California public workers, activist investors may oppose re-electing ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods to the company board. His sin: seeking greater clarification regarding proposals that shareholders have previously rejected multiple times.
And, finally: Deal of a lifetime... [more]From NY Times: When a pair of 18k gold diamond earrings from jeweler Cartier popped up on the Instagram feed of Rogelio Villarreal, 27, of Tamaulipas, Mexico, he couldn't resist: They were priced at just $13. "I swear I broke out in a cold sweat," Villarreal said, according to The New York Times. He
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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