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11 Sep. 2023 SFC revokes Axial Capital Management Limited's licence and suspends its responsible officer for five years [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has revoked the licence of Axial Capital Management Limited (Axial) for repeated failures to comply with the Securities and Futures (Financial Resources) Rules (FRR), the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) and the Code of Co
11 Sep. 2023 Nearly half of the asset managers and hedge funds have digital AUM [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Interest in digital assets is strong and continues to grow despite the bear market - almost half (48%) of asset managers and hedge funds actively have digital assets under management, according to a survey. The Amberdata research finds that interest from U.S. and Eu
10 Sep. 2023 Event driven strategies gain, lead HFRI in August as equities fall [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds posted mixed strategy performance in the volatile month of August as inflationary pressures remained persistent, interest rates increased, and equities declined. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) fell -0.5 percent for the month, as gains in Event Dr
08 Sep. 2023 ESG bond market closes in on $1tn total issuance in 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Green, social, sustainable, and sustainability-linked bond (GSSSB) issuance has continued to climb throughout 2023, with total issuance on track to reach between $900bn and $1trn by the end of the year, said a study. That is according to new data this week from S&P
08 Sep. 2023 Alternative assets manager GLASfunds buys Fund Formation Group [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: GLASfunds, a turnkey alternative investment platform, and alternative asset management firm has purchased Texas-based funds platform Fund Formation Group. According to a joint press release, founded in 2009, GLASfunds is a tech-enabled platform providing investors
07 Sep. 2023 Global institutional investors embrace low-carbon transitions [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: ESG investing remains strong globally among institutional investors said a survey. It also found a significant acceleration in low-carbon transition strategies. The 'ESG Global Survey 2023', conducted by BNP Paribas and drawing insights from 420 participants
07 Sep. 2023 AUM of European alternatives stood at $3.16tn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The combined assets under management (AUM) of European alternatives stood at €2.95tn ($3.16tn) as of September 2022, said a study. Of this, the UK and Western Europe both surpassed €1tn of private capital AUM in 2022, though the UK's share has fallen in re
07 Sep. 2023 Bridgepoint acquires Energy Capital Partners to create $61bn global alternatives firm [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global alternative asset fund manager Bridgepoint will buy a North American infrastructure investor Energy Capital Partners (ECP) for an initial 835 million pounds ($1.05 billion) including debt. Bridgepoint mainly invests in private equity and private debt and ma
06 Sep. 2023 Despite a wider slowdown HNWIs 'remain convinced' by alternative investments [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: High-net-worth investors "remain absolutely convinced" by alternative investments, including venture capital, cryptocurrencies, structured products, and hedge funds - despite a wider slowdown of inflows into the sector, said a report. The deVere Group rep
05 Sep. 2023 GenTwo raises Series A led by Point72 Ventures [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - GenTwo, a Swiss-based B2B Fintech platform specialized in securitization of bankable and non-bankable assets, announced today that it has raised a USD 15 million Series A led by US- based Point72 Ventures. In conjunction with the investment, Pete Casella, Senior Partner
04 Sep. 2023 Europe issues $87.7bn of green bonds in 2Q 2023, up 30% [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European entities issued $87.67 billion of green bonds in the 2023 April-June quarter, up 30% on the previous three months, said a study. According to data from the nonprofit Climate Bonds Initiative, global green bond sales are likely to accelerate further, helped
04 Sep. 2023 Urban Partners amasses $2bn for Nordic real estate fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Urban Partners, a capital pooling platform created by Nrep, Velo Capital, Luma Equity, and venture capital firm 2150, has raised €1.85bn ($2bn) for its open-ended core-plus Nordic real estate fund. According to a media release from the platform created to house
03 Sep. 2023 AIMA, with other associations, files suit to challenge lawfulness of SEC Private Funds Adviser Rules [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - AIMA, the global representative of the alternative investment industry, along with the National Association of Private Fund Managers (NAPFM) and four other business trade associations, has filed suit in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, asking the Court to se
01 Sep. 2023 Performance added $26.3bn net assets to hedge funds in July, eVestment says [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investors removed an estimated net of $5.6 billion from hedge funds in July. Performance accounted for an increase in assets. The result of both factors was a $26.3 billion increase in assets to an estimated $3.463 trillion, said a report by eVestment. "The most not
01 Sep. 2023 PhotonVentures has €60M first close on photonics fund [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Dutch firm PhotonVentures has reached a €60 million first close for a new fund focused on making investments in Europe's photonics industry. The firm is targeting €100 million for the fund by next year. Photonic chips leverage particles of ligh
31 Aug. 2023 Zeal Capital Partners hires NEA's Zhen to lead healthcare vertical [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Zeal Capital Partners, the Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm, today announced its expanded commitment into health equity. Healthcare investor Emily Zhen joins Zeal Capital Partners as Principal to execute Zeal's new health equity investing mandate. Zeal aims to
31 Aug. 2023 AustralianSuper snags AXA's Hargraves to head up PE team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - AustralianSuper has appointed Mark Hargraves as its Head of International and Private Equity. He joins after 23 years with AXA Investment Management, the last two of which he served as Head of AXA IM Equity, where he held overall responsibility for $110 billion of assets
31 Aug. 2023 TISE partners with Avenir on private markets offering [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The International Stock Exchange (TISE) has today announced that Avenir Technology Limited, a leading global developer of financial market infrastructure solutions, will be providing auction trading, settlement and registry management technology for its new private market
31 Aug. 2023 Recast Capital selects first cohort of emerging managers for accelerator [more]
Opalesque Industry Update, for New Managers - Recast Capital, a platform dedicated to investing in and supporting emerging managers in venture, today announced the first cohort of Recast Accelerate, a catalytic progra
31 Aug. 2023 Activist investors push for new CEO at GAM [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: French billionaire Xavier Niel's NewGAMe shareholder group is providing 20 million Swiss francs ($23 million) as a lifeline investment to GAM following Liontrust's failed bid for the firm. NewGAMe also plans to put forward a new CEO candidate at an upcom
31 Aug. 2023 Maddix Capital launches $125M hybrid equity & opportunistic credit fund [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Utah-based Maddix Capital has launched its second hybrid equity and opportunistic credit fund with a target of $125 million. Maddix Services is closed-end fund - $100M in equity plus a $25M opportunistic credit piece. The fund is expected to yield both quart
30 Aug. 2023 Geek Ventures launches debut fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Geek Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in visionary immigrant founders, today announced the close of Geek Ventures Fund I, LP. The inaugural fund of $23 million will be used to support pre-seed and seed stage technology startups that are driving innovation in glo
30 Aug. 2023 Dealmaking in APAC down by 20.4% YOY [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Asia Pacific (APAC) region witnessed a 20.4% year-on-year decrease in mergers and acquisitions MA, private equity PE, and venture financing deals during the first seven months of 2023, said a study. According to the report by data analytics and consulting firm G
30 Aug. 2023 Grayscale wins Bitcoin ETF appeal [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Digital assets firm Grayscale may be closer to launching a Bitcoin ETF. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with the firm in a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission which denied an effort to convert Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust
30 Aug. 2023 FVLCRUM closes fund on $302M - beating target [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: FVLCRUM Partners, a lower middle market buyout firm focused on addressing the U.S.racial wealth gap, announced the final closing of FVLCRUM Fund LP together with its sister fund entities. The fund closed on over $302 million in aggregate commitments, exceeding i
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