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28 Feb. 2024 JLL Partners brings on Killackey as MD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - JLL Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the healthcare, aerospace and defense, and business services sectors, today announced that Cara Killackey has joined the Firm as Managing Director of Investor Relations.
28 Feb. 2024 Global Millennial Capital closes oversubscribed debut fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Global Millennial Capital Ltd.,an award-winning venture capital fund that uses a data-driven research approach to identify investment white spaces in the global technology sector and reduce investment bias, announced the close of its first fund as part of an oversubscribe
28 Feb. 2024 Black Tech Nation Ventures closes debut fund on $50M [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Black Tech Nation Ventures, a Pittsburgh-based venture firm, today announced the close of a $50 million inaugural fund. BTN.vc invests in software startups led by founders from diverse backgrounds that have historically been overlooked by venture funding. The fund believe
28 Feb. 2024 EQT hits the hard cap, wraps up the tenth fund at $24bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: In a slow fundraising market, buyout firm EQT hit its hard cap of €22 billion ($23.7 billion) for its flagship private equity fund EQT X, exceeding its €20 billion target. It also represents one of the largest private equity funds ever raised. The previou
28 Feb. 2024 TRP Capital Partners raises continuation fund for GenOx Transportation Inc. [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: TRP Capital has completed a single asset continuation fund for GenOx Transportation Inc. Barings, Kline Hill Partners and Adams Street Partners were all co-lead investors. Financial terms were not disclosed. GenOx operates a fleet of specialty trailers that
28 Feb. 2024 Impact Engine closes second fund on $85M [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Impact Engine has closed its second private equity fund on $85 million. Impact Engine, an independent, women and BIPOC-led and employee-owned asset manager investing in venture capital and private equity strategies. Impact Engine launched its private equity
28 Feb. 2024 The argument for all equities [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: With equity indices breaking all records, it may be reasonable to wonder if investors should go all in on equities. A paper by three U.S. academics that came out in October sugges
27 Feb. 2024 Commonfund: Independent Schools report 9.2% return on endowment assets for FY2023 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Institutions participating in the Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Independent Schools for the 2023 fiscal year reported an average annual return of 9.2 percent on their endowment assets. The average one-year return increased by 20.5 percentage points from -11.3 percent pos
27 Feb. 2024 Meketa Investment Group to host emerging manager day in April 2024 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update, for New Managers - Meketa Investment Group, a global investment consulting and fiduciary management firm, today announced its Public and Private Markets Emerging & Diverse Manager Research D
27 Feb. 2024 Global pension assets up 11% in 2023, reaching $55.7tn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The value of global pension assets rose by 11 percent on aggregate to $55.7tn in 2023, said a study. According to the Thinking Ahead Institute's (TAI) latest Global Pension Assets Study, the seven largest (P7) pension markets, in which 91% of assets ($50.8trn) are
27 Feb. 2024 Qatar Investment Authority launches new venture capital program [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The Qatar Investment Authority is set to launch a new venture capital program. QIA will put $1 billion into the country's first venture capital fund of funds. The new fund of funds will invest in both global and regional venture capital managers. QIA say
26 Feb. 2024 NAIC launches Minority Business Enterprise Certification (MBEC) Program [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC), the largest network of diverse-owned alternative investment firms, announces the launch of the NAIC Minority Business Enterprise Certification (MBEC) Program. Open to NAIC member firms and the more than 2,000 compan
26 Feb. 2024 TCW closes latest CLO at $400M [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The TCW Group, a leading global asset management company, today announced that it has closed a $400 million Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) fund, TCW CLO 2024-1, Ltd., which is secured primarily by broadly syndicated first-lien loans. TCW now manages 11 CLOs with
23 Feb. 2024 Nearly a third of Americans have never heard of alternative investing [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Alto, a self-directed IRA platform that enables individuals to invest in alternative assets using their retirement funds, today announced the findings of their new alternative investments survey - 'What do Americans Think of Alternative Investments in 2024?'. The
23 Feb. 2024 American GPs and asset managers expect higher fee income this year [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: According to a new survey of General Partners (GPs) and asset managers, economic uncertainty and recessionary fears may be having less of an impact on overall business and alternative investment strategy than last year. The survey results were published in the "
22 Feb. 2024 Coller Capital launches new secondaries product [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Coller Capital, the world's largest independent investor dedicated exclusively to private market secondaries, today announced the upcoming launch of the Coller Secondaries Private Equity Opportunities Fund, a tender offer fund specifically designed for accredited high
22 Feb. 2024 ARC Fund launches new effort to support underrepresented founders [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The ARC Fund launched three Community Rounds today to support underrepresented impact entrepreneurs raise growth capital between $250,000 and $5,000,000 over a three-month "equity crowdfunding" campaign using the Wefunder platform in response to the scarcity of
22 Feb. 2024 Morrison Foerster adds private equity partner [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Michael Vernace as a partner in the firm's Finance and Private Equity Groups in the Transactions Department, based in the San Francisco office. Vernace brings to the firm 15 years of exper
22 Feb. 2024 CVC racks up $6.8bn for sixth Asia fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European private markets manager CVC raised $6.8 billion for its sixth Asia fund, its largest to date, showcasing strong investor demand in a challenging fundraising environment. The Asia VI fund, exceeding its $6 billion target, is 50% larger than its fifth Asia fu
21 Feb. 2024 Assets invested in the Global ETFs industry reached a new milestone of $11.73tn at the end of January [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - ETFGI reported that assets invested in the Global ETFs industry reached a new milestone of US$11.73 trillion at the end of January. The global ETFs industry gathered US$136.80 billion in net inflows in January. During the month, assets invested in the global ETFs ind
21 Feb. 2024 The Bahamas removed from the European Union's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Ministry of Finance announced The Bahamas' removal from Annex 1 of the European Union's ("EU") list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. The Bahamas' official removal from the list follows the publishing of the adopted conclusions of the Economic and
21 Feb. 2024 Reed Smith adds private equity partner [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Global law firm Reed Smith today announced the appointment of private equity partner Tom Whelan in its London office. Whelan joined the firm's Global Corporate Group on 19 February from McDermott Will & Emery (MWE), where he was a partner and head of the private equity an
21 Feb. 2024 First Reserve taps Tomlin to co-lead capital formation [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - First Reserve, a leading global private equity investment firm exclusively focused on investing across diversified energy, utility, and general industrial end-markets, today announced that Todd Tomlin has joined the firm as Managing Director. He will serve as Co-Head of C
21 Feb. 2024 Global M&A value fell 16% to $3.1tn in 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: For all of 2023, global M&A activity dropped 16 percent from a year earlier, to $3.1 trillion - a showing even weaker than the pandemic year of 2020, according to a McKinsey report. This contrasts with other market benchmarks, such as the S&P 500, which climbed 24 p
20 Feb. 2024 Institutions increase ownership of alternative asset investment companies [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Institutional investors marginally increased their share of investment companies' shareholder base, from 49% at the end of December 2022 to 50% a year later, said a study. Wealth managers' share declined by 1 percentage point, from 26% to 25%, according to the Asso
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