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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
19 Feb. 2024 Theta Capital publishes report on blockchain technology for allocators, The Satellite View [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Theta Capital, the global investor in blockchain VC funds, has published the first such report of its kind on the future of investment in blockchain technology, "The Satellite View". The report features insights and outlooks from crypto's leading experts including many of
17 Feb. 2024 Healthcare investors have developed a taste for alternative assets [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - In recent years, investment officers at leading US healthcare systems and hospitals have steadily developed a preference for alternative assets. According to
17 Feb. 2024 Swiss Limited Qualified Investor Fund (L-QIF) available from 1st March [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - From 1 March 2024, a new Swiss fund category, the Limited Qualified Investor Fund (L-QIF), will be available to qualified investors. On this date, the associated amendment to the Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance (CISO) will enter into force together with the ame
16 Feb. 2024 Generali Investments arm Infranity secures $2.15bn for infrastructure impact debt funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Generali Investments' sustainable infrastructure arm Infranity has raised €2bn ($2.15bn) across two flagship infra impact debt funds - double the initial €1bn target. The specialized and sustainable infrastructure manager said in a media release that f
15 Feb. 2024 Swiss Limited Qualified Investor Fund (L-QIF) available from 1st March [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - From 1 March 2024, a new Swiss fund category, the Limited Qualified Investor Fund (L-QIF), will be available to qualified investors. On this date, the associated amendment to the Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance (CISO) will enter into force together with the ame
15 Feb. 2024 APAC VC deals declined 33.2% in 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A study revealed that a total of 3,897 venture capital (VC) deals with disclosed funding value were announced during 2023 in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. According to GlobalData, it is a 33.2% decline compared to the announcement of 5,833 VC deals during the prev
15 Feb. 2024 Swiss-UK financial services agreement brings many benefits to wealth and asset management industry [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Just before Christmas, Switzerland and the UK signed the Berne Financial Services Agreement on the mutual recognition of each other's regulatory and supervisory frameworks, aka the MRA. This agreement wants to facilitate the cross-border provision of financial se
14 Feb. 2024 40% of global institutional investors plan to increase allocations to private debt [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Over the next three years, 40% of institutional investors around the world plan to increase allocations to private debt, said a study. According to the report by Coalition Greenwich, traditional long-only managers building up private markets capabilities should fin
14 Feb. 2024 Family offices to up allocations to alts in 2024 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Family offices plan to significantly grow their allocations to alternative investments this year, according to a report by KKR. Family offices are investing to grow wealth with future generations in mind - 93 percent said this was a focus for their portfolios, accor
13 Feb. 2024 BlackRock co-CIO joins Silver Creek [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - David Matter has joined Silver Creek Capital Management, an alternative investment boutique focused on developing unique investment solutions for institutional and sophisticated investors globally, as Co-Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Matter was most recently a Managing
13 Feb. 2024 Hedge fund portfolios deliver an average return of 6.67% in 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: BNP Paribas' annual 2024 Alternative Investment Survey reported that in 2023 their hedge fund portfolios delivered an average return of 6.67%, 1.5% shy of their target return. For most of the past decade, hedge funds faced headwinds to generate alpha as a resul
12 Feb. 2024 AGF makes strategic investment in New Holland Capital [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - AGF Management Limited announced that it has made a strategic investment in New Holland Capital, a New-York based multi-strategy investment manager with more than US$5 billion in assets under management and more than 17 years of experience providing institutional investor
12 Feb. 2024 Global M&A deal volume nosedives to 17% in 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Totaling $2.2 trillion, the global merger & acquisition (M&A) deal value plummeted to its lowest point in five years, said a study. According to GlobalData, these deals marked a 12% decrease from the prior year, attributed to inflation spikes and increasing interes
12 Feb. 2024 Five-year performance for hedge funds stands at 6.5% [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: In 2023, hedge fund assets - as measured by those funds reporting to Aurum's Hedge Fund Data Engine - have grown by
08 Feb. 2024 Credit hedge funds lead HFRI gain to begin 2024 as geoplotical risk escalates [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds extended recent performance gains to begin 2024, with strong contributions from fixed income-based strategies as geopolitical risks continued to escalate, adding active conflicts in Yemen and the Red Sea to the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Israel. Gain
08 Feb. 2024 PineBridge racks up $1.36bn for private-credit fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: PineBridge Investments, a private, global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing, has collected $1.36 billion for a private credit fund set up to provide capital to U.S. companies, significantly exceeding a $1 billion target for the pool. Accord
07 Feb. 2024 Ex-KKR and Goldman manager launches flagship Korea activist fund - "Align Partners Korea Fund" [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Gordian Capital announced the formation of the Cayman domiciled Align Partners Korea Fund. This is a successor to the prior Korea domiciled fund, Align Partners Fund I in September 2021. The new fund includes the significant participation of a well-known US value manager,
07 Feb. 2024 Bertram Capital hits hard cap raising $1.5bn for its fifth fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Bertram Capital, a private equity firm targeting investments in lower middle market companies, announced the closing of its fifth committed capital investment fund, Bertram Capital V(BC V). The Fund was oversubscribed in interest with total limited partner commitmen
06 Feb. 2024 European alternative and traditional asset fund managers are optimistic about growth [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - New research from Carne Group, a leader in fund regulation and governance solutions for the asset management industry, reveals fund managers expect strong growth in 2024. Carne Group commissioned research with over 200 alternative asset, equity and fixed income fu
06 Feb. 2024 Brookfield raises $10bn for climate transition fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Brookfield Asset Management, the biggest clean-energy investor in private markets, has raised $10 billion at the first close of its second global private equity fund focused on investments accelerating the transition to a net-zero economy, the Brookfield Global Transi
05 Feb. 2024 Charlesbank amasses $1.5bn for third private credit fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Charlesbank Capital Partners, a Boston- and New York-based middle market private investment firm, has raised a $1.5 billion private credit fund, Credit Opportunities Fund III (COF III), exceeding its initial target of $1.25 billion. COF III is the successor to Charl
02 Feb. 2024 KKR raises $6.4bn for the largest pan-Asia infrastructure fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The New York-based global investment firm KKR has raised a record $6.4bn for its second Asia-focused infrastructure fund, underlining investors' continued appetite for private markets. According to a media release from the alternative assets manager, the figure top
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    Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The New York-based global investment firm KKR has raised a record $6.4bn for its second Asia-focused infrastructure fund, underlining investors' continued appetite for private markets. According to a media release from the alternative assets manager, the figure top

  2. Bucking the trend, top hedge fund makes plans for a second SPAC[more]

    From Institutional Investor: SPACs aren't dead. At least not to the folks at Cormorant Asset Management. The life sciences firm, whose hedge fund topped its peers in 2023, is confident it will match the success of its first blank-check company. Last week, the life sciences and biopharma speciali

  3. Benefit Street Partners closes fifth fund on $4.7 billion[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Benefit Street Partners has closed its fifth flagship direct lending vehicle, BSP Debt Fund V, with $4.7 billion of investable capital across the strategy. Benefit Street invests primarily in privately originated, floating rate, senior secured loans. The fun

  4. 4 hedge fund themes that are working in 2024[more]

    From The Street: A poor earnings report from Tesla (TSLA) has not hurt the indexes on Thursday. The decline in Tesla stock, which is losing its position in the Magnificent Seven pantheon, is more than offset by strong earnings from IBM (IBM) and ServiceNow (NOW) . In addition, the much higher-t

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    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Munich-based ThirdYear Capital rebounded in 2023, following a tough year for global macro. The firm's flagship ART Global Macro strategy finished the year up 1