Growth technology investor White Star Capital holds $360m final close for Fund III... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: White Star Capital, a multi-stage global technology investment platform, announced it has secured $360 million for its third flagship fund, to invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building ambitious, global businesses. Its original target was $300 million.
The VC fir
How hedge funds can weather fourth quarter's choppy markets... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: In its latest 'Fourth-Quarter Hedge-Fund Strategy Outlook', K2 Advisors said as we move into the fourth quarter (Q4), markets are in a tug-of-war involving various good news versus bad news debates.
Hedge funds are well-placed to outperform other assets classes in a
Hedge fund managers return -0.44% in September... [more]Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers returned -0.44% in September, outperforming the global equity market as represented by the MSCI ACWI (Local) which returned -3.55% during the month.
In terms of 2021 performance, global hedge funds were up 8.14%, recording the strongest September
Hedge funds revive treasury basis trade as front-end yields soar... [more]From Bloomberg: Hedge funds are piling back into a trade involving U.S. Treasury futures as surging expectations for Federal Reserve rate increases create dislocations in the market, particularly for two-year notes.
The Treasury basis trade involves pairing a position in futures with an opposite
Advisors are open to increasing alternative allocations, but barriers remain... [more]Opalesque Industry Update - Advisors recognize the benefits of allocating to alternative investments; however, barriers remain to their use, according to Cerulli's latest white paper, Advisor Use of Alternative Investments in 2021, produced in collaboration with Blue Vault, and based on an inaugural
People: One of Goldman Sachs' top women is off to a hedge fund... [more]From eFinancial Careers: Goldman Sachs has lost one of its top women in Europe to Capula Investment Management, the fixed income-focused hedge fund. Jenniffer Emanuel, the former head of client experience for Goldman's global markets division, has joined Capula as chief operating officer according t
Tech: Climate tech startups raise a record $32 billion... [more]From Euro News: What's the connection between the food sharing app Olio, the Swedish green batteries maker Northvolt and the marketplace for second-hand clothing Depop?
They are all climate tech startups whose investment has skyrocketed since the Paris Climate Agreement, raising a record $32 bil
Study: Vast majority of HNWIs underestimate the money they need for comfortable retirement... [more]From International Investment: High-net-worth-individuals (HNWIs) in the UK are significantly underestimating how much money they need for the retirement they want, with the average respondent misjudging by almost half, according to the inaugural Saltus Wealth Index.
The Saltus Wealth Index surv
Legal: Ex-hedge fund trader swindled millions after 2019 industry ban... [more]From Bloomberg: A former trader at shuttered hedge fund Marinus Capital Advisors was accused by the SEC of swindling millions from investors despite being barred from the industry in 2019.
Swapnil Rege started a new company and raised $10 million from investors after he was fired from Marinus in
Regulatory: SEC gets path to rein in Stablecoins as U.S. weighs new rules... [more]From Bloomberg: Wall Street's top watchdog won concessions in a debate between U.S. regulators over how to police stablecoins, clearing a path for the Securities and Exchange Commission to crack down on the $131 billion market.
The Treasury Department and other agencies will specify in a highly-
Activists: Duke Energy said to be close to letting activist investor put two directors on its board... [more]From Biz Journals: Activist investor Elliott Management Corp. may soon get two seats on Duke Energy Corp.'s 13-member board of directors, as Reuters reports the parties are close to a settlement after months of public sniping.
Neither Duke nor Elliott would comment for this article, nor even say
And, finally: Picky, Picky... [more]From Associated Press: Vojin Kusic, 72, of Srbac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, built a home for himself and his family many years ago. His wife, Ljubica, wanted the bedrooms to face the sun at the time, so the living room faced away from the road. In time, Ljubica became distressed that she couldn't see visi
In this issue we have included three in-depth features with leading fund managers and investors. We start with "Alpha in Africa", where Andre Steyn, a Cape Town based manager I have been following since 2011 who also gained global recognition as "Africa's leading short-seller", describes Africa's multidecade growth story and how "global investor apathy" leaves this outstanding investment
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What is exponential growth? Suppose a population of mice rises exponentially to the power of two every year starting with two in the first year, then four in the second year, 16 in the third year, 256 in the fourth year, and so on. Apparently, the same applies to our curre..
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