Japan focussed private equity AUM reaches $68bn... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Japan's private equity (PE) industry is just beginning to grow, with Japan focussed PE assets under management (AUM) at $68bn as of December 2020, said a study.
According to the Preqin report, 'Alternative Assets in Asia - Japan', the total dry powder in Ja
Hedge funds take money and run after real's world-beating rally... [more]From Bloomberg: Hedge funds are closing out winning bets on the Brazilian real after it surged more than any other major currency, bracing for headwinds as the nation faces slower economic growth and increasing political turmoil.
Kapitalo Investimentos, which oversees over 20 billion reais ($3.8
Hedge funds are turning to private equity for higher returns... [more]From UK Investor Magazine: Hedge funds made $153bn worth of investments into private companies in the first six months of 2021, highlighting the extent to which they are now investing in private companies.
Goldman Sachs issued a report that showed that hedge funds have closed 770 deals so far in
Why a lone-star manager sees greener pastures in mutual funds... [more]From Institutional Investor: Salem Abraham is converting his Fortress hedge fund. "The best little hedge fund in Texas," as one wag dubbed it, is taking its show to the public.
The three-decades-plus-old Abraham Trading Co., based in the Texas Panhandle town of Canadian, is shutting the doors o
Commodity: BlackRock fund manager has cut almost all gold from portfolio... [more]From Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. fund manager Russ Koesterich has sold almost all of his gold holdings on expectations that real rates will normalize as the global economy rebounds.
"Fourteen months ago, we had a fairly significant position in gold. Today, we've reduced it to almost zero," Koester
M&A: Kudu takes stake in wealth manager... [more]Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC (DWA), an SEC-registered investment advisor managing more than $4.8 billion in assets, is partnering with Kudu Investment Management, LLC (Kudu), an independent provider of permanent capital solutions to asset and wealth managers worldwide.
Under terms of an agre
Family Offices: Chinese wealthy turn to family offices for next generation succession planning... [more]More resilient first-generation wealth holders in China, lagging behind global peers in formalising their inheritance plans, are opening family offices to train and support their solitary "ill-equipped" next generation successors in wealth preservation, investments and philanthropy.
New research
And, finally: Sleeping while talking to your husband is still an achievement... [more]From Oddity Central: Oddity Central reported on Sept. 3 that Li Zhanying of Henan, China, is known in her community for having gone more than 40 years without sleeping at all. Her husband and neighbors confirmed her claims, saying that she stayed up all night to do chores and didn't ever nap.
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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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