Other Voices: Private equity ends 2020 on a high... [more]By: Ian Bagshaw | Oliver Brahmst | Daniel Yeh
Global private equity dealmaking continued its dramatic return to form in the fourth quarter, posting a strong finish to the year. Total deal value in Q4 came to US$336.5 billion, a 40% increase on the same quarter in 2019, while volume climbed 12% t
Investors redeemed $58bn from hedge funds in 2020... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investors removed an estimated $9.74 billion from hedge funds in the final month of 2020, said eVestment. YTD redemptions are estimated to be $58.76 billion. The total estimated industry AUM sits at $3.360 trillion.
Since 2008, only once have net flows been positive
Investment earnings generate 71% of public pension revenue... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: For the fiscal year 2020, earnings on investments accounted for 71% of public retirement system revenues, according to a survey.
The share of revenues that comes from investment earnings edged up from 69 percent a year earlier, while the employer contribution dipped
2020 CTA Challenge: And the winner is AG Capital Investments... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global macro investment firm AG Capital Investments' Discretionary Global Macro Program secures the #1 spot in the 2020 CTA Challenge, beating out the other 114 participating Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) programs for the year.
According to a press stateme
New adventures for hedge fund rogue Homm in $200m Swiss fraud trial... [more]From Bloomberg: A German hedge-fund manager who fended off U.S. extradition over an alleged $200-million fraud is finding legal troubles closer to home. Florian Homm's trial on charges of fraud, criminal mismanagement, money laundering and forgery was due to begin in a Swiss court on Tuesday.
Multi-strategy hedge funds: Equity in a different shade?... [more]From All About Alpha: Investing in hedge funds is challenging as both strategies and fund structures are complex. Almost all strategies are cyclical, although not all are on the same cycle. For example, statistical arbitrage tends to perform best when volatility is high, however, that represents a p
5 biggest quant funds in the world... [more]From Insider Monkey: Below are the 5 biggest quant funds in the world. 5. Renaissance Technologies: Quant pioneer Renaissance Technologies saw one of the biggest losses in its history from its three funds open to outside investors.
Renaissance Institutional Diversified Alpha fund and Renaissa
Property: EQT inks deal to buy real estate manager... [more]From PIonline.com: Private equity firm EQT agreed to acquire real estate manager Exeter Property Group in a $1.8 billion deal.
EQT's real assets capability currently has €19.3 billion ($23.5 billion) in assets. Exeter is a value-add logistics and industrial space U.S. and European real es
Europe: Britain starts work on post-Brexit asset management sector... [more]From Reuters: Britain set out options on Tuesday for increasing the global attractiveness of its 9.9 trillion pound ($13.59 trillion) asset management sector after Brexit put European Union retail fund investors out of reach.
The finance ministry said in a public consultation paper that ideas
PE/VC: Number of listed firms being taken private accelerated in the UK last year... [more]From PE News: A trend in recent years of listed companies being taken private has accelerated during the coronavirus crisis, according to research by the accountancy and business consultancy BDO.
The research found that private equity firms completed £21.1bn of deals for UK listed busine
Study: Structured product returns fall in 2020 despite continued success... [more]From Investment Week: Structured products had their worst year since 2004, despite more than two-thirds (69.4%) providing investors with positive returns and just 6.8% returning a loss, a report from Lowes Financial Management has revealed.
Last year was a volatile one for stockmarkets, in par
And, finally: A classic false pretence of virtue... [more]From The Smoking Gun: Esequiel Robles, 40, was caught after a traffic stop in Williston, North Dakota, with methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on Jan. 14. The Smoking Gun reported that Robles was on probation for narcotics possession at the time, following a 2019 conviction for meth possession.
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