In the week ending 10 August, 2018, a Credit Suisse survey showed that investors are coming back to hedge funds after a rough few years. Callan's sixth annual survey has found that 43% of U.S. asset owners have incorporated ESG into their investment decisions. Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners is raising $516 million to launch a new fund focused on secondaries and co-investments; Fidelity Investments announced it would roll out two index mutual funds on Friday that charge no fees; Prime Capital has launched PCAM Select, a new multi-strategy fund of hedge funds; at least three commodity-focused hedge funds launched in the first six months of this year, compared with two new funds for the whole of 2017; Keppel Capital Ventures has signed an MOU with Vicinity Centres to establish a new private fund; Greater Pacific received commitments of $300 million for the first close of a $700-million India-focused fund; Mobius Capital Partners is planning to launch an emerging and frontier markets investment trust on the London Stock Exchange; BlackRock has introduced four open-ended emerging market debt funds that apply an ESG screen; and the crypto fund space is showing great acceleration with 466 launches so far this year. Crescent Crypto Asset announced the completion of its Series A financing and launch of its offshore Cayman fund; Franklin Templeton Alternative Investments launched its maiden fund 'Franklin India Long Short Equity AIF'; TCW Group is launching a Ucits-compliant version of its $1.8 billion Artificial Intelligence Strategy...................... To view our full article Click here |
Alternative Market Briefing Weekly
Sunday, August 12, 2018
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