In the week ending September 7th 2018 a research by AIMA and prime broker GPP found the emerging hedge fund industry robust and healthy, with the amount at which firms can breakeven going down to $85m of AuM versus $86m in 2017. However, marketing and funding marketing expenses remains a challenge. Despite 94% of sub-$100m managers say they are currently raising capital, more than a quarter (27%) spend none of their management fee on marketing. Alternative investment fund manager Olymp Capital is launching the European investment fund to cover the entire blockchain and crypto asset ecosystem; Tages Capital has announced the launch of the tail hedge fund, Tages Paladin Fund; and Swedish asset manager East Capital has launched a UCITS China A-Shares fund that incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. In other new launches I Squared Capitalhas raised $7bn for its second fund; KKR Global Infrastructure Investors III raised $7.4bn for its fund focused on pursuing global infrastructure investment opportunities; Pomona Capital closed its ninth dedicated secondaries fund Pomona Capital IX at $1.8bn; AllianzGI launched Ucits version of $600m water fund and South Korea is launching $2.70bn fund to be managed by 15 private firms. Oberland Capital has cl...................... To view our full article Click here |
Alternative Market Briefing Weekly
Saturday, September 08, 2018
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