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Opalesque Roundup: Emerging market hedge fund gains accelerate as AUM reaches highest level since 2Q 2022: hedge fund news

Saturday, June 29, 2024

In the week ending June 28th 2024, industry figures showed that emerging markets hedge funds gains accelerated through mid-2Q, leading industry-wide regional performance with contributions across regions as already-elevated geopolitical risk continued to rise, driven not only by ongoing and potential military conflicts, but also the volatile impact of elections throughout Europe and the US, and associated policy changes in 2H24.

Total Emerging Markets and Asian hedge fund assets increased to begin 2024, with estimated Emerging Markets AUM rising to approximately $250 billion, while total estimated capital invested in Asian hedge funds rose to nearly $133 billion, both representing their highest capital levels since 2Q 2022.

In new launches, Bobby Jain's multistrategy hedge fund is set to launch on July 1 with at least $5.3 billion - known investors include Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and bank wealth platforms including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UBS Group AG and HSBC Holdings Plc, according to people familiar with the matter; On its 10th anniversary, Falcon Investment Management, a multi-manager hedge fund platform based in London, has just launched a new fund that provides investors such as family offices access to its investment platform, and KKR is seeking about $20 billion from investors for its latest flagship North America private equity fund, according to people familiar with the matter, three years after it launched its predecessor fund of similar size.

Meanwhile, global credit investment firm HPS Investment Partners held the final close of its ......................

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