Today's Exclusives

• Activist investing stimulate innovation and strength in targeted companies [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The third-party activism in corporate governance can increase the longevity and sustainability of a company's innovation, says a new research. Research from Columbia Business School's Professor Wei Jiang, Arthur F. Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Ent

• Micro venture capital funds are set to beat the 2018 record in the U.S. [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US-based micro venture capital funds (sized at $100mn or less) had a record year in 2018, raising $7.8bn across 316 vehicles, a record that may well be broken this year, said a study. According to Preqin, with $6.1bn raised in the first three quarters of 2019, micro

• European fund manager Azimut enters the U.S. market for private equity stakes [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European fund manager Azimut, which manages about $65bn in assets under management, has launched Azimut Alternative Capital Partners (AACP) in New York to invest in general partner (GP) stakes of alternative managers specialized in the private markets space. The Ita

• HarbourVest raises $3bn for Co-Investment Fund V [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Boston-based HarbourVest Partners closed its latest private equity fund above the fundraising target - the $3 billion HarbourVest Partners Co-Investment Fund V was oversubscribed and above its $2.5 billion target. The fund's strategy is to create a global, diversif

• Optimism rules European family business says KPMG research [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 62 percent of Europe's private family businesses are confident or very confident about the future business's outlook for the next 12 months. Optimism is especially high among family businesses in Ireland (91 percent), Portugal (78 percent) and the Netherlands (6

• Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds still largest alternatives investment but quickly giving up market share: hedge fund news, week 43 [more]

  In the week ending November 15th 2019, a new study from Ernst&Young (EY) found that hedge funds continue to make up the largest percentage of investors' allocations to alternatives, but they are quickly giving up market share to private equity firms raking in the cash that investors are

More Exclusives

• 15. Nov. | Opalesque Exclusive: Investors are sticking with alternatives but are putting pressure on managers to focus on ESG, succession planning [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Investors are continuing to allocate to alternatives, but they're choosing private equity and real estate over hedge funds according to EY's latest Global Alternative Funds Survey. Investors also want to see a robust talent management strategy and greate

• 13. Nov. | Opalesque Exclusive: Hedge funds and private equity hang on despite headwinds [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new report from Cayman law firm Walkers shows that hedge funds are hanging on despite continuing headwinds. New hedge fund launch data compiled by Walkers

• 11. Nov. | Opalesque Roundup: Equity hedge strategy up +1.3% in October, with +9.3% YTD gain: hedge fund news, week 10 [more]

  In the week ending November 8th 2019, HFR reported that the HFRI Equity Hedge (Total) Index led main strategy performance for the month with a +1.3 percent return, bringing the Y

• 07. Nov. | Opalesque Roundtable: Venture capital investors discuss how they screen startups for investment [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: It's no secret that a majority of startup companies fail. Bad ideas, inexperienced management teams, or simply a lack of funding to get to the next level can end a company. Venture capital stakes its edge on being able to identify early-stage companies tha

• 04. Nov. | Opalesque Roundup: Asia hedge funds fastest growth puts spotlight on local talent: hedge fund news, week 41 [more]

  In the week ending November 1st 2019, media reports said that as more and more big hedge funds expand in Asia and the region's assets under management grow at a faster clip than in the US and Britain, industry executives say the number of qualified candidates has failed to keep up. Hedge funds

• 01. Nov. | Opalesque Roundtable: Brexit hits venture capital in the UK [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: As Brexit negotiations drag on, LPs and GPs are looking more closely at the impact to venture capital. As an asset class, venture capital is typically uncorrelated to broad geopolitical trends that might move markets, but according to delegates at the recent Opa

• 01. Nov. | Opalesque Exclusive: SALT heads to the middle east [more]

  The SALT Conference is returning to the international stage. Later this month SALT will present in partnership with Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre of Abu Dhabi. SALT Abu Dhabi will be the inaugural SALT event in the Middle East or Africa. Opalesque sat down with

• 31. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: SAVA Investment Management launches hybrid private equity/digital assets fund [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new fund is coming to market that offers a hybrid structure giving investors access to private equity and digital tokens. SAVA Investment Management has lau

• 30. Oct. | Opalesque TV: An idea on how to access plenty of investment ideas [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: There are many investment platforms around. Here we have one that was created by a seasoned professional who wanted to shift away from the traditional fund management model,

• 29. Oct. | JP Morgan Asset Management beats target, closes special situations fund on $1bn+ [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: J.P. Morgan Asset Management, the investing arm of J.P. Morgan has closed its debut special situations fund on $1.06 billion. The Lynstone Special Situations Fund beat its $750 million target. Lynstone is part of its alternative investments platform. J.P. Mo

• 28. Oct. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds steadily lost investors for 1.5 years but institutions say they'll come back: hedge fund news, week 40 [more]

  In the week ending October 25th 2019, Jeffrey Vinik, the billionaire investor who relaunched his hedge fund earlier this year, said he is closing his stock-picking hedge fund less than eight months after he started it, the latest sign of challenges facing the hedge-fund industry. This news come

• 25. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Swedish currency fund Century Analytics AB launches with a focus on machine learning [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: 2019 has been a rough year for hedge funds. Everything from market volatility to geopolitical headwinds is making it hard for managers to outperform. A new fund -

• 23. Oct. | Opalesque TV: On changing the world through corporate venture capital [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Venture capitalist Eric Munson is a true believer in the good of technology and innovation. He also feels optimistic about the role of corporate venture capital and secondary markets in the financial world. Born and bred in what became Silicon Valley during his lifet

• 21. Oct. | Opalesque Exclusive: Dutch ESG hedge fund returns 18% in first seven months [more]

  B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The Altaica Sustainable Equity Long Short (SELS) Fund is an up and coming ESG hedge fund; since its launch in March, it has returned 18.2% through an astute selection of stocks that have high ESG ratings, the use of factor modeling, risk hedging and leveraging. 10

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