Today's Exclusives
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BlackRock low-carbon strategies attract $1 billion from CalSTRS [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: California State Teachers' Retirement System, West Sacramento, invested $1 billion in two new low-carbon transition readiness exchange-traded funds managed by BlackRock.
A press release from the American multinational investment management corporation based in New Y
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Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds advanced in March for sixth consecutive month despite equity market volatility: hedge fund news, week 14 [more]
In the week ending April 9th 2021, data released by HFR revealed that hedge funds advanced in March for the sixth consecutive month despite acceleration in realized equity
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Quantumrock's flagship strategy closes the first quarter with +2.77 % [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Quantumrock, the AI driven investment manager, announced that its absolute return strategy, Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), has closed the first quarter of 2021 up 2.77%.
The volatility strategies contributed with +1.79%, profiting mostly from the
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Hedge funds recorded their best Q1 performance since 2006 on the back of a global equity rally [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.95% in March 2021, supported by the robust performance of the global equity market as represented by the MSCI ACWI (Local) which gained 3.24% over the same period. Long-dated US treasuries continued to sell off, resulting in the y
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07. Apr. |
Opalesque Exclusive: DSC Meridian focuses on ESG with new Climate Action Fund [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: DSC Meridian Capital, a distressed and event-driven credit hedge fund led by ex-Paulson Head of Credit Research Sheru Chowdhry, has launched the Climate Action Fun
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07. Apr. |
Investcorp and Xponance team up to invest in diverse and woman-owned alts managers [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Xponance and Investcorp have entered into a strategic partnership to stake and seed diverse and woman-owned alternative asset managers. The partnership will focus on managers in the mid-market.
Investcorp's Strategic Capital Group and Xponance Alts Solu
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05. Apr. |
Opalesque Roundup: Inflows and performance lift hedge fund AUM to over $3.4 trillion: hedge fund news, week 13 [more]
In the week ending April 2nd 2021, eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report said that global hedge funds continued their strong start to 2021 with elevated asset flows
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01. Apr. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Duo Reges Capital Management takes on human-machine bias [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: When you think about investing buzzwords and phrases it's hard to find one buzzier than "machine learning". These days it's all about finding the right qua
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31. Mar. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Emerging manager Fate Capital bets on economic recovery [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: The middle of a pandemic is probably not a moment when a lot of people think about starting a hedge fund. But for Fate Capital, the pandemic was an opportunity. By
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26. Mar. |
Asia Pacific private equity deal value hits new highs despite the pandemic [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Private equity deal value across the Asia Pacific hit a new record in 2020 despite the pandemic, according to new data from Bain & Company. Deal value across the region hit a record high of $185 billion, up 19% from 2019 and 23% over the previous five-year avera
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22. Mar. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Rotella Qdeck envisions hedge funds as a service [more]
Rotella Capital Management has a new look. The firm, now known as Rotella Qdeck, is reimagining itself with the aid of new technology and a new platform for investors.
Rotella Qdeck is a fintech platform offering "hedge funds as a service". In essence, the platform offers investors cu
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22. Mar. |
Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund industry gains 3.76% YTD in February 2021: hedge fund news, week 11 [more]
In the week ending March 19th 2020, BarclayHedge announced that the hedge fund industry continued its positive run in February, as Barclay Hedge Fund Index returned 2.68% for the month. By comparison, the S&P Total Return Index
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19. Mar. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Yield hungry investors stick with private debt [more]
Investors on the hunt for yield are pouring assets into private credit. According to data from Preqin, the asset class is on pace to hit $1.5 trillion by 2025. Hundreds of new funds are fundraising this year and many investors have indicated they are also interested in re-upping with existing relati
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17. Mar. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Life settlements stand strong as some other 'Bedrock investments' are failing investors [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Life settlements is one of the few asset classes that can protect portfolios against the deflationary scenario, deliver stable performance in a "muddle through" scenario, and even do well in a moderate inflation scenario, claims
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16. Mar. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Investing in China growth without following consensus works well for this manager [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Investing in the high growth generational theme in China can be rewarding especially if the investor seeks non-consensus stocks with attractive values, according to a manager whose fund returned 40% net last year, compared to the MSCI China index's 26%.
Michelle L
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16. Mar. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Investing in China growth without following consensus works well for this manager [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Investing in the high growth generational theme in China can be rewarding especially if the investor seeks non-consensus stocks with attractive values, according to a manager whose fund returned 40% net last year, compared to the MSCI China index's 26%.
Michelle L
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11. Mar. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Asset management M&A remains elevated despite pandemic [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: M&A within asset management is continuing at an elevated rate despite the pandemic, according to a new report from investment bank Piper Sandler. 256 asset management transactions were completed in 2020, a 5% decrease from 2019 but a continuation of higher than
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08. Mar. |
Opalesque Exclusive: New aviation fund returns 20% in February by betting on recovery [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva:
2020 resulted in the worst
ever global airline financial performance. From a position where
2019 profits were just under $26bn, losses are expected to be over
$118bn in 2020, according to
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09. Apr. 2021 |
Other Voices: Private equity's new trend: selling to themselves [more]
By: Andreas Hinsen, Loyens Loeff
The decline in global M&A activity during the Covid-19 pandemic, combined with the ongoing lack of attractively priced targets, led to a rise in an alternative exit scenario for private equity firms: selling their portfolio companies to themselves, typically by c
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30. Mar. 2021 |
Other Voices: The ripples behind the SPAC wave [more]
By: Michael Hackett, David Heck, Jonathan Weiss
The past year saw a burst in popularity of SPACs. More than half of companies that went public in 2020 did so using a SPAC on their way to raising over $80 billion in proceeds, and so far in 2021 SPAC offerings far outpace traditional IPOs. SPACs a
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30. Mar. 2021 |
Other Voices: The ripples behind the SPAC wave [more]
By: Michael Hackett, David Heck, Jonathan Weiss
The past year saw a burst in popularity of SPACs. More than half of companies that went public in 2020 did so using a SPAC on their way to raising over $80 billion in proceeds, and so far in 2021 SPAC offerings far outpace traditional IPOs. SPACs a
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19. Mar. 2021 |
Other Voices: Trends in demand for hedge fund strategies [more]
By: Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners
The hedge fund industry is dynamic, comprising of numerous strategies that attract varying degrees of interest over time. Demand for each strategy is impacted by many variables including capital market valuations, expectations of economic growth, inflation,
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12. Mar. 2021 |
Other Voices: Volatility ahead? What to make of recent Fed and Treasury moves [more]
Authored by EG Fisher, co-CIO, Mariner Investment Group, LLP.
With vaccinations in course around the globe, the financial markets are looking for signs of when the global economy will shake off the coronavirus hangover and what a post-COVID economy might look like.
Two recent
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04. Mar. 2021 |
Other Voices: UK private funds face Brexit challenges [more]
By: Elena Faloutsou, Greg Norman, Abigail Reeves - Skadden
The negotiations that culminated in the establishment of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) at the end of 2020 concluded with no meaningful agreement in relation to the provision of financial services between the United Kingdom an
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23. Feb. 2021 |
Other Voices: Hedge fund launches in 2021: obstacles and opportunities [more]
By Aaron Steinberg, Head of Prime Services Sales and Relationship Management at BNY Mellon Pershing
There were 42 launches in Q3 of 2020-the lowest of any fiscal quarter of the last five years-and of those launch
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11. Feb. 2021 |
Other Voices: Congress restores and codifies expansive SEC fines authority [more]
By: Catherine Botticelli , Anthony S. Kelly, Eric Auslander, Dennis Lawson and Lindsay E. Ray
Overriding a presidential veto, Congress on January 1, 2021 enacted the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. In part, the NDAA restored significant
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- New Launches: Atlas Holdings closes fourth PE fund at $3.1bn, Zigg Capital nabs $225m to invest in proptech startups, Canvas Ventures raises $350m to help bring intentionality back to early-stage investing, BlackRock and Fidelity launch first green bond ETFs[more]
Atlas Holdings closes fourth PE fund at $3.1bn
From PE Insights: Atlas Holdings has held the first and final close of its fourth private equity investment fund, Atlas Capital Resources IV LP (ACR IV) at its hard cap of $3.1 billion.
The latest fundraising, which began in Novembe - SPACs: UK stock market to lure SPACs with rules overhaul, Nuvation Bio flounders after EcoR1 SPAC merger, Singapore Exchange may launch regulatory framework for SPACs by mid-2021, SPAC listings slow to a crawl with bankers buried in paperwork[more]
UK stock market to lure SPACs with rules overhaul
From Yahoo Finance: Britain's financial watchdog has fired the starting gun on plans to overhaul stock market rules in a bid to lure more SPACs to the London market.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Wednesday said it woul - New Launches: Amundi launches Just Transition for Climate fund, Index Ventures launches $200m seed fund, China's Hosen Capital hits $800m hard cap for third US dollar fundraise, Shackleton launches fifth venture secondaries fund[more]
Amundi launches Just Transition for Climate fund
From Bloomberg: Amundi has launched a European fixed income fund that will support energy transition. The Just Transition for Climate fund is managed by Alban de Fa?, head of fixed income ESG investing, and Dany da Fonseca, credit portfo - SPACs: Investors see $90bn SPAC craze fizzling in the next year, US regulator turns spotlight on rosy SPAC projections, SPACs drive March M&A record, but other infotech players are still buying, Blank-check ETFs keep coming even as SPAC fever cools down[more]
Investors see $90bn SPAC craze fizzling in the next year
From PE News: Investors overseeing almost $13tn in assets say the frenzy around Spac listings will slow over the coming 12 months, predicting a spate of high profile failures will suppress appetite for so-called blank-cheque comp - PE/VC: 'Frustrated' limited partners are questioning PE-sponsored SPACs, European venture reaches all-time high in the first quarter of 2021[more]
'Frustrated' limited partners are questioning PE-sponsored SPACs
From Institutional Investor: It's hard to imagine that private equity firms would have stayed out of the booming business of special-purpose acquisition companies. But private-equity-sponsored SPACs could lead to conflicts
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