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Opalesque Video: Why cloning is a virtue in investing [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: One of the greatest principles of financial success, according to William Green, is cloning. That seems incongruous since many investment ideas claim to be based on original ideas. But there's more to cloning than just blindly copying.
William Green authored &quo
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Alternative investment secondary markets rebound in 1H, 2021 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Completed transactions on the alternative investment secondary markets rebounded in the first half of 2021, up 171.7% from the first half of the previous year, said a study.
According to the Setter Capital Volume Report H1 2020, volume was up significantly across m
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High-value VC investments in Q2 2021: the US and China account for more than 60% [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The US and China remained the preferred destinations for venture capital (VC) investors globally in Q2 2021, said a study.
According to GlobalData study, the US and China collectively accounted for 66.2% and 61.8% of high-value VC investment deals volume and value
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Prominent pastoralist joins Arbitrium Capital Partners [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The opportunistic credit, distressed debt and special situations fund chaired by Ray Horsburgh, AM, has appointed well known pastoralist and savvy investor Paddy Handbury to its Advisory Board.
Ray Horsburgh, AM, as Chair of the firm's Board was delighted to have
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Brandywine Global acquires Diamond Hill's high yield-focused funds and adds portfolio management team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC, a specialist investment manager and subsidiary of Franklin Resources,
Inc. has completed its acquisition of the business of Diamond
Hill's high yield-focused U.S. corporate credit mutual funds following a previously announced
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02. Aug. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Emerging markets infrastructure debt opportunities grow as economies reopen [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: For credit investors, yield has been hard to come by in recent years. Pandemic stimulus put downward pressure on many parts of the credit universe forcing investors to take on greater risk in order to get the returns they need. One area that has shown surprising
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02. Aug. |
Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund AUM declines as investors pull out $11bn in June: hedge fund news, week 30 [more]
In the week ending July 30th 2021, eVestment said that investors removed an estimated net $10.99 billion from hedge funds in June, reducing 2021 net inflow to $28.69
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30. Jul. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Duo Reges nears three year milestone, joins AI Global Investors platform [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: In June, emerging manager Duo Reges Capital Management and asset management firm AI Global Investors announced a partnership. Duo Reges, which is nearing its three
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27. Jul. |
Opalesque Exclusive: Institutions remain upbeat about private credit [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New data from AIMA's Private Credit Council shows that investors are still largely pleased with private credit as an asset class despite some initial pandemic related caution.
84% of investors surveyed were satisfied with how private credit performed in
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26. Jul. |
Opalesque Roundup: Global hedge fund assets up $360bn to now $3.96tn by June 30: hedge fund news, week 29 [more]
In the week ending July 23rd 2021, a report by HFR said that worldwide aggregate hedge fund assets reached an estimated $3.96 trillion as of June 30, an increase of $360 billion from the start of the year. Ac
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22. Jul. |
SkyBridge Co-CIO Troy Gayeski resigns [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Troy Gayeski has resigned from SkyBridge Capital, where he was a Partner, Co-CIO, and Senior Portfolio Manager. No details about his future plans are available as of this writing.
Gayeski joined SkyBridge in 2010 when SkyBridge acquired Citigroup Alternative
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21. Jul. |
AI Global Investors partners with veteran team of Goldman alums [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Asset management firm AI Global Investors (USA) LLC (AI)
today announced the onboarding of Anchorvest Capital to AI's New York-based
asset management platform. The Anchorvest team members bring broad-ranging expertise
including investment banking, fixed income, mortgage-
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21. Jul. |
Opalesque Exclusive: The biggest risk ESG and sustainability investors will encounter is confusion [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: As far as sustainable and ESG finance is concerned, the biggest risk investors will encounter is confusion, according to Dr. Mathew Hampshire-Waugh, director of climate change at Enzo Advisors LLC, a New Y
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19. Jul. |
Zuccaro's Golden Eagle Strategies celebrates one-year anniversary with new name and expanded management team [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Golden Eagle Strategies is the new name for Target QR Strategies, which has re-branded and expanded its management team in celebration of its one-year anniversary.
Foun
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19. Jul. |
Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund inflows up to May eclipse outflows seen in 2020 more than two-fold: hedge fund news, week 28 [more]
In the week ending July 16th 2021, eVestment June 2021 hedge fund performance data revealed that the global hedge fund business returned +0.18% in June, bringing year to date (YTD) p
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16. Jul. |
Opalesque Exclusive: AltsAxis launches with a mobile cap-intro platform and live events [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: AltsAxis a new alternatives due diligence platform launched this week. The platform aims to be a centralized location for fund managers and allocators to connect. All alternative asset classes will be represented on the platform.
Alts Axis is led by Mark Sa
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16. Jul. |
Opalesque Exclusive: The point of CBDC [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Major central banks across the world are racing to deliver a reliable version of digital money. China is testing a digital renminbi version; Europe plans to launch a digital Euro within five years; and in the U.S., the Fed is to release a discussion paper this summer rega
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15. Jul. |
Artemundi and Sygnum Bank present the world's first tokenization of a Picasso listed by a regulated bank [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Artemundi, an art investment pioneer, and Sygnum, a digital asset bank, have partnered to tokenize Picasso's Fillette au beret painting. This marks the first time the ownership rights in a Picasso, or any artwork, are being broadcast onto the public blockchain by a regul
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14. Jul. |
Germany's first impact asset manager launches with all star team [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Increasingly, investors are demanding to reach beyond environmental, social and
governance (ESG) practices. They want to achieve more with their capital. As the first
asset manager to specialise in impact investing, 4L Capital's offer includes a global
impact equity port
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13. Jul. 2021 |
Other Voices: SEC to consider new fund data disclosure requirements, enforcement on ESG [more]
By: Ari Berman, David Oliwenstein, Roland Reimers
Takeaways
The Securities and Exchange Commission's near-term climate change and board diversity rulemaking process heralds what may become a period of significant reform to the SEC's disclosure requirements relating to environm
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29. Jun. 2021 |
Other Voices: SEC updates rule on performance fees [more]
By: Anthony Drenzek, Robert Plaze
On June 17th, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order adjusting the dollar amount thresholds for clients of registered advisers to be "qualified clients" under rule 205-3 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and thus permitted to pay a "perform
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08. Jun. 2021 |
Other Voices: Supreme Court ruling could benefit hedge funds that scrape web data [more]
By: Joseph Fischetti, Peter Greene, Benjamin Kozinn
On June 3, the United States Supreme Court decided Van Buren v. United States, a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) case with important implications for investment advisers and hedge funds that scrape web data as a source of research.
The
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27. May. 2021 |
Other Voices: The tech renaissance is here [more]
By: Dennis Puri, Portfolio Manager, Hunt Lane Capital
Technology stocks have been volatile of late due to macro-economic concerns and a not surprising pullback after a strong 2020. Certainly, there still exist pockets of hyper valuation that continue to settle. However, the retreat in stock pri
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25. May. 2021 |
Other Voices: Lenders eager to finance US buyouts, but supply of new deals tightens [more]
By: David Bilkis, White & Case
High yield bond and leveraged loan issuance for US Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) recovered strongly over the past year, but Q1 2021 saw a drop on the previous quarter as direct lenders and a high volume of secondary buyouts ate into an already tight supply of opportunit
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14. May. 2021 |
Other Voices: Five key points on capital raising for hedge funds [more]
By: Roy Engel, Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.
The cornerstone of a successful hedge fund is a successful investment strategy. That is self-evident. However, if the managers of the potential hedge fund are not successful in raising capital, this potential will never be tested or realized. We list below
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07. May. 2021 |
Other Voices: The IRS goes after crypto holders with John Doe summonses [more]
By: Joshua Smeltzer
The IRS has several tools in its arsenal to encourage compliance and audit and enforce those it believes are failing to comply. One of the most powerful tools is the John Doe summons. A regular IRS summons seeks information on a specific taxpayer. However, a John Doe summon
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22. Apr. 2021 |
Other Voices: The SEC gets tough on ESG funds [more]
By: Kaela Colwell, Kelley Howes
On April 9, 2021, the SEC's Division of Examinations (EXAMS) published a Risk Alert summarizing its observations from recent examinations of investment advisers, registered investment companies, and private funds engaged in ESG investing. The Risk Alert is the
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Apollo investors look past Black-Epstein tie to back impact fund
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Tiger Global: The technology investor ruffling Silicon Valley feathers
From FT: For the first 15 years of running Tiger Global Management, Chase Coleman wore a suit every day in the hopes that investors would look past his inexperience. Today, his firm faces a different kind of reputat - SPACs: SPAC IPOs show time is money with speedier deal chases, Pershing Square Tontine has almost no risk left after its merger imploded, Lending platform Kredivo to go public via $2.5bn SPAC merger, SPAC-on-SPAC deal falls apart, and so does Immunovant's stock, Grab loss narrows on food delivery ahead of U.S. SPAC merger[more]
SPAC IPOs show time is money with speedier deal chases
From Bloomberg: SPAC bosses are finding they have to speed up their deal hunt if they want to attract investors these days.
About half the blank-check companies that filed for U.S. listings since the start of June are giving th - Goldman's China hedge fund clients had second-worst month ever, Tiger Global almost breaks even in July despite China stock rout, Hedge fund Alphadyne loses $1.5bn in rates short squeeze[more]
Goldman's China hedge fund clients had second-worst month ever
From Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s hedge fund clients focused on Chinese stocks recorded their second-worst monthly loss ever in July, according to client data compiled by the bank.
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As SPAC creators get rich, how incentives are shared remains murky
From WSJ: Many investment executives who back special-purpose acquisition companies are scoring big paydays as more deals get completed. Some of their clients are missing out.
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