Other Voices: The evolution of hedge fund capital introduction events... [more]By: Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners
Hedge fund capital introduction events, in which investors and fund managers meet in a speed-dating environment, have increased in popularity within the past decade.
These events allow participating allocators to review the details of a large number
Crosspoint nabs $1.3bn for debut fund... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private equity manager Crosspoint Capital Partners has closed its debut fund, Crosspoint Capital Fund I, at $1.3 billion. The investment fund is focused on the cybersecurity, privacy, and infrastructure software sectors.
The fund exceeded its $1 billion fundraising
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
How hedge funds lost their way and why they'll come back... [more]From Bloomberg: There's no shortage of shiny objects for investors to chase these days, from Bitcoin to SPACs to NFTs to pot stocks to GameStop and green energy. Notably missing from the list are equity hedge funds, and they have been for many years. But that may be about to change. Equity hedge fu
Investing: Why two hedge fund giants are fighting over box stock,... [more]Share prices of Box were down around 10% last week after it announced a new funding round from investment firm KKR . The $500 million investment was likely a counterpunch to Starboard Value, which has held an activist stake in Box since the fall of 2019 and has increasingly tried to take control of
M&A: French boutique Meeschaert AM merges with multi-strategy alts firm... [more]From City Wire: The Meeschaert Group has merged with French financial group LFPI, the firms have announced. LFPI, which specialises in private debt, real estate and asset management through its subsidiary Amilton Asset Management, acquired Meeschaert on April 1.
Meeschaert's France-based activ
Tech: How AI can help investors manage risk... [more]From Top 1000 Funds: The C$23 billion Canadian fund, OPTrust is embracing the power of technology to improve investment outcomes. Wei Xie and Brandon Da Silva explain the fund's focus on two subdomains of machine learning and how they can be used together: reinforcement learning and uncertainty mode
U.S.: Top bidder for Tribune newspapers is an influential liberal donor... [more]From NY Times: The Swiss billionaire HansjÖrg Wyss helped build a sophisticated behind-the-scenes operation that attacked Republicans and promoted Democratic causes.
Long before he emerged as a potential champion of journalism with his bid for Tribune Publishing, the Swiss billionaire Hansj
Philanthropy: Billionaire couple promises - again - to give away wealth for public good... [more]A billionaire couple who promised to give away most of their fortune a decade ago has made a new charity-related pledge: a commitment to donate 5% of their net worth every year.
Former Enron trader and hedge fund manager John Arnold and his wife Laura, a former lawyer, made the 5%-per-year promi
Activists: Activist fund Petrus starts proxy fight at German bank Aareal... [more]From FT: London-based activist hedge fund Petrus Advisers has launched a proxy fight at Germany's Aareal Bank with the nomination of three executives to the real estate lender's supervisory board.
Petrus owns just under 10 per cent of Aareal and has been critical of the bank's "excessive and une
And, finally: It was about time... [more]From CNN: The Texan who had the world's longest nails grown by a woman can finally open a door without fear after cutting them.
Ayanna Williams of Houston broke the Guinness World Record for the world's longest fingernails in 2017, when they measured nearly 19 feet long. It took her more than tw
Welcome to the sixth issue of Opalesque's Horizons: Family Office & Investor Magazine - the new issue is attached as PDF and also available as ePUB at the link below.
Aubrey de Grey is one of the world's leading bio-gerontologists and widely known advocate of the provocative view that medical technology will one day all
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