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09 Jul. 2025 Coller Capital wraps $10bn private credit strategy [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Coller Capital, the world's largest dedicated private market secondaries manager, has wrapped up fundraising for Coller Credit Opportunities II (CCO II) - one of the largest pools of capital dedicated to acquiring secondhand private-credit assets. The London-based
09 Jul. 2025 Manulife racks up $1.1bn for third co-investment fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM), the asset management arm of Manulife Financial Corporation, closed its third co-investment fund at $1.1 billion, surpassing its original $750 million target and marking a $300 million increase from its predecessor fund tha
08 Jul. 2025 Hedge fund launches up, liquidations down to start 2025 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Led by directional Equity Hedge and Event Driven strategies, hedge funds posted their strongest monthly gain since December 2023 in June to conclude 1H25, as reported today by HFR. In contrast to the significant trade, tariff and legislative uncertainty which character
08 Jul. 2025 Theta Capital announces senior hires [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Theta Capital, the largest European investor in blockchain venture capital, has announced two senior hires. Gijs Burgers has been appointed COO, and Eduard van Asten has been appointed Head of Compliance and Risk. Gijs was previously COO at the Nasdaq-listed compan
08 Jul. 2025 Tikehau racks in $1.17bn continuation fund backed by Apollo S3, ADIA, and Neuberger Berman [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital has raised over €1 billion ($1.17 billion) through a continuation fund to back the next phase of growth for Egis, its global engineering and infrastructure portfolio company. The transaction is anchored by a
08 Jul. 2025 Affluent investors double allocations to alternative investments: HSBC [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Allocations to gold and alternative investments see 120% and 100% year-over-year increases, respectively, said a study. Half of affluent investors plan to own alternatives within the next 12 months - double the current ownership level. HSBC's new Affluent Investor S
07 Jul. 2025 Research reveals huge increase in allocations to private assets from insurance asset managers [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - New analysis from Clearwater Analytics of data from 101 insurance asset managers and consultants from North America, UK, Europe, and the APAC region representing $4.5 trillion held in unaffiliated general accounts (investments owned by insurers managed by an external thir
07 Jul. 2025 Kartesia amasses $1.53bn for latest credit opportunities fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European financing investor Kartesia has closed its sixth-generation credit opportunities fundraise at €1.3bn ($1.53bn), having reported growing interest from new investors and the wealth market. The fundraising for Kartesia Credit Opportunities VI (KCO VI) rec
04 Jul. 2025 The EMEA region announced $109.2bn in private equity investment across 1,555 deals during Q1'25 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A study revealed that during Q1'25, the Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region announced $109.2 billion in private equity investment across 1,555 deals - both figures falling well short of the pace set in early 2024. The slowdown likely reflects a co
02 Jul. 2025 Why the pet sector is a global growth story [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - UK-based Abrey Capital Management's Global Emerging Market (GEM) Strategy and Aubrey's Global Conviction (GCF) Strategy are investing in pet sector companies. During 2025, Abrey Capital has added Gambol Pet Group (China) in GEM and Chewy (US) in GCF. The US market
02 Jul. 2025 Switzerland is third-largest asset management hub in Europe [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Swiss Asset Management Study 2025, published by the Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS) in collaboration with consulting firm zeb, highlights the growing economic importance of the Swiss asset management industry. With a record CHF 3.45 trillion (US$4.35tl
02 Jul. 2025 APAC PE announced deals amounted to $37.5bn across 266 transactions in Q1'25 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: According to a study, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region saw $37.5 billion in announced private equity investment during Q1'25 - a relatively strong start to the year despite a modest deal count of just 226 transactions. Japan led the region, accounting for the largest
01 Jul. 2025 Shiprock Capital announces new Senior Investment Counsel [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Shiprock Capital Management Limited, a London-based investment management firm focused on Global Distressed and Special Situations, has announced that Eric Ho has joined the firm as Senior Investment Counsel. Eric joins Shiprock from Ashmore Investment Management wher
01 Jul. 2025 Recognize amasses $1.7bn for second tech-services fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Tech-focused alternative investment firm Recognize Partners, co-founded by Cognizant's former CEO Francisco D'Souza and former Clayton, Dubilier & Rice executive David Wasserman, has closed its second fund with $1.7 billion. The final tally for Recognize Pa
01 Jul. 2025 Coller Capital leads new continuation fund from Motion Equity Partners [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Motion Equity Partners has closed a new continuation vehicle at its €215m hardcap, structured around Olyos, a European platform specializing in natural and health nutrition. The fund, which was oversubscribed, will be managed by Motion Equity Partners a
30 Jun. 2025 Ara Partners expands team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Ara Partners, a global investment firm specializing in industrial decarbonization, is pleased to announce the addition of Onur Goker as Managing Director and Sonali Aggarwal as Principal to its Private Equity team, based in the Houston and Boston offices. "Onur&#
30 Jun. 2025 Piper Sandler expands private capital advisory team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Piper Sandler Companies, a leading investment bank, is pleased to announce the addition of Andy Nick as managing director and co-head of secondary capital advisory within the private capital advisory group. Nick will work closely with private equity clients to provide bes
30 Jun. 2025 Ogier taps Fu to lead Singapore office [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Ogier Global has announced the appointment of Samantha Fu as director in its Singapore office. Samantha delivers corporate governance solutions for a broad spectrum of offshore investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, segregated portfolio compani
30 Jun. 2025 More than half of U.S. investors expect greater volatility than the 2008 Global Financial Crisis [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 54% of North American institutional investors expect that the next 12 months will be more volatile than 2022 - 2023 (Return of inflation) and nearly half (47%) believe the next 12 months will be more volatile than the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) (2007 - 2010), said a
30 Jun. 2025 Sorenson Capital launches third fund with $150M [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Sorenson Capital, a venture capital fund, has launched its third vehicle with $150 million. Ventures III maintains a comparable size to its predecessor, Ventures II, which was a $150 million fund. The firm says it wanted to maintain the same fund size in ord
27 Jun. 2025 Haptiq launches AI platform for private equity [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - As economic volatility continues to test the limits of traditional investment strategies, private equity firms face longer holding periods and mounting pressure to deliver value creation beyond financial engineering with speed, precision, and resilience. Today, Haptiq ann
27 Jun. 2025 Carlyle and UBS collaborate on secondaries [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Global investment firm Carlyle and UBS's Unified Global Alternatives (UGA) business, today announced their collaboration on an open-ended private equity secondaries initiative for wealth management clients. The initiative aims to provide institutional-quality secondar
27 Jun. 2025 BlackRock launches hedged government bond active ETF [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global investment manager BlackRock launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to offer investors exposure to a globally diversified portfolio of government bonds. According to a press note from the New York City-based investment management corporation, the
27 Jun. 2025 Time for European defence investment opportunities [more]
By Opalesque: Shifting global geopolitics are driving unprecedented increases in European defence spending, creating significant opportunities for private capital funds (PCFs) and institutional investors,
27 Jun. 2025 Navigating third-party risk in financial services [more]
By Opalesque: The modern financial services ecosystem's interconnectedness has created both opportunities and significant vulnerabilities, reports Ankura, a management consulting firm. Financial institutions' increasing reliance on external partners has amplified third-party risk complexi
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