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29 Jun. 2022 CAIS receives strategic investment from Hamilton Lane [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform, today announced a strategic investment from Hamilton Lane, a leading private markets investment management firm with more than $901 billion in assets under management and supervision. Hamilton Lane is the latest in a seri
29 Jun. 2022 GW&K changes executive team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - GW&K Investment Management (GW&K), an entrepreneurial-driven investment management firm offering active equity and fixed-income investment solutions to meet the needs of a diverse client base, today announced that Harold G. Kotler is stepping aside as Chief Executive Offi
29 Jun. 2022 Cerulli: Heightened volatility cools European investor interest in crypto funds [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Despite the punishing setbacks suffered by cryptocurrencies, fund innovation-including the development of products tracking a more diversified basket of coins-is set to continue, according to the latest issue of The Cerulli Edge-European Monthly Product Trends. Crypto
29 Jun. 2022 Multi-strategy VC firm Drive Capital amasses $1bn in new venture funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Multi-strategy venture capital firm Drive Capital has amassed $1 billion in two new venture funds, to fund Midwestern startups. With the new funds, Drive has $2.2 billion in assets under management to support founders from pre-seed to IPO, said a press release fr
28 Jun. 2022 Alternative investment institutions increasing investment in digital transformation with embedded security [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - ECI, the leader in public cloud and cybersecurity managed services for the global financial services industry, recently commissioned IDC to write the white paper "Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation of Global Alternative Asset Institutions: A Critical Pairing
28 Jun. 2022 Goodwin expands Asian private equity practice [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Daniel Dusek will join the firm as partner in the global Private Equity practice, resident in the Hong Kong office. "Daniel is one of the premier private equity lawyers in Asia who has strong relationships with some of
28 Jun. 2022 Emerging markets hedge fund capital falls on Russian war, global inflation [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Emerging Markets hedge funds extended 1Q declines through May, with losses driven by exposure to Russian assets as well as the impact of global inflation, rising US interest rates and slowing economic growth. The HFRI EM: Russia/Eastern Europe Index plunged -50.6 percent
28 Jun. 2022 European ESG assets to reach $10tn by 2025 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European-domiciled ESG assets are poised to reach a value of between €7.4 trillion and €9 trillion ($9.52tn) by 2025, said a study. According to the research by PwC Luxembourg, by 2025 ESG assets will account for between 46% and 56% of total European Mutual Fund as
28 Jun. 2022 Investment advisers, institutional investment managers required to do their SEC filing electronically [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is steadily moving its filing system to the digital age in the name of efficiency, tossing paper forms aside, after Covid-19 brought to light logistical and operational issues. The Commission has officially
28 Jun. 2022 Twin Bridge Capital Partners closes fifth fund on $880 million [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Twin Bridge Capital Partners has closed its fifth flagship fund on $880 million. The fund was oversubscribed and beat its $800 million target. Pacific Street Fund V is larger than its predecessor fund. Pacific Street IV, L.P. closed in 2017 with $779 million
27 Jun. 2022 Hedge funds experienced net outflows of $0.3bn in May, $2bn net outflows YTD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The hedge fund industry experienced net outflows of $0.3bn in May, extending the negative streak to two consecutive months after the $23bn outflow in April pushed year-to-date flows into negative territory, said HFM hedge fund flows report. Recession fears ramped up ov
27 Jun. 2022 91% of institutional investors surveyed to maintain or increase their alternative investments [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Prior to the pandemic, investment in private assets had been growing among institutions. In 2018 just over three-quarters of institutions invested in private equity (77%), private debt (77%), and infrastructure (76%). In 2021 those numbers have increased to 84%, 81%, a
27 Jun. 2022 Thematic ESG ETFs seen increasingly as active investment strategies [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) said in its recently-launched European ESG exchange-traded funds (ETF) Barometer that 82% of respondents considered thematic ESG ETFs to be active strategies. The survey revealed that most investors surveyed expect further exp
24 Jun. 2022 Aaro Capital appoints Stuart MacDonald as Chairman, adds Peter Rigg as Head of Investment Research and Olga Romanova as Head of ODD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Aaro Capital, the DLT and cryptoassets investment specialist, announced the appointment of three senior hires to its London office. Stuart Macdonald is joining Aaro Capital's London-based team as Chairman alongside Peter Rigg, who joins as Head of Investment Research, and
24 Jun. 2022 Alts managers sitting on over $2.5tn+ of dry powder [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: In the current rising interest rate environment, investment activity in the private markets has continued to grow, revealed a study. "With alts managers sitting on over $2.5T+ of dry powder and continuing to enjoy premium valuations and interest rates on a prec
24 Jun. 2022 LGT Capital Partners soars past Crown Asia-Pacific Private Equity V target to strike $1.65bn hard cap [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Swiss alternative investment specialist LGT Capital Partners has held the final close of its fifth Asia Pacific fund-of-funds at a hard cap of $1.65 billion, which exceeded the $1 billion target. The largest family-owned private banking and asset management group i
24 Jun. 2022 ECP closes $1.6 billion continuation fund [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Private equity firm ECP has closed a $1.6 billion continuation fund. The continuation fund provides ECP III and IV investors, as well as the consortium of investment partners, the opportunity to monetize a minority stake in their investment in Calpine Corporatio
23 Jun. 2022 42% of AuM across private capital is managed by funds that have an active ESG policy [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Preqin has published its annual Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report: ESG in Alte
23 Jun. 2022 Hedge fund managers were down -0.56% in May [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers were down -0.56% in May, outperforming the tech-heavy NASDAQ by 1.49% but trailed behind the S&P 500 by 0.57%. Around 39.6% of global hedge funds have generated positive returns in May, while around 40.0% of them have maintained a positive performance
23 Jun. 2022 Brookfield raises mammoth $15bn for maiden energy transition fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Brookfield Asset Management has raised USD 15 billion for its Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF), the global alternative asset manager's inaugural fund focused on investment opportunities relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. A
23 Jun. 2022 Apollo, Hostplus team up to launch $1.25bn Asia Pacific credit strategy [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global alternative asset manager Apollo Global Management said it will launch an Asia Pacific credit strategy in partnership with Hostplus, an industry superannuation fund in Australia. The new strategy launches with $1.25 billion in assets after an inaugural r
22 Jun. 2022 Europe holds 83% of global sustainable funds' net assets [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Europe remains the key driver behind sustainable finance, holding 83% of global sustainable funds' net assets, according to the second annual European Sustainable Investment Funds Study by Morningstar and zeb, powered by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Indus
22 Jun. 2022 Financial advisors want alternative investments for everyone, says a survey [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A majority of financial professionals, including RIAs, believe that all retail investors should have the same access to alternatives as accredited investors. Financial advisors already widely recommend that clients who meet the accredited investor requirements allo
21 Jun. 2022 HSBC AM unveils new unit for $58bn alternatives business [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: HSBC Asset Management has rolled out a new unit - the Capital Solutions Group (CSG) led by Borja Azpilicueta - within HSBC Alternatives, the company's alternatives business, to expand its service and offering for wealthy clients and institutional customers. The CSG
21 Jun. 2022 Natixis Investment subsidiary Mirova swoops clean-energy boutique SunFunder [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Mirova, a Paris-based impact investing subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers, acquired SunFunder, a private debt management company based in Nairobi, Kenya, that finances renewable energy projects in Africa and Asia. Financial details of the acquisition were not
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