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08 Mar. 2022 Macro hedge funds led industry gains in February [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Macro hedge funds led industry-wide gains in February, extending the strong start to 2022 by again posting negatively-correlated gains as financial market volatility surged across equity, fixed income, commodity, and currency markets as Russia invaded Ukraine. The HFRI 50
08 Mar. 2022 U.S. funding ratio of '$20 billion club' rises to 93.8% in 2021 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The average funding ratio of 19 U.S. publicly listed corporations with more than $20 billion in global pension fund liabilities totaled 93.8% at the end of 2021, up from 86.2% at the start of the year, said a study. According to Russell Investments' annual analysis
07 Mar. 2022 HarbourVest raises $1.6bn for ninth Europe, Asia fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global private markets investment specialist HarbourVest has closed its ninth Europe and Asia fund-of-funds at USD 1.6bn, above the target size of USD 1.25bn. The US-private equity firm said that the fund, HarbourVest International Private Equity Partners IV (HI
04 Mar. 2022 Asia-Pacific Fintech investment reaches $27.5bn in 2021 across a record 1,165 deals [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The fintech investment in the Asia-Pacific region reached US$27.5 billion in 2021 across a record 1,165 deals, said a study. While total investment fell well shy of 2019's peak, it was almost twice the US$14.7 billion seen in 2020, according to the report '
04 Mar. 2022 Cornell Capital wraps up sophomore fund at $1.7bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Cornell Capital, the investment firm launched by former Goldman Sachs veteran Henry Cornell, has beaten its target of $1.5 billion for its sophomore private equity fund with $1.7bn final close. According to the private equity firm based in New York and Hong Kong, th
03 Mar. 2022 EQT launches $5.6bn core infrastructure fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Nordic private markets giant EQT is planning to raise €5bn ($5.6bn) for a new longer-hold fund targeting core infrastructure companies that provide essential services mainly in Europe and North America. Stockholm-based private equity firm said in a press statement
03 Mar. 2022 Morgan Stanley raises $2bn for the latest private equity fund North Haven Capital Partners VII [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The American multinational investment bank and financial services company Morgan Stanley said that its private equity unit Morgan Stanley Capital Partners has raised $2 billion for its latest private equity fund North Haven Capital Partners VII (NHCP VII) from investor
02 Mar. 2022 Inflexion raises $3.3bn for new mid-market buyout fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Inflexion Private Equity Partners has held a final close on its Buyout Fund VI at the hard cap of GBP 2.5bn ($3.3 billion), almost double the size of its predecessor. The mid-market specialist said in a press release that the new fund will invest in businesses in
02 Mar. 2022 Accel-KKR seals $1.35bn growth capital fund targeting tech industry [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The American technology-focused private equity firm Accel-KKR announced the successful completion of Accel-KKR Growth Capital Partners IV, a $1.35 billion growth capital fund. The new fund includes a $100 million commitment from the firm's employees, said a pre
01 Mar. 2022 French and Dutch market authorities publish a joint analysis of the impact of the short selling ban at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Returns, volatility and market depth: the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) and the Autoriteit Financiele Markten (AFM) have examined the effects of the temporary ban applying to French securities by comparing their respective markets. In March 2020, as the pand
01 Mar. 2022 Man Group reports $13.7bn inflows to new AUM high of $148.6bn in 2021 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: British hedge fund manager Man Group said assets hit another record at the end of last year, bolstered by $13.7 billion in net inflows and performance gains up from $1.8 billion in 2020. According to a press release from the asset management company, assets under m
01 Mar. 2022 Sustainable bonds hit $1tn mark, 20-times the size of 2015 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: In 2021, sustainable bonds reached $1trn, growth spearheaded by green bond issuance. This represents a 20-fold rise from 2015 and accounts for 10 percent of global debt markets, said a study. "Sustainable bond issuance is now more than 20-times the size of 201
28 Feb. 2022 SBAI creates DEI forum [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Today the SBAI, a global alliance of alternative investment managers and allocators and custodian of the Alternative Investments Standards, announced it has created a forum of alternative investment industry organisations committed to addressing diversity in the alternati
28 Feb. 2022 Lightyear Capital adds head of fundraising [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Lightyear Capital, a New York-based private equity firm focused on financial services, today announced that it has hired Courtney Sullivan as Managing Director and Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations. She joins Lightyear from Inverness Graham Investments, a private
28 Feb. 2022 Blackstone expands healthcare investing team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Blackstone today announced three key leadership promotions in the healthcare investing sector. Ram Jagannath will serve in a newly created role of Global Head of Healthcare Investing - overseeing this area across Blackstone's Private Equity, Tactical Opportunities and Gro
28 Feb. 2022 BNY Mellon hires BBH's Tung [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Vivian Tung has joined BNY Mellon as Global Head of ETF Services from Brown Brothers Harriman. In this role, Tung will be responsible for managing all of the operational aspects of BNY Mellon's ETF business, with a particular focus on the innovation, design, and tech impl
28 Feb. 2022 Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index down 1.3% on asset-weighted basis in January [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ended January 2022 down -1.32% MOM on an asset-weighted basis and down -2.71% MOM on an equal-weighted basis. The comparable benchmark indices were both down for the month with the S&P TSX 60 Total Return Index and S&P 500 Tot
28 Feb. 2022 Hedge funds start 2022 with worst January performance since 2016 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers ended the month of January down 1.55% on an equal-weighted basis, and down 1.10% on an asset-weighted basis, according to Eurekahedge data from With Intelligence. Global equity markets tanked after market risk sentiment was dampened due to geopolitical
28 Feb. 2022 Investors allocated over $10bn to hedge funds in January [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Investors allocated just over $10bn to hedge funds in January, marking a turnaround from the past two months, which witnessed the industry experiencing two consecutive months of outflows. The investor inflow was achieved despite the negative performance of hedge funds, as
28 Feb. 2022 Research reveals sources of Bitcoin losses/fraud [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - New research from GNY, the leading blockchain based machine learning business, reveals that 46% of serious Bitcoin traders claim to have suffered losses from by sending the cryptocurrency to fraudulent or inaccessible addresses. Some 38% say they have suffered from secur
28 Feb. 2022 Investors pull $4.18bn from global hedge fund business to kick off 2022 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Investors pulled -$4.18 billion from the global hedge fund business in January, starting 2022 on a slight down note for the business, according to the just released eVestment January 2022 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. The outflows from the business come on top of J
28 Feb. 2022 Mirova builds out impact investing team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Mirova, a pureplay sustainable finance investment firm and affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has completed hiring for its impact private equity team. The team will manage Mirova's environmental impact investing, which is designed to further the growth of compa
28 Feb. 2022 Wilkie expands west coast PE team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have announced that Joe Kaczorowski has joined the Firm as a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, where he will be part of Willkie's leading Private Equity Practice Group. Joe is based in Willkie's Los Angeles office. He w
28 Feb. 2022 Blackstone BCRED raised $32.6bn of cash [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: American alternative investment management company Blackstone raised $32.5bn of cash last year for its newest perpetual private credit strategy Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) amid red-hot demand for the growing asset class that offers higher yields and interest
28 Feb. 2022 Norway's sovereign wealth fund to divest from Russia [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Norway's sovereign wealth fund will divest all of its investments in Russia following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The $1.3 trillion fund's investments include shares in 47 Russian companies, as well as government bonds. The investments amount
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