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13 Jan. 2021 November 2020 private equity investments rebound from October slump [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Announced investments to private equity funds rebounded in November from a brief slump in October, according to the just-released eVestment Private Markets Monitor covering November 2020. Public pensions in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada tracked by eVestment
13 Jan. 2021 Catalyst Group launches new fin-tech services [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Catalyst Group announces the launch of its new Fin- Tech Financial Services business, providing hedge, private equity and real estate asset managers, family offices and financial institutions with a full suite of outsourced Fund Administration, Corporate and Portfolio
13 Jan. 2021 Alter Domus hits $1tn in AUM after Strata Fund acquisition [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global alternative investment fund administrator Alter Domus is acquiring the fund administrator serving US private equity and venture capital funds Strata Fund Solutions, which would result in a firm with about $1 trillion in assets under administration. According
13 Jan. 2021 US private equity investment activity totaled $708.4 bn in 2020, down 7.3% from 2019 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US private equity (PE) investment activity totaled $708.4 billion in 2020 (down 7.3 percent from 2019) across 5,309 separate deals (down 3.4 percent), marking the first decrease in both private equity value and number of transactions since 2009, said a study by the fin
13 Jan. 2021 Capital Constellation buys stake in Avista Capital [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Healthcare-focused private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has sold a passive minority stake to the alternative asset manager Capital Constellation. Capital Constellation was launched in 2018 and is a joint venture of five sovereign wealth funds that intend to
13 Jan. 2021 Investment Metrics buys ESG exposure analytics provider Style Analytics [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investment Metrics, a Connecticut-headquartered provider of analytics, reporting, benchmarking, and other solutions for the institutional investment market, has acquired the investment factor and ESG exposure analytics provider Style Analytics. In a statement, Inves
12 Jan. 2021 Hedge funds recorded their best annual performance since 2009 despite the ongoing pandemic [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 3.41% in December 2020, supported by the strong performance of the global equity market as represented by MSCI ACWI (Local) which gained 4.04% during the month. In 2020, global hedge funds ended the year in double-digit performance
12 Jan. 2021 Red Cedar announces seeding deal with New Holland Capital [more]
Opalesque Industry Update, for New Managers - Red Cedar LLC, a newly formed quantitative investment management firm, today announced a seed investment and strategic commitment from New York-based investment manager Ne
12 Jan. 2021 Cerulli: Asia's fund industry prepares for post-pandemic recovery [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Although markets throughout Asia were dislocated by the COVID-19 pandemic in the early part of last year, assets under management recovered sufficiently by September 2020 to chart a combined 11.0% growth over the first nine months. This was largely led by China, at 21.0%,
12 Jan. 2021 Patron Capital raises $1bn for fund VI to target distressed real estate assets [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, has closed its most recent fund, raising EUR 844 million ($1.038 billion), including approximately €128 million ($157 million) of co-investment capital for Patron Capital V
12 Jan. 2021 Media veterans launch Isos Capital Management [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Media veterans George Barrios and Michelle Wilson have launched Isos Capital Management. The firm will invest in early, growth and late stage media, entertainment
11 Jan. 2021 Hedge funds surge to conclude 2020 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds surged once again in December, extending strong November gains and concluding the volatile year, which had been dominated by the global coronavirus pandemic, generational political uncertainty, and protests. The investable HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Inde
11 Jan. 2021 GLP raises $5.4bn for its second Japan logistics fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Logistics real estate investor GLP has held a second close for its GLP Japan Income Fund (GLP JIF), reaching 560 billion yen ($5.4 billion). GLP JIF, Japan's largest private open-ended logistics real estate income fund, said the new capital was raised from more
11 Jan. 2021 Sixth Street wraps up $1.2bn European direct lending fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Sixth Street, which has more than $50 billion in assets under management, has closed its latest direct lending fund at €1bn ($1.2 billion)hard cap, surpassing its initial €800m target. The former TPG credit arm said that the Sixth Street Specialty Lending Europe I
08 Jan. 2021 ETFs start 2021 with record assets of $7.6tn [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Data from TrackInsight, the world's first global Exchange-Traded Funds analysis platform, shows the global ETF market finished 2020 at a record high of $7.6 Trillion, across 6,518 ETFs. A combination of strong equity market performance coupled with accelerating investor i
08 Jan. 2021 Alternative Investments Benchmarking Survey reveals increased spending and hiring plans among asset managers [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Cutter Associates, LLC, a leading provider of research and consulting to the investment management industry, released findings from its Alternative Investments Benchmarking Survey, uncovering the challenges asset managers face investing in private debt, private equity, in
08 Jan. 2021 Legeis Capital announces appointment of chairman [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Legeis Capital, LLC, which provides insurance companies with efficient access to higher-returning assets, announced the appointment of Michael Morrissey as Chairman of the company's Board of Directors. Morrissey is an accomplished insurance investment banker and fund m
08 Jan. 2021 Marathon raises $2.5bn for a distressed credit fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New York-based Marathon Asset Management raised $2.5 billion for a new fund focused on struggling companies. The Marathon Distressed Credit Fund pursues investment opportunities in distressed companies, such as debtor-in-possession financing, exit financings, and re
07 Jan. 2021 PIMCO, Man Group, IHS Markit, State Street, Microsoft and McKinsey join forces on new asset management operating platform [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - PIMCO, Man Group, IHS Markit, State Street, Microsoft and McKinsey & Company today announced the intention to form a new technology-led company, HUB, to build a cloud-based operating platform aimed at transforming asset managers' operations technology. The company sel
07 Jan. 2021 Aon and eVestment create new reporting standard for operational due diligence findings [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Aon and eVestment today announced a strategic collaboration to provide operational due diligence (ODD) research through the eVestment platform, recognizing the need for more transparency and standardization of ODD information. The new ODD offering will initially be
07 Jan. 2021 Access Holdings wraps up debut fund at $340m [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Baltimore-based mid-market investment firm Access Holdings has raised $340 million from 15 institutional investors for its first private-equity fund. The final tally for Access Holdings Fund I exceeded its $250 million goal in a particularly challenging market f
07 Jan. 2021 LGPS Central launches global active EM bond fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Central, one of the UK's eight local authority pension asset pools, has launched its global active emerging market bond fund. The fund has been launched with an initial investment of £630m ($858m) from four of the pool's e
06 Jan. 2021 Rockefeller Capital Management acquires Whitnell & Co. [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Rockefeller Capital Management announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Illinois-based Whitnell & Co., a subsidiary of Associated Banc-Corp. A $1.4 billion wealth management, financial planning and multi-family office services firm, Whitnell provides aff
06 Jan. 2021 Oak Hill closes latest buyout fund at $3.8bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: North America middle-market focused private equity firm Oak Hill Capital closed its latest buyout fund, Oak Hill Capital Partners V (OHCP V), at $3.8 billion, significantly higher than the fund's target. The New York-headquartered firm said in a press release that i
06 Jan. 2021 PE shop Aquiline Capital Partners buys SageView Advisory [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Aquiline Capital Partners, a private investment firm based in New York and London, is taking a majority stake in SageView Advisory Group, a retirement planning and wealth management firm, which advises on roughly $119bn in assets. Randy Long, founder and managing p
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