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16 Nov. 2020 Preqin: Investors to increase allocations to alternatives by 2025 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Historic outperformance from alternative assets funds and expectations of continued low returns in traditional asset classes, especially fixed income, are the main forces driving investors to allocate more capital to alternative assets. In fact, 81% of investors expect th
16 Nov. 2020 Commonfund Institute names George Suttles executive director [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Commonfund, a prominent investment manager for endowments, foundations and philanthropic organizations, today announced the promotion of George Suttles to Executive Director of the Commonfund Institute. He will be supported in this new role by Allison Kaspriske, a twenty-
16 Nov. 2020 Barclay CTA Index loses 0.30% in October [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Managed futures funds posted a second straight losing month in October, down 0.30% for the month, according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. For the year-to-date, CTAs were up 1.53% through October. "A surging
16 Nov. 2020 EU regulator warns fund managers to prepare for future adverse shocks [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European Union financial regulator European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said that fund managers must strengthen their processes to avoid a repeat of the weaknesses exposed by the coronavirus market shock. ESMA has published a report on the preparedness
16 Nov. 2020 How did the vaccine news impact hedge funds? [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Already positioned for the outcome, all strategies were up after the U.S. elections, led by L/S Equity, Special Situation, and Global Macro said a report by Lyxor. In contrast, returns were milder and uneven after the vaccine announcement. It was most beneficial for
13 Nov. 2020 Majority of asset managers' brand interest decline for second year running: Global 100 Report [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The majority of the largest asset managers worldwide faced a second consecutive year of declining interest in their corporate brands, according to Peregrine Communications' second annual Global 100 report into the integrated marketing communications (IMC) performance of t
13 Nov. 2020 Pershing Square Capital Management selects Northern Trust for multi-jurisdictional fund administration services [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Northern Trust was recently appointed to provide fund administration services for Pershing Square Capital Management. Under the mandate, Northern Trust will support Pershing Square's Guernsey, Cayman and Delaware domiciled funds. "Northern Trust has all the capabi
13 Nov. 2020 Hedge fund industry loses 0.11% in October [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The hedge fund industry posted a second consecutive monthly loss in October, down 0.11% for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. Once again, however, the hedge fund industry outperformed the S&P
13 Nov. 2020 Hedge fund performance declines in October for the second month in a row [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge funds continued to face a difficult market environment in October as for a second consecutive month the majority of funds saw performance declines, said a report by eVestment. According to the report, the average return in the hedge fund industry came in at -0
13 Nov. 2020 Midmarket private-equity valuations regain ground in Q3 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Valuations of privately-held midmarket companies rebounded as the global economy reopened, said a study. According to the Lincoln Middle Market Index tracks more than 2,200 private companies worldwide with a median of $30 million in earnings before interest, tax, d
12 Nov. 2020 Unlisted natural resources AUM to hit $271bn in 2025 with a CAGR of 5.1% [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Preqin predicts unlisted natural resources assets under management (AUM) will hit $271bn in 2025. The projected 5.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the period is well below our 9.8% forecast for all alternatives, but higher than growth rates for real estate, h
11 Nov. 2020 Unlisted infrastructure AUM to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% from $639bn in 2020 to $795bn in 2025 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Preqin forecasts that unlisted infrastructure assets under management (AUM) will grow at a CAGR of 4.5% from $639bn in 2020 to $795bn in 2025. Among investors surveyed by Preqin, 56% expect to increase their allocations to infrastructure in the next five years, with
11 Nov. 2020 Värde raises $1.6bn for the second distressed opportunity fund of 2020 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global alternative investment firm Värde Partners is closing its second fund targeting distressed credit opportunities with $1.6 billion in commitments, exceeding a $1 billion target, for assets potentially stressed or mispriced as a result of the economic fallout of t
10 Nov. 2020 Hedge funds continued to outperfrom the global equity market under market risk-off environment [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was down 0.16% in October 2020, outperforming the global equity market as represented by the MSCI ACWI (Local), which lost 2.29% over the same period. Global equities ended the month in negative territory due to the reimposition of nationa
10 Nov. 2020 Northern Trust hedge fund services launches new portal [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Northern Trust today announced the launch of its next-generation investor portal for alternative asset managers, offering an enhanced investor experience with updated data feeds, customized views and analysis. Increasingly, investors seek digitized investment data
10 Nov. 2020 U.S. professionally managed assets grew to $51.5tn as of 2019, up about 10% from a year earlier [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: U.S. professionally managed assets grew to $51.5 trillion as of 2019, up about 10% from a year earlier, according to a Cerulli Associates report. The nation's managed assets are split between institutional client channels, at 53.8%, and the retail client channel
10 Nov. 2020 Private real estate AUM to grow from $1.05tn in 2020 to $1.24tn in 2025 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Preqin forecasts that private real estate assets under management (AUM) will grow from $1.05tn in 2020 to $1.24tn in 2025. While lower than Preqin's CAGR forecast of 9.8% for all alternative AUM, the real estate AUM growth of 3.4% per year should be viewed in t
09 Nov. 2020 Hedge fund AUM to increase 19.6% from 2020 to 2025, at a CAGR of 3.6%, says Preqin [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Preqin said that it expects hedge funds to hold onto their position as the second-largest alternative asset class in 2025, despite relatively weak growth in assets under management (AUM) due to continued outflows. AUM growth will be the lowest of all asset classes a
09 Nov. 2020 Private equity's AUM poised to grow 28% to $5.8tn by 2025: Deloitte [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private equity assets under management (AUM) may be poised to grow 28% to $5.8 trillion by the end of 2025 (vs. $4.5tn at year-end 2019), according to a report by the Deloitte Center for Financial Services. "To estimate PE asset growth, we built a model that f
07 Nov. 2020 CTA performance remains resilient in October [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - _________________________Oct-20___ YTD SG CTA Index.......................... -0.12%___-3.47% SG Trend Index......................... 0.58%___-1.46% SG Short-Term Traders Index...-0.36%___ 1.84% CTA performance was resilient in October 2020 in a mont
07 Nov. 2020 Hedge funds gained in October as equities fall on virus lockdowns, U.S. election uncertainty [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds posted performance gains in October 2020, navigating a hectic month of campaigning heading into the U.S. election, which was also punctuated by a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in both U.S. and Europe, resulting in the reinstitution of quarantine lockdown
06 Nov. 2020 Spring Valley Asset Management launches commodity advantage portfolio [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Spring Valley Asset Management, the alternative investment manager, announced the launch of the Commodity Advantage Portfolio. The Commodity Advantage Portfolio pursues a multi-strategy systematic approach to investing across a diverse selection of highly liquid commo
06 Nov. 2020 Private debt to grow with a 73% increase in AUM to $1.46tn by 2025 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Already one of the fastest-growing alternative asset classes, with total assets under management (AUM) rising 168% from $315bn in 2010 to $845bn in 2019, the growth of private debt is expected to continue with a 73% increase in AUM to $1.46tn by 2025, said Preqin. "
06 Nov. 2020 Merger Arbitrage and L/S Credit stay afloat in October [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge funds were down -1% last week as market conditions took a turn for the worse. This brought the monthly performance of the Global Lyxor Peer Group in October to -0.5% (vs. -3.0% for the MSCI World). Strategies with a higher market beta such as Special Situation
05 Nov. 2020 Alternative AUM by 9.8% CAGR to reach $4.97tn 2025: Preqin [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Between the end of 2020 and the end of 2025, global assets under management (AUM) in alternatives is expected to increase by 60%, equal to a CAGR of 9.8%, said Preqin. The rate of growth should far outpace global GDP and inflation, with significant real appreciation
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