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08 Oct. 2020 eVestment's next-generation ESG questionnaire offers deeper, more useful insights on this fast-growing area [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - eVestment has launched a new ESG questionnaire that builds on eVestment's leadership in ESG data to expand and standardize ESG reporting. With input from institutional investors, consultants, managers and industry organizations, eVestment is bringing more insights and tra
08 Oct. 2020 Launch of the Key Family Partners Multi-Family Office [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Founded in Geneva by Hugues d'Annoux and Morten Kielland, Key Family Partners is designed as a sophisticated private investment club. Thanks to its multidisciplinary team and top-notch systems, Key Family Partners provides high net worth families with a professional s
08 Oct. 2020 Hedge funds decline in september as election, virus uncertainty rise [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds posted mixed declines in September as investor risk tolerance fell over uncertainty regarding additional coronavirus spreading in Europe and the US, the strength of the US economy and the upcoming US election. The investable HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite In
08 Oct. 2020 In-house pros unveil new law firm for GC services [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Three veteran asset management attorneys who have served as in-house counsel, outside counsel, and government regulatory counsel in the U.S., Asia and Europe have formed the law firm Guzman Advisory Partners (GAP). GAP offers asset management firms comprehensive legal
08 Oct. 2020 AI startup Vestun launches hedge fund navigating market turbulence [more]
Opalesque Industry Update, for New Managers - Vestun, a Swiss-based financial and technology company has now opened the launch of its hedge fund to new outside investors. The firm which until now has been only managin
08 Oct. 2020 Billionaire wealth reaches a new high of $10.2tn amid COVID-19 crisis [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Billionaire wealth reached record high levels amid the COVID19 pandemic, a report by Swiss bank UBS and accounting firm PwC found, as a rally in stock prices and gains in technology and healthcare helped the wealth of the world's richest break the $10 trillion mar
08 Oct. 2020 Fossil fuel giants failing climate goals, funds say [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: No fossil fuel energy major in Europe has yet set an emissions target in line with limiting climate change to 2 degrees Celsius, despite headline-grabbing climate announcements by several European oil & gas companies this year, said a report by money managers overseein
08 Oct. 2020 NREP raises record-breaking $2.2bn with latest Nordic real estate fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The alternative asset manager based in Copenhagen, Nordic Real Estate Partners (NREP) has raised €1.9bn ($2.2 billion) for its Nordic Strategies Fund IV, making it the largest Nordic real estate fund ever. The real estate investment company said in a press note tha
07 Oct. 2020 Coronavirus hits global LBO performance [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - eFront, the financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report, showing that after a long period of benign market conditions and strong performance, LBO funds recorded a sign
07 Oct. 2020 More asset managers than ever are considering ESG [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is surging as a record number of institutional investors considering ESG in future investment decisions, said a survey. Callan, the institutional investment consulting firm, announced the results of
07 Oct. 2020 The cost for climate change inaction could rise to $31tn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Taking no action on climate change will cost economies a mean $5.4 trillion a year by 2070 and $31 trillion by 2200, said a study. Accounting for these damages will lead to a 10% reduction in GDP growth rate by 2050 and 25% by 2100, revealed non-profit organization
07 Oct. 2020 Institutional investors warned measuring impact alone is not enough [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Institutional investors risk a disconnect between ambition and reality if they focus on measuring investment impact without explicitly linking it to value creation for stakeholders, The Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI) warns. TAI, which is a non-profit division of Wil
06 Oct. 2020 Swiss boutique Quaero Capital hires manager for new Global Convertible Bonds strategy [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Geneva-based specialist asset manager Quaero Capital has hired Eric Daniel as Fund Manager. Supported by two dedicated analysts, he is in charge of managing the Global Convertible Bonds strategy launched in May. Prior to joining Quaero Capital, Eric Daniel was a Partner w
06 Oct. 2020 EQT closes second real estate fund at $1.18bn, exceeds the target [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Stockholm-based private equity firm has reached the final close of its second real estate fund with a €1bn ($1.18bn) hard cap, 33% above its initial €750m target. The vehicle, EQT Real Estate II, was launched in 2018 and is over twice the size of its predecessor, wr
06 Oct. 2020 LaSalle achieves $512m at the first close of the fourth European debt fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: LaSalle Investment Management has completed the first close of its fourth fund in its flagship LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies series (LREDS). The real estate debt fund has so far raised €435m ($512m) and is on track to reach its €1bn fundraising target, said th
05 Oct. 2020 CTAs underperformed in September, Q3, and year-to-date [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge fund strategies were marginally impacted by Covid-19 headwinds, with the Lyxor Global UCITs Peer Group down -0.8% so far in September (as of September 25th). The better performing strategies were defensive ones such as Merger Arbitrage and Market Neutral L/S
05 Oct. 2020 Private-equity firms to acquire Wilshire Associates [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Two New York-based private-equity firms agreed to acquire Wilshire Associates, an employee-owned Santa Monica-based investment advisory, management, and data company. CC Capital Partners, a five-year-old firm founded by former Blackstone Inc. partner Chinh Chu, and
02 Oct. 2020 Long term study finds hedge fund investors received only 36 cents of every dollar earned [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A report by the National Bureau of Economic Research based on data on 5,917 hedge funds over 22 years suggested that after incentive fees and management fees are assessed, investors received only 36 cents of every dollar earned on invested capital. Over the 22 years
02 Oct. 2020 Strategic Value Partners closes dislocation fund on more than $1.65bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Strategic Value Partners (SVP), an investment group focused on the debt of distressed companies, has raised a $1.6bn "dislocation fund" to take advantage of opportunities thrown up by the coronavirus crisis, as investors bet that a wave of defaults is still to come.
02 Oct. 2020 Covid-19 pandemic pushes institutional investors toward the biggest alternative managers [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Institutional investors are increasingly favoring the biggest, most established alternative managers as they make allocations during a global pandemic, said a survey that explores limited partners' alternative investment strategies and plans for 2021. According
02 Oct. 2020 Nordic Capital achieves $7.2bn fund close with no face-to-face meetings [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Swedish private equity firm Nordic Capital has hit a hard cap of EUR 6.1 billion (about $7.2 billion) on its latest flagship fund - Nordic Capital Fund X - after less than six months on the road and no face-to-face meetings. The tenth fund exceeds the target of EUR
02 Oct. 2020 Canadian institutional investors representing $2.3tn pledge to promote diversity in portfolios [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canadian institutional investors overseeing more than $2.3-trillion in combined assets have signed a statement that acknowledges the existence of systemic racism in Canada and have pledged to promote diversity and inclusion in their portfolios and organizations. The
01 Oct. 2020 Quantica Capital launches Gold denominated CTA share class [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Swiss-based systematic investment manager Quantica Capital will launch a Gold (XAU) denominated share class in its offshore Quantica Managed Futures Fund. The share class will offer access to Quantica's systematic trend-following QMF Program and will use futures and forwa
01 Oct. 2020 Active funds dominate ESG [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Actively managed funds have dominated when it comes to investing based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, said a study. In the U.S., net flows to long-term responsible funds quadrupled in 2019 to $20 billion, from $5 billion in 2018, and continu
30 Sep. 2020 Eric Stein to become Eaton Vance fixed income CIO [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Eaton Vance Corp. today announced the appointment of Eric A. Stein, CFA, as Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, of Eaton Vance Management (EVM), effective November 1, 2020. Mr. Stein will replace Payson F. Swaffield, CFA, who previously announced his intention to ret
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