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28 Oct. 2020 Despite the COVID-19 crisis, Canada-based investors stick with real estate [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: As 2020 draws to a close, it is difficult to assess the longer-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Canadian private real estate market. Preqin data suggests the asset class has been hit hard this year, with only three funds closed so far, raising an aggregate
28 Oct. 2020 Veritas Capital closes debut credit fund on $400m [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private-equity firm Veritas Capital closed its maiden credit fund, collecting $400 million of aggregate committed capital to invest in companies at the intersection of technology and government. The closing of the Credit Opportunities Fund, in addition to the final
27 Oct. 2020 First comprehensive digital asset wealth management platform receives regulatory clearance [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Two Ocean Trust, a Wyoming-chartered trust company that provides wealth management services for high-net worth individuals, family offices, and advisers, announced the launch of a comprehensive suite of digital asset products and services. Two Ocean's wealth mana
27 Oct. 2020 U.S. institutional investors with a combined $6.5tn in AUM ups pressure on corporates to address greenhouse gas emission [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investors with a collective $6.5 trillion in assets reminded U.S. companies with the highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to disclose their lobbying activities related to climate change - and to prepare for more shareholder pressure. Investors Group has issued &qu
27 Oct. 2020 Thoma Bravo raises $22.8bn as investors pile into PE [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Tech-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo has raised more than $22.8 billion across several funds - a new record for the firm. New vehicles include the $17.8 billion Thoma Bravo Fund XIV; the $3.9 billion Thoma Bravo Discover Fund, and the $1.1 billion T
27 Oct. 2020 Blackstone rakes in $8bn for long-term private equity fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Blackstone Group Inc.'s private equity business raised $8 billion for a fund that aims to hold companies for longer periods than its typical investments. The New York firm said its Blackstone Core Equity Partners II LP fund closed to new investors at its hard cap a
26 Oct. 2020 UCITS and AIFs continue to record net inflows in August [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet, which provides net sales data of UCITS and AIFs for August 2020. Bernard Delbecque, Senior Director for Economics and Research co
26 Oct. 2020 Global wealth holds steady despite pandemic strains [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 2019 was an exceptional year for wealth creation, with total global wealth rising by USD36.3 trillion. The onset of the pandemic, however, resulted in a USD17.5 trillion drop in household wealth between January to March, said Credit Suisse Research Institute. The an
26 Oct. 2020 Asset managers plan to outsource data management to focus on investing [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Asset managers plan to outsource functions such as data management and middle and back-office operations in order to cut costs and focus on their core job of generating investment returns for clients, said a study. "Many asset management firms are increasingly
26 Oct. 2020 500 largest global asset managers exceed $100tn AUM bar [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The world's 500 largest asset management companies exceeded the $100trn threshold in assets under management for the first time in the sector's history. They ended 2019 with a cumulated $104.4trn in assets under management, up 14.8% year-on-year, said a study. A
23 Oct. 2020 Active strategies' rebound continued in Q3 2020 [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Active investment managers across a variety of asset classes and regional exposures followed their historic Q2 returns with continued gains in Q3 2020. Returns were not consistently positive throughout the quarter as losses were the norm in September. The road ahead is f
23 Oct. 2020 Franklin Templeton and Illuminate Financial invest in Curv as digital asset security industry is at a crossroads [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Curv, a provider of digital asset security, today announced that global investment firm Franklin Templeton and fintech VC Illuminate Financial Management joined existing in
22 Oct. 2020 Led by Macro and Relative Value Arbitrage strategies, hedge funds register $13bn inflows in third quarter [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Investors allocated new capital to the hedge fund industry in the third quarter, the first quarterly net inflow since 1Q18, driven by strong performance through the coronavirus pandemic volatility and positioning for continued uncertainty around both the virus and t he u
21 Oct. 2020 UK pension funds expected to increase investment in renewables [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: UK pension funds are planning to increase allocations to renewables over the next five years, said a report. New research by real assets specialist Alpha Real Capital revealed that nearly 70% of pension fund investors in the country say they expect renewable energy
21 Oct. 2020 Legend Capital racks up $500m for the eighth fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Chinese venture capital and private equity fund manager Legend Capital (LC) has closed its eighth fund - LC Fund VIII - at a hard cap of $500 million. LC Fund VIII received strong support from existing LPs and has further diversified its investor base, securing co
21 Oct. 2020 Lightyear and Ontario Teachers acquire wealth management firm Allworth Financial [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canada's largest single-profession pension plan, the $155.1 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Toronto, and the New York-based private equity firm Lightyear Capital have agreed to acquire wealth management firm Allworth Financial from Parthenon Capital. Th
21 Oct. 2020 Credit Suisse Asset Management closes Edition CLO Opportunity Fund on $265m [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Credit Suisse Asset Management's Credit Investments Group has closed its Edition CLO Opportunity Fund with $265 million in capital commitments. This is CIG's first CLO equity focused fund. The Edition CLO Opportunity Fund is a CLO fund that invests in a
20 Oct. 2020 LLR Partners closes new $1.8bn fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Center City private equity firm LLR Partners closed a new $1.8 billion fund, aimed at investing in health care and tech companies. Through the fund - LLR Equity Partners VI (LLR 6) - LLR Partners invests between $20 million and $100 million in each technology and h
20 Oct. 2020 Hedge funds incur losses of 0.63% in September 2020 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark incurred losses of 0.63% in September 2020, which marks the first negative monthly performance figure since March. By comparison, the S&P 500 Index fell 3.92% and the MSCI World Index fell 3.45% in September Preqin sai
19 Oct. 2020 Hedge funds slow to adopt AI: Survey [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge funds are still slow to adopt artificial intelligence and machine learning to make investments or trades, with 87% of respondents stating that their hedge funds do not utilize these tools, said a survey. When asked to name the top challenge for their business,
16 Oct. 2020 Pangolin to launch a fund that bets on aviation recovery [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Pangolin Investment Management has recruited Mohshin Aziz, who has spent the past decade as transport analyst with Maybank-Kim Eng in Kuala Lumpur. Before that, he spent six years as head of Investor Relations at Air Asia. Mohshin will be joining our team in Singapore nex
16 Oct. 2020 Lazard Asset Management expands alternative investment platform [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Lazard Asset Management LLC today announced the expansion of its alternative investment platform, with the addition of a New York-based team and their long/short credit strategy. Sal Naro, Vincent Mistretta, Michael Cannon and Sanjay Aiyar have joined LAM from Coherence C
16 Oct. 2020 Barclay CTA Index loses 0.67% in September [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Managed futures funds reversed course in September losing 0.67%, according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. For the year-to-date, CTAs were up 2.09%. "Trend reversals triggered price declines in global equity m
16 Oct. 2020 Melissa Kelley-Hilton launches Hilton Global Associates [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hilton Global Associates Inc., a provider of timely, relevant, and actionable investigative due diligence, today announced its official launch. The global investigations firm was founded by Melissa Kelley-Hilton, a long-time industry veteran, who will be supported by an u
16 Oct. 2020 Global hedge funds were up 4.7% for Q3 2020 with HFM Asia-Pacific Index up 9.4% [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Q3 2020 saw a mixed three months, in which encouraging fund performance and investor sentiment generated $160bn in industry AuM, billion dollar funds lagged behind smaller rivals and large launches dried up. The recent quarter started with strong returns in July and Augus
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