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03 Feb. 2020 Edge Principal Advisors raises $560m for its fourth real estate fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New York City-headquartered real estate investment management firm Edge Principal Advisors announced the final closing of its fourth real estate fund, Edge Principal Investments IV. Fund IV closed with aggregate commitments over $560 million, said the firm which f
03 Feb. 2020 Australian asset manager Perpetual acquires Boston ESG specialist Trillium [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Boston-based Environmental-social-governance (ESG) equity and fixed-income money manager Trillium Asset Management agreed to be acquired by Australian-based Perpetual Ltd. Perpetual will purchase 100% of the employee-owned Trillum for $36 million-plus an earnout. Th
31 Jan. 2020 Riverwood Capital promotes three to partner [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Riverwood Capital, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, middle-market companies in the technology, technology-enabled, and other related industries, announced today the promotions of Harish Belur, Joaquim Lima, and Scott Ransenberg to Partner. "Duri
31 Jan. 2020 Trivest closes two new private equity funds [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Trivest Partners announced the final closings of the Trivest Growth Investment Fund II and the Trivest Discovery Fund with $435 million and $235 million of total capital commitments, respectively. Raised concurrently, TGIF II and the Trivest Discovery Fund represent Trive
31 Jan. 2020 CI Investments launches liquid alternative ETFs [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - CI Investments Inc., today announced that CI Liquid Alternatives are now available in an ETF structure and listed directly on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The ETFs mirror the strategies of CI's liquid alternative mutual funds, which were launched in November 2018 f
31 Jan. 2020 Charlesbank Capital Partners closes debut technology fund at $700M hard cap [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC is pleased to announce that it has completed fundraising for its inaugural Technology Opportunities Fund. The Fund had a $600 million target and received limited partner commitments in excess of its $700 million hard cap. The investor bas
31 Jan. 2020 Alpha Group promotes two [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Luxembourg-based Alpha Group has promoted Paolo Magni to Partner. Having been with the firm since 2014, Paolo has been involved in a number of deals across the sectors in which Alpha invests such as Pavan, Caffitaly, Europart and AMF Group. He has demonstrated leaders
31 Jan. 2020 Intermediate Capital Group raises $2.4bn for third secondary fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global alternative asset manager Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has raised $2.4bn for the final close of its third secondaries fund, ICG Strategic Equity Fund III. The fund, which focuses on GP-led secondary transactions, has smashed its initial $1.6bn target
31 Jan. 2020 Small deals dominate European venture capital investments volume [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Europe witnessed an increase in the number of low-value venture capital (VC) deals (investment
30 Jan. 2020 Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index up 5.4% and 7.7% in 2019 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ended December 2019 up 0.61% MOM on an asset weighted basis and up 1.44% MOM on an equal weighted basis. The Index is up 7.74% YTD on an equal weighted basis and 5.45% YTD on an asset weighted basis.
30 Jan. 2020 European venture capital deal value reaches record highs with $36bn across 5,017 deals [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European venture capital (VC) deal value reached record highs with €32.4 billion total invested across 5,017 deals compared to €24.3 ($36bn) across 5,929 deals in 2018. All European regions set new deal value records in 2019, indicating a well-balanced and diverse
30 Jan. 2020 More than half of US CEOs plan to pursue M&A to drive growth this year [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: More than half of US executives said they plan to pursue M&A to drive growth in the year 2020 - a higher response than CEOs globally said a survey. US CEOs said they have a dimmer outlook on the global economy in 2020, said CEO Survey and Deals by PwC. The share of
30 Jan. 2020 $108bn of new capital to be invested in real estate globally in 2020 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Institutional investors have signaled a greater appetite for risk in the year ahead, according to the global Investment Intentions Survey 2020. The survey by Inrev, Anrev and Prea indicates that a minimum of €98.1 billion of new capital is expected to be invested in
30 Jan. 2020 Inflows into European ETFs surpass $110bn for the first time [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The European exchange-traded fund (ETF) market reached a "record" high last year as overall inflows surpassed €100bn ($110bn) for the first time. European ETFs gathered a record €100.8bn in 2019, bringing total assets to €870bn (up 40 percent on 2018), according to
29 Jan. 2020 Sortis launches $10M growth venture fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Sortis Holdings Inc. (SOHI), a Portland, Oregon-based alternative investment fund manager, has launched Sortis Growth Venture Fund. The $10 million fund is a hybrid venture capital and consumer-focused private equity fund dedicated to accelerating the speed at which risin
29 Jan. 2020 Patriot Capital Group taps Franklin Staley to lead lower mid-market strategy [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Patriot Capital Group, a multi-strategy middle market investment manager and advisory services platform announced today it has hired Franklin Staley to lead its lower middle market buyout strategy, Exeter Street Capital Partners. Staley brings to Exeter Street more than 2
29 Jan. 2020 Arc70 closes second fund on $230M [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Arc70 Fund II reached its hard cap of $230 million in capital commitments, exceeding its initial target of $200 million, in less than five months. The heavily oversubscribed fund received strong support from both new and existing top tier institutional investors, includin
29 Jan. 2020 Millennium team heads to CIFC to lead US high yield group [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - CIFC has appointed Jason Horowitz as Head of U.S. High Yield Bond Investments to lead the expansion of CIFC's high yield investment business. In this new role, Mr. Horowitz is supported by seasoned high yield investment professionals, Managing Director Brandon Hole and Ex
29 Jan. 2020 Eze Castle taps John Brennan for Chief Strategy Officer role [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Eze Castle Integration, a global managed service provider to the financial sector, today announced that John Brennan has joined as Chief Strategy Officer. In this role, Brennan will oversee the strategic evolution of Eze Castle's solutions and identify new growth oppo
29 Jan. 2020 Stack launches institutional-grade bitcoin index fund in Asia [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Singapore-based digital asset platform has launched an institutional-grade bitcoin index fund in response to investor demand for controlled exposure to the high-yield potential of bitcoin globally. The Asian provider of cryptocurrency trackers and index funds said
29 Jan. 2020 Kinderhook Industries racks up $1.11bn for the sixth fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New York-based private equity firm Kinderhook Industries has closed its sixth flagship fund Kinderhook Capital Fund VI surpassing the $1 billion mark at $1.11 billion. The U.S. midmarket firm said the upper limit of money that the firm agreed to accept from outside
28 Jan. 2020 Public pension funds trim costs to improve efficiency [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Public retirement systems managed to cut down their administrative and investment expenses and took other cost-efficiency measures in 2019, said a survey. The majority (62 percent) of survey participants with assets exceeding $1.4 trillion in actuarial and market va
28 Jan. 2020 Chicago investment litigation firm GLS Capital raises $345m for litigation finance fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Chicago litigation investment firm GLS Capital says it has raised $345 million for its inaugural litigation finance fund. GLS Capital Partners Fund I's diverse institutional investor base includes global financial institutions, endowments, foundations and family
27 Jan. 2020 Cerulli: Is an absolute return to the good days possible? [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Despite the disappointing performance of absolute return funds over the past 18 months, these products still offer opportunities for investors looking for diversification and uncorrelated returns in volatile markets, according to the latest issue of The Cerulli Edge-Europ
27 Jan. 2020 European private equity fundraising hits record in 2019 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New data from Pitchbook says that 2019 was a record year for European Private Equity fundraising, with €86.4 billion raised across 89 vehicles. Nearly three-quarters of total capital was raised in just two regions: the UK & Ireland and France & Benelux. The UK &
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