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28 Oct. 2019 RWC Partners unveils Diversified Return Fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - RWC Partners has announced the launch of the RWC Diversified Return Fund after the hiring of the senior members of multi-strategy specialists Agilis Investment Management LLP. The Diversified Returns Team led by Clark Fenton, along with colleagues Charles Crowson an
28 Oct. 2019 AECOM-Canyon Partners raises $500m for flagship fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: AECOM-Canyon Partners, a joint venture between the real estate investment arm of engineering firm AECOM and Century City-based hedge fund Canyon Partners LLC, announced the close of its $500 million AECOM-Canyon Partners Equity Fund, the first vehicle launched by the j
25 Oct. 2019 Carlyle raises $7.1bn for fifth European buyout fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Carlyle Group has closed its fifth Europe-focused buyout fund Carlyle Europe Partners V (CEP V) on €6.4bn ($7.1bn), exceeding its initial €5.5bn target. CEP V brought in commitments from more than 300 investors in 37 countries, the global investment firm said.
25 Oct. 2019 Survey claims 36.5 million Americans own some form of cryptocurrency [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The number of Americans who own cryptocurrencies has almost doubled in 2019 from 7.95% in 2018 to 14.4%, an increase of 81% in one year, according to a new survey by Finder. That means roughly 36.5 million Americans own some form of cryptocurrency. Of those
25 Oct. 2019 Institutional investor demand for real assets continues to grow despite political crisis [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Institutional investors expect to increase allocations to real assets over the next 12 months in the face of a challenging political and economic environment, according to Aviva Investors' 2020 Real Assets Survey. With uncertainty over global growth and the likeli
24 Oct. 2019 Hedge fund industry sees 6th consecutive quarter of outflows [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Investors redeemed at estimated $12.11 billion from the global hedge fund industry in September 2019, bringing year to date (YTD) flows to -$76.86 billion, according to the just-released September 2019 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. The total Q3 2019 outfl
24 Oct. 2019 Total real estate deal value in the US contracted by 10.2%, says PWC [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Real estate deal activity in the US fell slightly during the quarter, but fundamentals and outlook remain strong, said PWC. The total real estate deal value at $138.2 billion showed a decline of 10.2 %, compared with the same period in 2018. But the current dip ove
24 Oct. 2019 83% of venture capitalists want to invest in more women- and minority-owned businesses [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Despite acknowledging the opportunities that companies founded by women and multicultural entrepreneurs present, a majority (60%) of the venture capitalists (VCs) surveyed by Morgan Stanley say that their portfolios hold too few of these companies. An overwhelmin
24 Oct. 2019 US asset and wealth management deal activity on track for an annual record, despite a slow 3Q [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Deal volume and value in asset and wealth management (AWM) eased during the third quarter after an unprecedented first half of 2019, said PWC. Still, deal activity is on track to set an annual record during 2019. Three forces have been spurring consolidation: fee
23 Oct. 2019 Institutional investors plan to continue to utilize hedge funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: While sentiment toward hedge funds has become increasingly critical after a turbulent 2018, investors plan to continue to utilize hedge funds as a primary source of alpha generation in 2019 - and to increase their overall asset allocation to hedge funds - according to
23 Oct. 2019 TPG Sixth Street rakes $2.2bn hard cap close [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: TPG Sixth Street Partners, the credit business that's part of buyout giant TPG, closed its first late-stage growth fund, TSSP Capital Solutions, at its $2.2 billion hard cap. In addition to commitments from the Sixth Street team, the fund raised approximately $2.2
23 Oct. 2019 417 private debt funds seek an aggregate $177bn in capital in Q4 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The fundraising market for private debt remains crowded at the start of Q4, with 417 private debt funds seeking an aggregate $177bn in capital, said Preqin. Although slightly down from the start of Q3, both figures remain very high compared with historical totals a
23 Oct. 2019 Institutional investor demand for commercial real estate at 7-year high [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global institutional investor appetite for commercial real estate is the highest it's been in seven years, despite concerns about asset valuations and weakening economic growth, said a survey. Average target allocations to real estate increased 10 basis points
23 Oct. 2019 White paper: Supporting investment thesis for secondary funds [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Secondary funds offer faster return of capital, wide diversification, and a notable downturn protection that might fit those who want to invest in a countercyclical way today, says Moonfare GmbH, a German private equity plat
22 Oct. 2019 Melanion Capital hires hedge fund manager Dan Costinescu through seeding program [more]
Opalesque Industry Update, for New Managers - Melanion Capital, the Paris-based independent alternative investment management company, has appointed Dan Costinescu as a portfolio manager. Mr. Costinescu, who has been
22 Oct. 2019 Total hedge fund assets decline modestly to $3.24tn [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Total hedge fund capital was narrowly changed for the 3Q19, falling from the prior quarter record with flows mixed across strategies as investors navigated heightened fixed income risk and volatility, as well as fluid political developments across the U.S., Europe, the UK
22 Oct. 2019 Ropes & Gray adds private equity partner in New York [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Global law firm Ropes & Gray today announced that Scott A. Abramowitz has joined the firm as a partner in its 350-lawyer New York office. Mr. Abramowitz expands Ropes & Gray's preeminent private equity practice, which represents clients in both multibillion-dollar and mid
22 Oct. 2019 Hedge fund redemptions continue in August [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The hedge fund redemption trend stretched to three straight months in August as the industry experienced $11.3 billion in outflows. August's redemptions represented 0.4% of industry assets and were an increase from July's $8.1 billion in industry outflows, according t
22 Oct. 2019 Lyxor expects active strategies to lead again in Q4 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Active strategies' relative performance in Q3 was slightly weaker than in Q2, though uneven across regions, says Lyxor. "Going forward, we expect a sense of déjà vu in Q4. A respite in uncertainties could yet again spur, for a time, a greater focus on micro develop
22 Oct. 2019 Manulife Investment appoints two global heads of alternatives secondaries [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Jeff Hammer and Paul Sanabria joined Manulife Investment Management as senior managing directors and global co-heads of the firm's new private capital secondary investment business. The investment arm of Toronto-based insurer Manulife Financial Corp, the appoin
22 Oct. 2019 Private equity fund performance falters in 2019 [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New data from eFront shows that private equity performance faltered a bit in 2019. LBO fund performance dipped from the record levels seen in 2017. For the US, active LBO funds are performing well when compared with the historical average, but the correctio
21 Oct. 2019 CTAs down -2.6% in September due to long positioning on fixed income [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: CTAs were down -2.6% in September due to their long positioning on fixed income, while Global Macro strategies were up +1.4%, Lyxor said. Concurrently, Event-Driven and L/S Credit strategies were slightly up (+0.2 and +0.3% respectively) and L/S Equity strategies we
18 Oct. 2019 CTAs and macro strategies lead the pack for the six-month return to September [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge funds posted their first negative quarterly return for the year in Q3, 2019 with the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark losing 0.21% . Among single manager fund types, CTAs produced the highest return (+1.37%), compared with the significant gains of 2
18 Oct. 2019 The number of hedge funds launched in Q3 declined to 67 from 121 the previous quarter [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Traditional single-manager funds accounted for 84% of all hedge funds launched in Q3 2019, in line with the statistics from Q2 2019, when such funds accounted for 87% of funds launched, said Preqin. However, there has been a steep decline in the number of hedge fun
18 Oct. 2019 Global corporate debt with negative yields swells to $19tn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: As investors search for richer returns in riskier assets after recent interest rate cuts by central banks, the corporate debt market has been swelling. Low-interest rates are encouraging companies to take on a level of debt that risks becoming a $19 trillion timeb
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