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29 Aug. 2019 WestBridge brings on Barkley for investment director role [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - WestBridge has appointed a new Investment Director to open its new Manchester office and lead investments across the North of England. Peter Barkley joins WestBridge from Dow Schofield Watts, where he spent four years in the lead advisory team and where he supported We
29 Aug. 2019 iCapital adds four to senior team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - iCapital Network, the financial technology platform setting the industry standard for access and efficiency in alternative investing, today announced the recent addition of four senior leaders to the executive team. Michael Kushner, Chief Financial Officer; Jennifer Ashle
29 Aug. 2019 Institutional investor confidence slips to the lowest level in four months [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: State Street said its Global Investor Confidence Index in August fell to the lowest level in four months in another sign the US-China trade war is weighing on business and sentiment. The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) decreased to 75.9, down 8
29 Aug. 2019 88% of private debt investors to commit more in the coming months: Preqin [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private debt investors remain committed to the asset class, with a significant 88% looking to commit more, or the same amount of, capital to funds over the next 12 months, the largest proportion in the past three years. As the private debt continues to grow into a
29 Aug. 2019 Allocators pivot to real assets, private equity - eVestment [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: US public pensions' over- and under-allocations to various asset classes could mean billions of dollars flowing into real estate, private equity, real assets and other alternative asset classes soon, according to data from eVestment's Market Lens Asset Allocatio
28 Aug. 2019 Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ends July up 0.70%, 4.4% YTD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ended July 2019 up 0.70% MOM on an asset weighted basis and up 0.12% MOM on an equal weighted basis. The aim of the Scotiabank Canadian
28 Aug. 2019 Investors are moving hedge fund holdings to defensive positions [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Preqin Investor Update: Alternative Assets H2 2019* finds that 74% of surveyed investors believe that equity markets are at a peak, up from 61% that said the same at the end of 2018. Just 6% believe markets are expanding, down 15 percentage points in six months
28 Aug. 2019 US firms dominate top 10 VC investors list in IoT tech space in 2018, finds GlobalData [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The US was home to majority of the global top 10 venture capital (VC) investors in the Internet of Things (IoT) tech space in 2018, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The top 10 VC investors (Baidu, Amazon Alexa Fund, Intel Capital, Rober
28 Aug. 2019 Crypto exchange opens offering insured custody for traders and investors [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Australia's latest crypto exchange and broker launched at Barangaroo today. Mine Digital CEO, Grant Colthup, believes Mine Digital will set a new standard in the Australian cryptocurrency market. "There is interest in cryptocurrencies as a new asset, however, there
28 Aug. 2019 Private equity tops the table for investor satisfaction, says Preqin [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Across alternative assets, investors are most satisfied with the performance of private equity funds: a significant 93% of respondents to Preqin's latest survey feel that the performance of the asset class has met or exceeded their expectations over the past 12 mon
28 Aug. 2019 CTAs outperformed Global Macro in August [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: CTAs performed well in August as the drop in sovereign yields continued to boost the heavily long bond exposure, Lyxor said in its weekly brief. Conversely, Macro funds underperformed due to their short bond and long equity exposure. Long biased strategies on equit
27 Aug. 2019 Picton Mahoney Asset Management acquires two hedge funds from Vertex One [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canadian financial institution Picton Mahoney Asset Management is all set to acquire the Vertex One Asset Management's investment fund management contracts for the five hedge funds and alternative mutual funds listed below, with approximately $380m in assets.
26 Aug. 2019 Mexico boasts a fast-growing private capital sector [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Mexico boasts a fast-growing private capital sector, strong economic fundamentals, and supportive political institutions, not to mention a burgeoning middle class and a young demographic bulge. Investors and fund managers are increasingly putting this promising e
26 Aug. 2019 Pemberton Capital Advisers raises $4.7bn on 2 fund closes [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The asset management group in London, Pemberton Capital Advisers closed its European midmarket strategy at €3.2bn ($3.5bn), which includes European Mid-Market Debt Fund II and U.K. Mid-Market Debt Fund, and also closed its Strategic Credit Opportunities Fund at €1bn.
23 Aug. 2019 Hedge fund industry sees $12.2 billion in outflows for June [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds were unable to build on the previous month's inflows in June with the industry moving back into net redemption territory with $12.2 billion in outflows for the month. June redemptions, which represented 0.4% of industry assets, were a reversal from May's
23 Aug. 2019 Companies that executed M&As have performed well in 2019, survey finds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: About half of companies buying other businesses' divested assets in the first half of the year outperformed an industry benchmark by an average of 1 percentage point (pp), while two-thirds of companies divesting assets during that period underperformed by 7pp.
23 Aug. 2019 Investors withdraw $8.42bn from the global hedge fund industry in July [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Investors withdrew another $8.42 billion from the global hedge fund industry in July, according to the latest 2019 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. However, positive performance has helped to keep industry assets above $3 trillion. Total industry AUM sit
22 Aug. 2019 Emerging markets hedge funds extend gains amid trade tensions [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Emerging Markets hedge funds posted industry-leading gains through mid-2019, navigating rising trade tariff tensions, the falling Chinese Renminbi, growing protests in Hong Kong, and interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks. Strong advan
22 Aug. 2019 SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator up 3.41% August 2019 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for August 2019 measured 3.41%, up from 2.69% in July. "SS&C GlobeOp's Forward Redemption Indicator of 3.41% for August 2019, though up from the 2.73% reported a year ago for August 2018, closely matched the 5-yea
22 Aug. 2019 Alternative investment platform Artivest adds private equity shop WM Partners [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Alternative investment platform Artivest has added Florida-based private equity firm WM Partners to its Artivest Open Network. Founded in 2015 by co-founders Alejandro Weinstein and Jose Minski, WM Partners is a middle-market private equity firm that specializes i
22 Aug. 2019 Ex-Navab Capital partner to join Blackstone growth equity unit [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Blackstone Group announced that it had hired Ram Jagannath, who was a partner at Navab Capital before the firm's untimely closure. Ram had previously worked as a managing director for the Carlyle Group's flagship buyout fund. Ram Jagannath, an investor with more th
22 Aug. 2019 Nordic-based private capital fund managers provide investors with outsized returns to compensate for the risk [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Although the majority of European capital is concentrated among Western Europe-based managers, Nordic-based fund managers have offered investors the largest return compared with firms in Western Europe and Central & Eastern Europe. According to Preqin, the associat
21 Aug. 2019 Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 0.62% in July, 6.48% YTD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.62% in July, bringing its year-to-date return to 6.48%. Roughly 30.8% of hedge fund managers in the index have recorded double-digit gains over the first seven months of the year. The global hedge fund industry AUM remained mo
21 Aug. 2019 US-based micro venture capital funds collect $3.4bn across 128 funds in H1, 2019 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US-based micro venture capital funds (those sized at $100mn or less) have gained traction throughout the past decade, peaking at $7.7bn raised across 296 vehicles in 2018, said Preqin. Coming off a record year for micro venture capital, 2019 is off to a solid start
21 Aug. 2019 Vietnam Fund gains from small and mid caps, while Vietnam gains from US-China trade war [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Asia Frontier Capital (AFC)'s Vietnam Fund, which invests in small and medium listed companies in Vietnam, has been beating the Ho Chi Minh
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