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28 Jan. 2025 Houlihan Lokey adds to team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Houlihan Lokey, Inc., the global investment bank, announced today that Bill Scheuerer has joined as a Managing Director in its Capital Markets Group. Based in New York, Mr. Scheuerer will support the firm's private capital financing efforts across all industry verticals.
28 Jan. 2025 Francisco Partners racks up $3.3bn for private credit bets [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: American investment firm Francisco Partners closed its latest private-credit fund with $3.3 billion in investor commitments, exceeding its $2.3 billion target despite a difficult fundraising market. The opportunistic lending vehicle FP Credit Partners III fund surpass
28 Jan. 2025 With 50,523 deals, the global deal activity declined 6.7% in 2024 [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Reflecting a 6.7% year-on-year (YoY) decline from 54,141 deals announced in 2023, a total of 50,523 deals across mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity, and venture financing were announced globally during 2024, revealed a study. According to the GlobalData repo
27 Jan. 2025 Arena Investors and Fort Morgan Capital launch $50 Million litigation finance venture [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Arena Investors, LP and Fort Morgan Capital, a subsidiary of SimpleCITI Companies, are proud to announce the launch of a $50 million joint venture focused on providing law firm finance solutions for US law firms. Targeting growth financing between $1 million to $15 millio
27 Jan. 2025 Rackhouse Venture Capital adds to team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Rackhouse Venture Capital, a San Francisco-based, early-stage, AI-focused venture capital firm, today announced the appointment of Brendan Baker as its newest Partner. Baker brings over a decade of experience building modern venture capital firms, advising founders, and i
27 Jan. 2025 VC investment in Asia plummets to record lows during Q4'24 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: VC investment in Asia plummeted during Q4'24 as all key jurisdictions in the region saw investors pressing pause, according to KPMG Private Enterprise quarterly global report on venture capital trends. While China continued to attract the largest share of investme
26 Jan. 2025 Hedge fund assets surge to records as Trump administration takes office [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Total global hedge fund capital surged to a record level to begin 2025 as the Trump Administration begins, capping a strong performance year while navigating inflation, and interest rate and generational geopolitical uncertainty in 2024. Industry capital spiked to a fifth
24 Jan. 2025 UK attracts largest share of VC investment in Europe during Q4'24 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: VC investment in Europe rose in Q4'24, although the total investment in the region for 2024 fell short of 2023 results, highlighting the significant challenges experienced in the VC space over the last twelve months. According to the KPMG Private Enterprise quarter
24 Jan. 2025 Novacap wraps up inaugural digital fund on AI investment trend at over $1bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: North American alternative manager Novacap Investments has launched a new fund to invest more than $1 billion in digital infrastructure projects across North America. The Novacap Digital Infrastructure Fund I exceeded its target and raised money from existing and n
23 Jan. 2025 US VC firm Insight Partners racks in $12.5bn for new flagship fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Insight Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm has raised $12.5 billion for its 13th flagship fund. The amount reflects a downward adjustment from its initial target of US$20 billion due to a difficult environment for venture capital fun
23 Jan. 2025 Large AI deals boost investment in Q4'24 US VC market [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: During Q4'24, the US saw total VC investment rise to its highest level since Q2'22 as interest and investment in AI continued to be red-hot. The sector accounted for more than half of the country's top ten deals, including the first $10 billion venture round ever seen
22 Jan. 2025 Global CEOs rank UK most important market after US [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The UK has risen to become the second-most attractive global destination for international investment according to PwC's 28th Annual Global CEO Survey. This is the first time the UK has secured this spot in the 28 year history of the survey. This shift in attitude t
22 Jan. 2025 Asset management CEOs confident about growth, see GenAI as top investment priority [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The KPMG 2024 Asset Management CEO Outlook report provides key insights from the 2024 Global Asset Management Outlook survey. With over US$120 trillion in assets under management, the sector plays a pivotal role in shaping the prospects of virtually every other sector. Th
22 Jan. 2025 Global VC investment rose to the highest level in seven quarters in Q4'24 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: VC investment globally rose to the highest level in seven quarters in Q4'24, driven primarily by the ongoing surge in interest in AI. According to KPMG Q4'24 Venture Pulse Report - Global trends, in Q4'24, global VC investment rose to a ten-quarter high of $108.6 b
22 Jan. 2025 Ridgewood closes infrastructure fund II on $1.2bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Real assets specialist Ridgewood Infrastructure has raised $1.2bn for its second water and infrastructure fund, surpassing its initial $1bn target. Ridgewood Water & Strategic Infrastructure Fund II attracted a diverse group of global institutional investors across
21 Jan. 2025 Mega-merger boom picked up in 2024 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: With 29 deals of $10 billion or more in transaction value announced throughout the year large global M&A picked up in 2024, revealed a report. According to the S&P Global Market Intelligence report, the year started out at a high point, with 10 large deals announce
20 Jan. 2025 Ares amasses $30.7bn for European private credit fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global alternative investment manager Ares Management Corp. has amassed a €30 billion ($30.7 billion) pool of capital for its latest European direct lending fund, the largest of its kind ever in the region. With total commitments of €17.1 billion, the six
19 Jan. 2025 Trump's meme coin frenzy - experts warn of risks [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Donald Trump's launch of the $TRUMP meme coin is sending shockwaves through the cryptocurrency market, with the coin's valuation skyrocketing by over 300% in less than 24 hours. As of Sunday morning, $TRUMP hit a market cap of $5.81 billion, marking the former presi
17 Jan. 2025 Investors to focus on quality across asset classes in 2025 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Investors are gearing up for a promising 2025, citing stable inflation, rates, and low unemployment, according to the latest Global Investment Management Survey by the Franklin Templeton Institute. Conducted in November, the results capture insights from more than 20
17 Jan. 2025 SEC settles charges against US hedge fund Two Sigma over investment model vulnerabilities [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled charges against New York-based investment advisers Two Sigma Investments LP and Two Sigma Advisers LP (collectively, Two Sigma) for breaching their fiduciary duties by failing to reasonably address known vulnerabili
17 Jan. 2025 New Holland Capital's absolute return multi-manager strategy comes to Canada [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - AGF Capital Partners, AGF Management Limited's multi-boutique alternatives business with Affiliate Managers across both private assets and alternative strategies, announced the launch of the AGF NHC Tactical Alpha Fund. The Fund is an absolute return-oriented strateg
17 Jan. 2025 Ardian amasses $30bn in world's biggest private equity secondary market fundraising [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The French alternative asset manager Ardian has raised $30bn for its ninth secondaries fund. It's the largest secondaries fund ever raised, and more than half the total value of secondaries funds raised globally last year. According to a media release from the gl
17 Jan. 2025 StepStone racks in $1.4bn for infrastructure co-investment Fund, surpassing target [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global private markets investment firm has reached a roughly $1.4bn final close for its latest infra co-invest fund. StepStone Infrastructure Co-Investment Partners 2022 (SICP) fund closed with approximately $1.2 billion of capital commitments, significantly surpa
16 Jan. 2025 Alternative asset managers change their exit strategies [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Almost all (96%) asset managers working in alternative investments, senior executives at major companies, family offices, and wealth managers, are adjusting their exit strategies due to macro-economic changes. According to new global research from Ocorian, the re-ev
15 Jan. 2025 Crestline Summit rebrands as SummitTX [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Crestline Summit, the public markets hedge fund division of Crestline Investors, Inc., is rebranding as SummitTX. It has also announced the independent registration of SummitTX Capital, L.P. as the SEC Registered Investment Adviser for the SummitTX Funds. The reb
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