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24 Apr. 2024 With 1,137 deals, US VC funding falls 35.7% YoY in Q1 2024 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The US startup ecosystem saw the announcement of a total of 1,137 venture capital (VC) funding deals worth $24.2 billion during the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, revealed a study. According to the GlobalData report, this represents a decline of 49.1% in terms of deal
24 Apr. 2024 iM takes a share of Trinity Street [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: iM Global Partner (iMGP) has acquired of a non-controlling minority stake in London-base
23 Apr. 2024 Major study reveals alternative asset classes are set to see the biggest increase in fund raising in 2024 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - New research from Carne Group, a leader in fund regulation and governance solutions for the asset management industry, reveals fund managers expect alternative asset classes to see the biggest increase in fund raising in 2024. Carne Group commissioned research with ove
23 Apr. 2024 Sterling Group closes latest fund on $3.5 billion [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Houston-based private equity firm Sterling Group has closed its latest fund on $3.5 billion. The fund beat its target of $2.75 billion and hit its hard cap. This marks the sixth fund for the firm. Sterling's previous fund closed in June 2020 with $2.0 b
22 Apr. 2024 Sofinnova Partners adds two partners [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Sofinnova Partners, a leading European life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London, and Milan, announced the promotion to Partner of two exceptional team members, both of whom have served distinguished tenures at the firm, with expertise across different str
22 Apr. 2024 Asante Capital names Leyland partner [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Asante Capital Group, a leading global private equity placement and advisory group, announced today that Laura Leyland has been promoted to Partner. The firm's fifth Partner, Laura joined Asante more than a decade ago and over this period has worked on numerous successful
22 Apr. 2024 Hedge fund industry reaches $4.3tn milestone in 1Q 2024 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund capital extended the year-end surge, rising to a historic $4.3 trillion milestone in 1Q24 on strong performance and investor inflows, with managers navigating a complex environment on improving economic outlook and acceleration of M&A concurrent with unpreceden
22 Apr. 2024 With 3,231 deals, APAC deal activity declined by 12.2% YoY in 1Q 2024 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A total of 3,231 deals were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, which was a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 12.2% compared to the 3,681 deals announced during the same period in the previous year, revealed a study. The d
19 Apr. 2024 Man Group reports a 5% increase in Q1 AUM at $175.7bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: World's largest publicly traded hedge fund Man Group reported a nearly five percent increase in its assets under management (AUM) for the first quarter of 2024, compared to the last quarter of 2023. The British hedge fund manager said in a press release that its
19 Apr. 2024 With 7520 deals, global VC investment falls to its lowest level in five years to $76bn in Q1'24 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global venture capital (VC) investment dropped from $83.8 billion in Q4'23 to $75.9 billion in Q1'24 while the number of VC deals dropped from 9,458 to 7,520 over the same period, revealed a study. According to KPMG Private Enterprise, the fall is attributed to geop
18 Apr. 2024 Auspice and CI GAM expand partnership with launch of new systematic fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Auspice Capital Advisors Ltd. has launched the CI Auspice Alternative Diversified Corporate Class, a systematic, trend-following, multi-strategy Fund that seeks to provide returns that are uncorrelated with other alternative strategies and fixed income, while also
18 Apr. 2024 OpenAI is the most funded AI company, with $14bn raised so far [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The explosive growth of the AI market has drawn huge attention from VC investors, who poured billions of dollars into AI companies and startups, even when most other sectors saw a considerable funding drop. And while AI companies, in general, have become a new shiny objec
18 Apr. 2024 Evolution Equity racks up $1.1bn for cybersecurity bets [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Cybersecurity-focused private equity firm Evolution Equity Partners announced that it raised $1.1 billion of capital commitments for cybersecurity and AI fund, the third such fund in Evolution's history. The growth capital investment firm based in NYC said in a medi
17 Apr. 2024 Hedge fund investors seek strong performance in an elevated interest rates scenario [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia, for New Managers: Hedge funds led by new managers are responding to pressure to outperform against a backdrop of elevated interest rates, pointed out a new study. The 2023 edition of The Seward & Kissel New Manager Hedge Fund Study, revealed a substantial inc
16 Apr. 2024 Global PEVC deal value climbs 5.1% in the first quarter [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global private equity and venture capital deal value grew in the first quarter, although the volume of transactions declined from the same period in 2023, revealed a study. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data, deal value climbed 5.1% to $130.61 billion
15 Apr. 2024 Global pension funds allocation to private equity fell short in Q1 2024 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global pension funds collectively fell short of their intended allocation to private equity in the first quarter, revealed a study. According to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis of data from 344 global pension funds, pension funds targeted an allocation t
12 Apr. 2024 Global venture capital investments drop markedly in Q1 2024 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A study pointed out that the value and volume of global venture capital deals declined during the first quarter of 2024. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data, the aggregate transaction value amounted to $71.57 billion from January to March 2024, represen
11 Apr. 2024 Igneo raises more than $4.4bn for European infrastructure fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Igneo Infrastructure Partners, the direct investors in infrastructure assets, has raised €4.1bn ($4.4bn) for its European Diversified Infrastructure Fund III (EDIF III) and secured approximately €2.1bn of potential co-investment commitments from 55 institutio
10 Apr. 2024 Auspice and CI GAM expand partnership with launch of new systematic fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Auspice Capital Advisors Ltd. has launched the CI Auspice Alternative Diversified Corporate Class, a systematic, trend-following, multi-strategy Fund that seeks to provide returns that are uncorrelated with other alternative strategies and fixed income, while also
10 Apr. 2024 EU ESG Ucits AUM set to cross $9.8tn by 2027 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investment flows towards EU ESG UCITS funds surged last year. Article 8 and Article 9 funds reached EUR 6.2tn at end-2023, an increase of EUR 1tn year-on-year, and assets under management (AUM) are now projected to reach over EUR 9tn ($9.8tn) by 2027, revealed a study.
09 Apr. 2024 Alternative fund managers are losing investment mandates due to compliance issues [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - New research from Ocorian and Newgate Compliance, market players in regulation and compliance services for funds, corporates, capital markets and private clients shows alternative fund managers are losing investment mandates or clients because of compliance issues. It
09 Apr. 2024 IMF warns of 'fragilities' in rapidly growing $2.1tn private credit market [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns about the rapidly expanding private credit market, now valued at $2.1 trillion. "The private credit market, in which specialized non-bank financial institutions such as investment funds lend to corporate borr
09 Apr. 2024 Cliff Asness's list of cognitive dissonance instances [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: On the 1st of April, Cliff Asness, managing and founding principal of AQR, published an interesting list of 13 set
07 Apr. 2024 Macro hedge funds surge in March, post strongest quarter in over 20 years [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds extended the 1Q surge through March, led by Macro strategies, which posted its best month since March 2022 and its strongest quarter in over 20 years. Industry-wide gains were driven by trend-following CTAs, Energy, Multi-Strategy, Healthcare, and Cryptocu
05 Apr. 2024 SK Capital Partners wraps up sixth fund just under $3bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Buyout investor SK Capital Partners has announced the closing of its latest fund SK Capital Partners VI with $2.95 billion in commitments. The new fund, which is the latest vintage of the firm's flagship private investment strategy, was oversubscribed. According to
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