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14 Dec. 2022 VC firm Fifth Wall raises $866m in largest ever proptech fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Fifth Wall, the largest venture capital (VC) firm focused on technology for the global real estate industry, has raised $866 million for its latest proptech fund - Real Estate Technology Fund III. Backed by a long list of investors, including CBRE, Cushman & Wakefie
14 Dec. 2022 BNP Paribas creates a $32bn private assets unit [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: French international banking group BNP Paribas has announced the creation of Private Assets, a new business unit within its investment and protection services (IPS) division dedicated to private asset management. Integrated within BNP Paribas Asset Management and
13 Dec. 2022 Hedge fund industry trims 2022 losses with 3.46% gain in November [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The hedge fund industry was up 3.46% in November, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. Many funds rode the swell of bullish sentiment in both equity and fixed income markets that continued throughout Novembe
13 Dec. 2022 The Swiss financial industry has successfully traded and settled tokenized investment products [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - For the first time, key players in the Swiss financial industry successfully developed and tested a novel settlement mechanism for tokenized investment products on a public blockchain testnet infrastructure. A smart contract, developed by the Capital Markets and Technolog
13 Dec. 2022 Institutional investors launch initiative to engage companies on biodiversity and nature loss [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A group of institutional investors announced the formation of Nature Action 100, a new global engagement initiative that focuses on investors driving urgent action on the nature-related risks and dependencies in the companies they own. The Nature Action 100 initiati
13 Dec. 2022 Singapore dethrones China's private capital fundraising crown [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Singapore has emerged as one of the rare financial hubs in the world to attract a record cash pile, defying the gravity of a global fundraising slump, says a report. According to the Preqin report, fundraising worldwide has slowed this year to a five-year low, with
13 Dec. 2022 15% of Americans conducted transfers into crypto accounts, says research [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Crypto holdings for most individuals are relatively small, but almost 15 percent of users have net transfers of over one month's worth of pay to crypto accounts, said a research. U.S. households' involvement in crypto-assets (hereafter, crypto) rose sharply during
13 Dec. 2022 Morgan Stanley expects global economic growth of 3% for 2022 and 2.2% for 2023 [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: According to Morgan Stanley's 2023 Global Macro Outlook, we should see weaker grow
12 Dec. 2022 Citi predicts shallow US recession in 2023, recovery in 2024 [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Citi Global Wealth Investments (CGWI) predicts the weakest annual global economic growth in forty years outside of the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID shutdowns, in its
12 Dec. 2022 78% of investors believe that greenwashing is prevalent in corporate reporting [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investors largely believe corporate reporting contains unsupported claims about a company's sustainability performance. Three quarters (78%) of the investors in a survey said 'unsupported claims' were present to a moderate, large, or very large extent, rising to 87
12 Dec. 2022 Institutional investor demand for alternative investments rising says survey [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A survey based on 810 confidential interviews of U.S.-based financial advisors found a three-point increase in the use of alternatives, from 39 percent in Q4 of 2021 to 42 percent in June of 2022. Interest in alternatives has been rising steadily with improved pro
11 Dec. 2022 Emerging markets hedge funds navigate historic volatility across currency, crypto [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Financial markets volatility accelerated for Emerging Markets hedge funds, with these navigating historic dislocations driven by surging global inflation, geopolitical uncertainty, currencies, fixed income, commodity and equity markets, as well as exposure to Russian asse
09 Dec. 2022 U.S. institutional investors increase allocation to alternative investments [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: U.S. institutional investors are looking to allocate more of their portfolios to alternative investments as a way to combat inflationary pressure, said a research report. Opportunity exists for asset managers with a strong performance in alternative investments, par
09 Dec. 2022 Hedge fund Presidio spins out crypto market tail risk strategy [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Presidio Trading, a quantitative hedge fund focused on trading digital assets, announced its plan to spin out its cryptocurrency markets tail risk strategy as a standalone fund. The decision to launch this fund comes as a result of the strategy's strong perfor
09 Dec. 2022 $17tn traditional asset managers face continued pressure on profitability [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Publicly traded traditional North American-based asset management firms continued to post declining profits and assets under management as the industry battles with a turbulent market and inflationary pressures, said a study. The analysis of the publicly traded tra
08 Dec. 2022 MFA submits comment letter to SEC and CFTC: Amendments to form PF harm ability to assess systemic risk [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Managed Funds Association (MFA), the trade association for the global alternative asset management industry, today submitted a comprehensive comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in response to
08 Dec. 2022 Institutional investors see recession as inevitable but stagflation as the bigger risk [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Institutional investors enter 2023 with a somber view of the economy and mixed outlook for the markets on expectations of even higher interest rates, inflation and volatility, according to new survey findings published today by Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis IM).
08 Dec. 2022 Global hedge fund industry up +0.95% for November, its second consecutive month of positive performance [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds extended gains in November, as interest rates posted sharp declines as generational inflationary pressures began to moderate, while investors positioned for the U.S. Federal Reserve to decrease the pace of future interest rate increases. Cryptocurrencies
08 Dec. 2022 Nature markets are valued at $10tn annually, 11% of the global GDP [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A report found that nature markets produce and trade almost $10tn worth of goods and services a year - equivalent to about 11% of global GDP or the world's third-largest economy, behind the United States and China. According to the new report by the Taskforce on Na
08 Dec. 2022 Sentinel Capital collects $5.2bn for the latest buyout, structured solutions funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Sentinel Capital Partners, the American private-equity firm focusing on mid-market companies, has closed its middle-market buyout fund Sentinel Capital Partners VII at $4.3 billion and the lower-middle-market equity and credit fund Sentinel Junior Capital II at $835 mi
08 Dec. 2022 Thoma Bravo bags $32.4bn for three tech-focused funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Technology-focused Thoma Bravo said it drew in $32.4 billion in capital commitments for three private equity funds. According to a media release from the private equity firm that specializes in software deals, it collected $24.3 billion for its flagship buyout vehi
07 Dec. 2022 Digital transition tops agenda at wealth management firms [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A majority of 86% of wealth management firms believe digital is a key priority ahead of the coming year, and are currently implementing at least one digital initiative, said a study. Meanwhile, 50% of firms were investing more than 10% of operating expenditure in d
07 Dec. 2022 One Peak's third fund capped at $1bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: One Peak, an investor in growth stage B2B software companies in Europe and Israel, has closed the One Peak Growth III fund at its hard cap of $1 billion. According to a media release from the London-based VC firm, One Peak Growth III was significantly oversubscribed
06 Dec. 2022 Privium Fund Management accelerates global growth into the US with opening of New York office [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Privium Fund Management announced the opening of its first US office in January 2023, which will be located in 45 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York. Privium Fund Management Services LLC is an unregulated entity. It will support portfolio managers, traders and asset
06 Dec. 2022 Former SEC chief economist flags fundamental flaws with SEC dealer rule, MFA proposes alternative approach [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Managed Funds Association (MFA), the trade association for the global alternative asset management industry, submitted an economic study and a comment letter on proposed rules to define the terms "dealer" and "government securities dealer" to the U.S. Securities and Excha
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