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12 Sep. 2025 Family offices pile into AI: 86% already invest, majority plan overweight portfolios [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The vast majority (86%) of global family offices said they were invested in AI in some capacity, with other popular options including investments in secondary beneficiaries of the AI boom like data centers or AI-focused VC funds. According to the Family Office Inve
11 Sep. 2025 DeFi exploits have wiped out $59bn in five years [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Over the past five years, DeFi has steadily moved beyond niche crypto circles into broader financial use, with improved interfaces, Layer 2 adoption, and integrations with traditional fintech platforms making it feel more like regular online banking or investing. In M
11 Sep. 2025 Veritas clinches $14.4bn tech-focused fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Veritas Capital has raised $14.4 billion for its newest and largest fund, which focuses on investments in companies at the intersection of government and technology. The New York-based technology investor said in a press release that the Veritas Capital Fund IX was
10 Sep. 2025 Global VC investment drops 21% in Q2 to $101bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global venture capital funding slid 21% in the second quarter of 2025 to $101.05 billion from $128.4 billion in Q1, a drop driven largely by OpenAI's $40 billion megadeal earlier this year. Stripping out that outlier, Q2 activity held up well, underpinned by st
10 Sep. 2025 "In finance, everything repeats" [more]
By Opalesque: "I've been at this investing game a long time. Long enough to see cycles repeat themselves, cycles that I literally thought I would never again see. Yet in finance, everything repeats," writes Harris "Kuppy" Kupperman, founder of hedge fund Praetorian Capital, in his latest blog
09 Sep. 2025 Permutable launches energy market intelligence indices [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Permutable, a provider of market intelligence, has launched its comprehensive energy market intelligence indices suite, featuring 462 specialised indices that deliver complete fundamental, macro, and sentiment analysis across crude oil, natural gas, and LNG markets global
09 Sep. 2025 FCA flags market abuse risks at corporate finance firms [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new Market Watch following a series of "deep dive" reviews into corporate finance firms providing advisory a
09 Sep. 2025 Private debt at a turning point [more]
By Opalesque: The private debt market seems to be at a fascinating inflection point with many structural changes happening, from retail investor expansion, to AI integration, to evolving regulatory frameworks, according to a report by the Amundi Investment Institute. The appeal of private
08 Sep. 2025 Hedge funds rally in August, mark fourth straight month of gains [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds surged in August, extending the fourth consecutive month of strong performance, with contributions from all four main strategies and leadership by Equity Hedge. Gains were driven by rising equity markets, falling bond yields, and expectations for interest rate
08 Sep. 2025 Great Hill smashes fundraising goal with $7bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Boston-based private equity firm Great Hill Partners has closed its latest fund, Great Hill Equity Partners IX, at $7 billion-well above its $5 billion target-underscoring strong investor appetite for its strategy of backing high-growth, disruptive companies. In a m
05 Sep. 2025 Carlyle AlpInvest racks in $20bn for latest secondary fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Carlyle's Alpinvest unit has completed fundraising for AlpInvest Secondaries Fund VIII, reaching its $15 billion hard cap, which is far exceeding the $9 billion predecessor it closed in 2020. The total amount raised for AlpInvest's Secondaries strategy also include
05 Sep. 2025 Singapore and Hong Kong asset management industries are stable but diverging in focus [more]
By Opalesque: According to an analysis by global law firm Reed Smith LLP of the 2024 MAS and SFC asset management surveys, the asset management industry in both Singapore and Hong Kong is stable, and cross-border capital flows are core components for both markets. Furthermore, Singapore is positi
05 Sep. 2025 ESMA publishes liquidity management tools standards and guidelines for UCITS and AIFs [more]
By Opalesque: Following a push by the European Commission to amend the AIFMD and UCITS Directive, one of the amendment concerning the standardisation of the liquidity management to
04 Sep. 2025 HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index gained +1.12% (4% YTD) in August [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - In August 2025, global financial markets gained as investors positioned for potential interest rate cuts and steady inflation data, supporting a more constructive outlook for the second half of the year. Equity gains were led by small caps, technology, and emerging market
04 Sep. 2025 Coller, BSP amass $2.3bn for private credit continuation fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Benefit Street Partners (BSP), a credit-focused alternative asset manager with strategies spanning the credit spectrum, and Coller Capital, the world's largest dedicated private markets secondaries manager, have closed a $2.3bn private credit continuation vehicle,
03 Sep. 2025 Blackstone sets new benchmark with $5.5bn infrastructure secondaries fund raise [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Blackstone has closed Strategic Partners Infrastructure IV at $5.5 billion - the largest infrastructure secondaries fund ever raised. The vehicle topped the $5.25 billion raised by Ardian's Secondary Fund VIII Infrastructure in April 2022, the previous record holder.
03 Sep. 2025 Powerful tailwinds keep Europe growth momentum on course [more]
By Opalesque: Despite the significant threat of tariffs, Europe has shown surprising economic resilience. Structural forces, including monetary and fiscal support, have overcome cyclical headwinds for now, reports Gautam Soundararajan, research analyst at BrandyWine Global, a US-based asset manag
02 Sep. 2025 Guernsey funds drive UK investment growth at double the rate of overall FDI [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Guernsey-domiciled funds are driving international capital into the UK at twice the pace of overall foreign direct investment (FDI), according to a new report by Frontier Economics, one of Europe's largest economic consultancies. The report,
02 Sep. 2025 Global PE fundraising slumps to $442bn in Q2, marking fourth straight quarterly decline [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global PE fundraising declined for the fourth straight quarter, with just $442 billion raised across 608 funds during Q2'25 based on rolling 12-month tallies rather than calendar year, said a study. This marked a drop from $492 billion across 647 funds in Q1'25, acc
02 Sep. 2025 West brothers sentenced for insider trading and forced to pay GBP280,000 [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Matthew and Nikolas West, both seasoned traders with more than 20 years of experience in the UK and overseas, have been sentenced for insider dealing in a prosecution broug
01 Sep. 2025 AI and digital assets drive $44.7bn global fintech boom [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global fintech investment experienced a notable slowdown in the first half of 2025. Total funding-including M&A, private equity, and venture capital-declined to $44.7 billion across 2,216 deals, compared to $54.2 billion across 2,376 deals in the second half of 2024, s
01 Sep. 2025 SeaTown Holdings closes latest fund at $612 million [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: SeaTown Holdings International, an alternative investment manager under Temasek's asset management platform Seviora Holdings has reached a first close on its third private credit vehicle at $612 million. SeaTown provides bespoke financing solutions to corpor
31 Aug. 2025 Arnold & Porter expands corporate finance practice [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Arnold & Porter announced today that Michael Saarinen has joined the firm's Corporate & Finance practice as a partner co-lead of the Investment Management practice group, resident in New York. Ron Levine and Derek Stoldt, co-chairs of Arnold & Porter's Corporate & Fin
29 Aug. 2025 2025 poised to shatter records for private equity megadeals [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private equity megadeals are set to reach a record amount in 2025, said a study. S&P Global Market Intelligence forecasts that the total value of deals over $5 billion will surpass the $230.29 billion recorded back in 2021. The trend is driven by managers lookin
28 Aug. 2025 Proskauer expands private credit practice [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Proskauer has added Jon Burke as a partner in its Structured Credit practice. Jon brings extensive experience in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) at a time of continued growth and momentum. Jon represents asset managers, issuers, banks, underwriters, and investo
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