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24 Oct. 2023 Goldman Sachs amasses $4bn for infrastructure fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s asset management arm raised $4 billion for a new mid-market infrastructure fund to invest in infrastructure assets globally, including energy transition, transport and logistics. According to a media release from the American multinat
24 Oct. 2023 ESG continues to influence more investment decisions and hiring [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A new global survey shows employment trends reflect rising attention on sustainable investing, as momentum continues toward net-zero initiatives and reporting on ESG metrics and diversity increases. 75% of participants added dedicated ESG personnel in the past year
24 Oct. 2023 World's top 500 investment managers lost $18tn or 13.7% in 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The largest 500 asset managers by assets under management saw their total discretionary assets decline by $18 trillion, or 13.7% in 2022, according to a study. This is the first significant fall in assets managed since the global financial crisis of 2008. According
23 Oct. 2023 Global hedge fund capital surpasses $4tn milestone driven by inflation, geopolitcal volatility [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund capital surpassed the $4 trillion milestone to begin the fourth quarter, with increases driven by macroeconomic uncertainty, including sharply increased interest rates, continued inflationary pressures and economic weakness, as well as geopolitical uncertainty,
23 Oct. 2023 Global alternatives market set to reach $24.5tn in the next five years [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global alternatives assets under management (AUM) are expected to reach $24.5tn by the end of 2028, compared to an estimated $16.3tn at the end of 2023, said a study. This represents a forecast annualized growth rate of 8% over the forecast period of 2022 to 2028.
23 Oct. 2023 KKR raises nearly $3bn for third next-gen tech growth fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global alternative investment giant KKR has upped the ante again for its latest tech-focused growth fund, picking up $3bn at the final close of its third vintage. The KKR Next Generation Technology Growth Fund III will invest in growing technology companies in North
23 Oct. 2023 With 7434 deals global VC investment falls to $77.05bn in Q3 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global venture capital (VC) investment fell from $81.4 billion across 9,563 deals in Q2'23 to $77.05 billion across 7,434 deals in Q3'23, a seventh straight quarter of decline, as VC investors continued to act cautiously, said a study. KPMG Private Enterprise's
20 Oct. 2023 Peter Kambolin charged for engaging in a "Cherry-Picking" scheme involving cryptocurrency futures contracts [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Peter Kambolin, a former chief executive officer of an investment firm pleaded guilty to a "cherry-picking" scheme, in which he fraudulently misappropriated profitable trades to himself, and saddled his investors with losses. According to court documents, Peter Kambo
19 Oct. 2023 Seward & Kissel releases eighth annual Hedge Fund Side Letter Study [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - In a turbulent historic moment marked by geopolitical strife and inflationary pressures, a new study of the hedge fund industry by Seward & Kissel LLP, a financial services law firm, reveals that the percentage of side letters executed with mature hedge fund managers has
16 Oct. 2023 MFA says new SEC short selling rule adds risk and cost to market participants [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: The Managed Funds Association (MFA), an international trade body representing the global alternative asset management industry, said the new SEC short selling rule adds risk and cost to market participants. MFA President and CEO, Bryan Corbett, issued the following s
16 Oct. 2023 SEC adopts final short-sale transparency rule [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday adopted the final rule that will provide greater transparency to investors and other market participants by increasing the public availability of sho
16 Oct. 2023 Falcon partners with FundFront to launch emerging manager platform [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Falcon Investment Management Ltd., a UK-based alternative investment firm specializing in emerging manager strategies, has chosen FundFront's technology solutions to pow
16 Oct. 2023 Global confidence levels among hedge funds return to historic highs in Q3 [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The Hedge Fund Confidence Index, which provides a snapshot of fund managers' confidence in their economic prospects for the coming 12 months, shows that global confidence levels among hedge funds are returning to historic highs, boosted by stronger capital-raising pro
12 Oct. 2023 Investors expect hedge funds to produce higher returns [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investors expect hedge funds to ramp up returns with the prospect of interest rates staying higher for longer, said a survey. According to the BNP Paribas investor survey, interest rates in big developed economies have shot up since late 2021 to contain inflation, w
12 Oct. 2023 PwC expects M&A activity to 'emphatically' pick up with war chests of cash [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global M&A volumes and values declined during the first half of 2023 (H1'23) by 4% and 12%, respectively, from already subdued levels in the second half of 2022 (H2'22), said a study. When compared to the first half of 2022, the declines were 9% and 39%, respective
12 Oct. 2023 Pantheon launches private credit fund for US wealth managers [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global private markets manager Pantheon has launched a new private credit secondaries-focused fund for the US private wealth market. "AMG Pantheon Credit Solutions Fund (PSECC) is the first fund of its type to deliver a private credit secondaries-focused investment
11 Oct. 2023 Regulatory reform to boost allocation to private assets by European life insurers [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - European life insurers are optimistic that changes to regulation will make it easier to invest in secure income assets and private markets, new research finds. A survey of European life insurance companies that collectively oversee €2.73 trillion in assets, comm
11 Oct. 2023 53% of private investors consider ESG factors when investing [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The majority of private investors (53%) consider ESG factors when investing, but its popularity has declined slightly since 2021, said a study. According to the latest annual ESG Attitudes Tracker from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC), almost two-thirds
11 Oct. 2023 The number of centi-millionaires doubles in two decades [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The population of the super wealthy, or those worth $100 million or more, doubled over the past 20 years as asset prices soared around the world, said a report. There are now 28,420 so-called centi-millionaires worldwide, up 12% over last year and more than twice th
10 Oct. 2023 King Street raises $2.3bn for second drawdown strategy [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Credit investment major King Street Capital Management has soared to a target-beating $2.3bn final close for its second Global Drawdown Fund (GDF II). The $24bn US credit manager said in a press release that GDF II targets opportunities across distressed and stresse
10 Oct. 2023 Appian amasses $2.06bn for its third fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Appian Capital Advisory, the management company of the Appian Natural Resources Fund, has held the final close of its third fund (Fund III) with $2.06bn in capital commitments. Fund III was heavily oversubscribed despite difficult fundraising conditions for the pri
09 Oct. 2023 Macro hedge fund strategies surge in September [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Macro hedge funds posted uncorrelated gains and strong outperformance as volatility accelerated through September, with equities and bonds posting steep, correlated declines showing a similar cycle of breakdown in historical correlation as was seen in early 2022. Thr
09 Oct. 2023 Institutional investors to continue alternatives buying spree [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Roughly four in 10 institutional investors increasingly expand into private assets plan to increase their exposure to private equity, infrastructure, and private debt said a study. According to the annual Global Institutional Investor Survey, in the next two years,
06 Oct. 2023 Mirova targets $2.1bn for sixth energy transition fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Natixis Investment Managers' sustainable finance arm Mirova is seeking to raise up to €2 billion ($2.1 billion) for its sixth strategy dedicated to energy-transition infrastructure, Mirova Energy Transition 6 (MET6). The sixth strategy dedicated to energy trans
06 Oct. 2023 LeapFrog launches $1bn growth-stage fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Leapfrog Investments, an impact investment firm based in London, has raised a significant share of its Emerging Consumer Fund IV targeting $1 billion and will close the fund on February 29, 2024. LeapFrog's Fund IV is a growth equity fund that invests in rapidly sca
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