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05 Oct. 2023 FIS report finds securities and investments firms planning to innovate to mitigate legal and regulatory risk [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - While financial forecasters continue to signal near-term economic downturns across the globe, research from FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global player in financial services technology, has found that executives remain committed to investing in innovation to thwart emergent risks.
05 Oct. 2023 Wellington and iCapital seal a global alliance to bring private funds to wealth managers [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Wellington Management, the storied firm with $1.2 trillion in assets, is giving its alternative investments business a global boost by partnering with iCapital, a platform financial advisors use to invest in private equity, hedge funds, and other strategies. The as
05 Oct. 2023 Kelso amasses $3.25bn for a mid-market buyout fund, surpassing the target [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: North America-focused, middle market buyout private equity firm, has closed Kelso Investment Associates XI and affiliated funds with aggregate capital commitments of $3.25 billion. Fund XI surpassed its original target, said the PE firm focusing on leveraged buyouts
04 Oct. 2023 Hedge fund launches surge through mid-year, dominated by multi strategy inflation trading [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - New hedge fund launches surged through mid-2023 as managers shifted the strategic growth focus to aggressive expansion of inflation trading teams in multi-strategy funds designed for and positioned to trade volatility driven by rising rates and generational inflation. The
04 Oct. 2023 Project Atlas explores economic significance of cryptoassets and DeFi [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and its partner central banks within the Eurosystem have developed a proof of concept to explore the macroeconomic relevance of cryptoasset markets and DeFi. Project Atlas, a collaborative effort by the BIS Innovation Hu
04 Oct. 2023 Brookfield wraps up sixth flagship private equity fund at $12bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canadian alternative investment firm Brookfield Asset Management has raised $12 billion for its latest flagship global private equity fund. The fund is larger than its predecessor vehicle, which closed in 2019 on $9 billion. The new fund, Brookfield Capital Partners
03 Oct. 2023 Mitsubishi and Liquidity Group team up to raise tech-focused growth equity fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Mars Growth Capital, a growth investment joint venture between Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and AI-based tech investor Liquidity Group, announced Dragon Fund I, with an initial LP commitment by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group of up to USD 500 million. The
03 Oct. 2023 GXB Capital unveils two alternative investment funds - DGIF I and GXRES I [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: GXB Capital announced the launch of two new alternative investment funds, the DGIF I (Digital Infrastructure Growth Fund) and the GXRES (Renewable Energy Growth Fund). According to a media release from the newly launched alternative investment firm, these funds are cr
03 Oct. 2023 Quinbrook beats target to close debut UK renewables impact fund on $760m [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Sustainable energy infrastructure specialist Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has soared past its GBP 500 million goal for a UK-focused renewables fund to reach GBP 620 million ($760m) of investor commitments. The Quinbrook Renewables Impact Fund (QRIF) is Quinbr
02 Oct. 2023 Carlyle Names Jeff Nedelman to lead distribution [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Global investment firm Carlyle today announced that Jeff Nedelman will join the firm as Global Head of Distribution, effective October 16, 2023. Nedelman is a seasoned executive who has spent his nearly 30-year career focused on building businesses and strategic clie
02 Oct. 2023 T. Rowe Price and Oak Hill Advisors launch private credit fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - T. Rowe Price and Oak Hill Advisors are pleased to announce the launch of their joint investment offering, the T. Rowe Price OHA Select Private Credit Fund (OCREDIT). OCREDIT provides an OHA-managed private credit investment solution for income-oriented individual investo
02 Oct. 2023 TS Imagine partners with Cassini Systems [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - TS Imagine, the leading global, cross-asset provider of real-time trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, and Cassini Systems, the leading provider of pre-and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market particip
02 Oct. 2023 Fugitive hedge fund founder captured in Singapore [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Su Zhu, a founder of the cryptocurrency fund Three Arrows Capital, was arrested on Friday in Singapore while trying to leave the country, according to reports from the firm's liquidators. Three Arrows filed for bankruptcy after the meltdown in cryptocurr
02 Oct. 2023 True Light Capital raises $3.3bn for flagship fund [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Singapore state investment firm Temasek's wholly owned unit True Light Capital has raised US$3.3 billion for their flagship China investment strategy. The fund will invest alongside Temasek in companies that have a significant business relationship with
02 Oct. 2023 La Banque Postale launches $1.06bn impact infrastructure debt fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: French postal bank La Banque Postale has joined forces with its LBP AM and CNP Assurances to launch a €1 billion ($1.06bn) infrastructure debt fund targeting energy transition opportunities across Europe. LBP AM, a multi-specialist conviction manager dedicated
02 Oct. 2023 Gramercy makes $552m litigation investment [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Gramercy Funds Management and law firm Pogust Goodhead have entered into a $552.5m investment partnership in the form of a secured loan by Gramercy to Pogust Goodhead. This loan is the largest of its kind in a U.K.-based law firm, they say. Gramercy, an emergin
29 Sep. 2023 Align Capital Partners launches new strategy [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Align Capital Partners is excited to announce the official launch of its new independent sponsor-focused private equity strategy, Align Collaborate. Collaborate was established in 2023 through the partnership of ACP and experienced independent sponsor investors, Grant Kor
29 Sep. 2023 Wells Fargo sells private equity stakes [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Wells Fargo & Company announced today that it has sold to a group of leading investors approximately $2 billion of private equity investments in certain Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) and Norwest Mezzanine Partners (NMP) funds. Wells Fargo was previously the sole instituti
29 Sep. 2023 Tom Spengler joins Great Hill Partners [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies, today announced that Tom Spengler has joined the firm as an Executive-in-Residence. Mr. Spengler brings over 23 years of dedicated local government technology experience to Great
29 Sep. 2023 Varde Partners amasses nearly $1.5bn for sophomore asset lending fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global alternative investment firm Varde Partners has raised nearly $1.5 billion from institutional investors for asset-based lending through its Varde Asset Lending Fund II and related accounts and co-investments. According to a media release from the investment ma
29 Sep. 2023 Oakley Capital holds single close for €750m second fund [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Pan-European private equity investor Oakley Capital has closed its second fund on €750m. The fund reached its hard cap of €750m in four months and significantly exceeds Origin Fund I in size. Fund I closed on $557m in 2020. The close of Origin II
28 Sep. 2023 India, LatAm hedge funds lead industry gains as financial, geopolitical risks surge [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Emerging Markets hedge funds extended gains through mid-2023 as managers navigated a complex and evolving paradigm of risks ranging widely and in a volatile manner between persistently high inflation and the potential impact of additional rate increases, to the possibilit
28 Sep. 2023 DCM announces three new partners [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - DCM, a global early-stage venture capital firm, today announced it has internally promoted three new partners within its investment team: David Cheng, Kenichiro Hara, and Fiona Huang. "We're excited to announce the promotion of David Cheng, Ken Hara and Fiona Huang, w
28 Sep. 2023 BIS and central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland successfully test cross-border wholesale CBDCs [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland have successfully concluded Project Mariana. The project tested the cross-border trading and settlement of wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs) between fi
28 Sep. 2023 Almost 90% of the $29tn global insurers plan to invest in private markets in the next two years [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 89% of the insurance executives overseeing a collective $29 trillion in assets say they plan to invest more in private markets during the next two years, according to a report. Within private assets, they expressed the most enthusiasm for direct lending, with 60% of
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