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01 Sep. 2023 PhotonVentures has €60M first close on photonics fund [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Dutch firm PhotonVentures has reached a €60 million first close for a new fund focused on making investments in Europe's photonics industry. The firm is targeting €100 million for the fund by next year. Photonic chips leverage particles of ligh
31 Aug. 2023 Zeal Capital Partners hires NEA's Zhen to lead healthcare vertical [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Zeal Capital Partners, the Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm, today announced its expanded commitment into health equity. Healthcare investor Emily Zhen joins Zeal Capital Partners as Principal to execute Zeal's new health equity investing mandate. Zeal aims to
31 Aug. 2023 AustralianSuper snags AXA's Hargraves to head up PE team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - AustralianSuper has appointed Mark Hargraves as its Head of International and Private Equity. He joins after 23 years with AXA Investment Management, the last two of which he served as Head of AXA IM Equity, where he held overall responsibility for $110 billion of assets
31 Aug. 2023 TISE partners with Avenir on private markets offering [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The International Stock Exchange (TISE) has today announced that Avenir Technology Limited, a leading global developer of financial market infrastructure solutions, will be providing auction trading, settlement and registry management technology for its new private market
31 Aug. 2023 Recast Capital selects first cohort of emerging managers for accelerator [more]
Opalesque Industry Update, for New Managers - Recast Capital, a platform dedicated to investing in and supporting emerging managers in venture, today announced the first cohort of Recast Accelerate, a catalytic progra
31 Aug. 2023 Activist investors push for new CEO at GAM [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: French billionaire Xavier Niel's NewGAMe shareholder group is providing 20 million Swiss francs ($23 million) as a lifeline investment to GAM following Liontrust's failed bid for the firm. NewGAMe also plans to put forward a new CEO candidate at an upcom
31 Aug. 2023 Maddix Capital launches $125M hybrid equity & opportunistic credit fund [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Utah-based Maddix Capital has launched its second hybrid equity and opportunistic credit fund with a target of $125 million. Maddix Services is closed-end fund - $100M in equity plus a $25M opportunistic credit piece. The fund is expected to yield both quart
30 Aug. 2023 Geek Ventures launches debut fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Geek Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in visionary immigrant founders, today announced the close of Geek Ventures Fund I, LP. The inaugural fund of $23 million will be used to support pre-seed and seed stage technology startups that are driving innovation in glo
30 Aug. 2023 Dealmaking in APAC down by 20.4% YOY [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Asia Pacific (APAC) region witnessed a 20.4% year-on-year decrease in mergers and acquisitions MA, private equity PE, and venture financing deals during the first seven months of 2023, said a study. According to the report by data analytics and consulting firm G
30 Aug. 2023 Grayscale wins Bitcoin ETF appeal [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Digital assets firm Grayscale may be closer to launching a Bitcoin ETF. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with the firm in a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission which denied an effort to convert Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust
30 Aug. 2023 FVLCRUM closes fund on $302M - beating target [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: FVLCRUM Partners, a lower middle market buyout firm focused on addressing the U.S.racial wealth gap, announced the final closing of FVLCRUM Fund LP together with its sister fund entities. The fund closed on over $302 million in aggregate commitments, exceeding i
29 Aug. 2023 Kirkland & Ellis adds to debt finance group [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Kirkland & Ellis announced today that Adam Shapiro will join the Firm as a partner in the Debt Finance Group. "Adam has advised some of the biggest private equity firms in the world and brings an incredible amount of experience," said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkla
29 Aug. 2023 TPG snags Porciani from Warburg Pincus [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - TPG, a global alternative asset management firm, announced today the appointment of Flavio Porciani as a Partner based in London. In his role, Porciani will lead European software and enterprise technology investing for TPG Capital, the firm's U.S. and European late-stage
29 Aug. 2023 Axxes Capital launches Axxes Direct [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Axxes Capital, a private markets investment firm dedicated to providing financial advisors with superior private equity and credit investment solutions, today launched "Axxes Direct." This pioneering platform offers advisors access to premium, vetted co-investment opportu
29 Aug. 2023 Global deal activity declines 23.6% YoY from January to July 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The first seven months of 2023 proved challenging for deal activity (mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity (PE), and venture financing) amidst a landscape fraught with macroeconomic uncertainty, said a study. According to GlobalData, firms are contending with
28 Aug. 2023 Private capital reached $22.6tn AUM [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private capital markets have been outperforming equities, offering investors opportunities with higher yields and portfolio diversification, according to a study. Made up of family offices, private equity (PE), hedge funds, venture capital (VC), and private debt, priva
28 Aug. 2023 The US accounts for more than two-thirds of fintech funding in H1 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The US took the lion's share of fintech funding in H1'23, it's US$34.9 billion in funding accounting for more than two-thirds of the US$52.4 seen globally, said a study. According to KPMG Pulse of Fintech - H1'2023, the US also attracted five of the seven US$1 b
25 Aug. 2023 Assets invested in actively managed the ETFs listed globally reached a record of $628bn at the end of July [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - ETFGI reported that assets invested in actively managed the ETFs listed globally reached a record of US$628 billion at the end of July. During July, actively managed ETFs listed globally gathered US$15.26 billion, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$84.70 billion.
25 Aug. 2023 Sustainable funds outperform traditional funds in the first half of 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Sustainable funds saw a median return of 6.9% in the first half of 2023, beating traditional funds' 3.8% and reversing their underperformance in 2022, said a study. According to a new "Sustainable Reality" report from the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Inv
25 Aug. 2023 US venture capital funding value nosedives by 50.6% YoY from January to July 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: With a total of 4,617 venture capital (VC) funding deals announced in the US during January-July 2023 (which was a decline of 37.4% over 7,379 VC deals announced during the same period in 2022) the VC funding activity in the US witnessed a considerable year-on-year (Y
24 Aug. 2023 Nearly half of institutional investors believe private markets will provide a safe haven in a recession [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Over the past decade, institutional investors have increasingly turned to private markets to make up for low-yielding bonds. But in 2023, they will likely look for private assets to provide relief on the equity side of the portfolios as well, said a study. According
23 Aug. 2023 Assets invested in the global ETFs industry reached a record of $10.86tn at the end of July [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - ETFGI reported that assets invested in the global ETFs industry reached a record of US$10.86 trillion at the end of July. During July the global ETFs industry gathered US$87.16 billion in net inflows, bringing year to date net inflows to US$464.4 Bn. Assets invested i
23 Aug. 2023 80% of institutional investors surveyed now have allocations to at least one private asset class [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Four out of five investors surveyed (80%) now have allocations to at least one private asset class, while two in five (39%) have allocations to three or more, said the study. Preqin's Investor Outlook found that private equity maintains its position as the most popu
22 Aug. 2023 Blackstone racks up $5.2bn for fourth tactical opportunities fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: American alternative investment management company Blackstone drew $5.2 billion for the fourth flagship commingled fund in its tactical opportunities business that seeks plays outside of traditional private equity and credit. According to a media release from the as
21 Aug. 2023 The biggest change to regulation since 2012 - the SEC's new private fund rule [more]
Chris Addy, Castle Hall: In February 2022, the SEC proposed a new rule on private fund advisers which, given the numerous changes proposed (across 342 pages!) collectively represents an enormous update to the regulators' requirements for the alternative asset industry. Indeed, this is likely
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