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28 Feb. 2023 Man Group's profits rise [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Man Group said on 28 February that pretax profit in 2022 rose on higher management and performance fees, and that it intends to repurchase more shares. Significant alpha and net inflows reflect quality of investment offering across alternative and long-only. Asset
28 Feb. 2023 AIMA publishes due diligence questionnaire for digital asset funds [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), together with leading digital asset investors and industry experts, has published a new set of due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) for digital asset investment managers and funds (
28 Feb. 2023 Fifth Wall closes $1.5 billion in new funds [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Fifth Wall announced the close of $1.5B of new funds in 2022, including a $866M Real Estate Tech Fund III, €140M European Fund and $500M Climate Fund. Since 2016, Fifth Wall has raised the third-most capital of any venture firm globally ($2.9B), according to SEC Form
28 Feb. 2023 More than 75% of major European companies link carbon targets to executive pay [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: An analysis shows that the vast majority (78%) of top major European companies have now adopted some measure of carbon target in executive pay, with payouts in carbon targets disclosed in 2022 averaging at 86%, and over half paying out at 100%. The new joint study
28 Feb. 2023 Private equity set for resurgent growth in the second half of year [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global private equity's recent challenges in fundraising, deal-making and exits don't dim the long-term outlook for the asset class, said a study. According to Bain & Company's 14th annual Global Private Equity Report, global PE remains well positioned for
28 Feb. 2023 Largest asset managers failing in ESG investing [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global money managers with a combined $77 trillion of assets under management are failing to protect biodiversity, said a report. According to a report released by ShareAction, asset managers continue to drag their feet in the adoption and implementation of measure
28 Feb. 2023 Cinctive Capital Management adds new long/short quant strategy [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The alternative investment multi-manager platform Cinctive Capital Management announced the addition of new global long/short quantitative trading capabilities. The New York-headquartered investment management company that specializes in equity strategies said in a
27 Feb. 2023 GoldenTree Asset Management opens office in the Middle East [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - GoldenTree Asset Management, a global asset management firm with over $49 billion in assets under management, today announced the opening of its first office in the Middle East in the Dubai International Financial Centre, United Arab Emirates. The Dubai office will bec
27 Feb. 2023 H.I.G. Capital adds to capital formation team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global alternative investment firm with $55 billion of capital under management, has announced that Colin Hannaway has joined the firm's Capital Formation Group as a Managing Director, based in New York City. Colin will be responsible fo
27 Feb. 2023 CVC Credit prices first CLO of 2023 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - CVC Credit has priced Apidos XLIII (43), a Collateralized Loan Obligation fund totalling c.$500m (c.€ 470m), arranged by Deutsche Bank. Apidos XLIII is the first new CLO priced by CVC Credit's transatlantic performing credit platform this year and will increas
27 Feb. 2023 RealBlocks launches $1bn liquidity solution for alternative investment funds [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - RealBlocks, a technology platform for alternative investments that provides an end-to-end digital investing process and secondary trading, announces the product launch of Queue Protection. Queue Protection from RealBlocks is a new solution to help relieve mounting liq
27 Feb. 2023 Crescent Capital raises $8bn for eighth private credit solutions fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Credit investment major Crescent Capital Group closed its latest private credit solutions fund, Crescent Credit Solutions VIII (CCS Fund VIII), at $8 billion including leverage and capital committed to separately managed accounts. According to a press release from t
27 Feb. 2023 Global fintech market attracts $164bn across 6,006 deals in 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The total global fintech investment across M&A, PE, and VC fell to US$164.1 billion across 6,006 deals in 2022 after reaching a record US$238.9 billion across 7,321 deals in 2021, said a study. According to the study 'Pulse of Fintech' by KPMG, while results
27 Feb. 2023 NextEnergy raises over $700m for newbuild solar fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Solar specialist NextEnergy Capital (NEC) has hit a target-beating GBP595m ($711m) close for its debut fund - and could go as high as a GBP1bn hard cap. "The Fund has exceeded its target of GBP500 million and is working towards its hard cap of GBP1 billion, capturin
24 Feb. 2023 Endowment and foundation expect to increase alternatives allocations [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Among the 169 foundations and endowments with between $10 million and $250 million in assets that were surveyed, 116 said they expected to make some kind of change to their asset allocations, according to a survey. The majority of organizations are looking to increa
23 Feb. 2023 Global venture capital deal value plummets by 68.9% [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global venture capital investment fell 68.9% year over year in January to $18.18 billion from $58.49 billion. The number of funding rounds with venture capital participation was down 52.6% to 1,059 rounds, from 2,238 rounds in January 2022, said a study. The total
23 Feb. 2023 Chicago hedge fund AIR joins hands with Kerberos Capital [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Chicago-based hedge fund management firm AIR Asset Management (AIRAM) announced its strategic partnership with Kerberos Capital Management, a boutique alternative asset manager that specializes in direct lending to law firms. According to a press note from the SEC
23 Feb. 2023 Global M&A deal value plunges by 29% in 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Due to challenging economic conditions, the total value of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals dropped significantly in 2022 compared to the previous financial year, said a study. According to the latest M&A report from GlobalData, 2022 saw a steep decline
22 Feb. 2023 AIMA report examines how hedge funds achieve alignment with investors to foster long-term strategic partnerships [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), in partnership with RSM International, has published new research into the evolving relationships of fund managers and their investors to investigate to what extent they align interests for mutual benefit. The
22 Feb. 2023 Northleaf Capital wraps up its third secondaries fund at $1.3bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global private markets investment Northleaf Capital Partners has raised $1.3bn for its third flagship secondaries fund. The Canadian private markets investment firm said in a press release that with the support of both new and returning investors, the Fund surpass
22 Feb. 2023 Global pension assets record the largest fall in 2022 since thorny GFC times [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global pension assets recorded their largest fall since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 last year, falling 16.7 percent to USD 47.9trn in 2022, research from the Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI) has revealed. The latest Global Pensions Assets study, which covered
22 Feb. 2023 D.E. Shaw racks up $1.1bn across two new funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The D. E. Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm, has raised $1.1bn across a pair of new funds. The US manager, a large multi-strategy player with more than $60bn across its investment range, said in a press release that two new funds, D. E
20 Feb. 2023 Poll: Almost all investors plan to increase or maintain allocation to alternatives in 2023 [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Alternative investments FinTech Dynamo Software, in partnership with Alterio Partners, released the results from a new survey, Trends, Challenges, & Insights from Leading General Partners (GPs). During the months of December 2022 and January 2023, Dynamo and Alterio sur
16 Feb. 2023 SEC to shorten securities transactions settlement period [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: In response to the meme stock events of 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has decided the settling of securities transactions should take one business day after the trade date instead of two (from T+2 to T+1), and has just approved rule changes that should
15 Feb. 2023 Welton Investment Partners partners with fintech platform iCapital [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Welton Investment Partners, the alternative investment manager focused on the pursuit of consistent returns across market environments, has started a strategic partnership with iCapital, a global fintech platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investments fo
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