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04 Aug. 2025 PGIM racks in $4.2bn for private credit fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: PGIM, the investment management arm of Life insurer Prudential Financial, has raised $4.2 billion for its latest middle-market direct lending strategy. The PGIM Senior Loan Opportunities II (PSLO II) fund marks one of the largest fundraises for direct lending funds
01 Aug. 2025 Goldman Sachs amasses over $6bn for evergreen European private credit strategy [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Goldman Sachs Alternatives, the alternative investment arm of the global financial institution Goldman Sachs, announced that its evergreen European private credit strategy (GSEC) has raised more than $6 billion of total assets. A media release from the investor in
31 Jul. 2025 Morrison Foerster adds private equity partner [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of David D'Souza, who joins the firm as partner in its Private Equity Group. His arrival expands the firm's private equity offering in London and continues Morrison Foerster's ongoing strate
31 Jul. 2025 Skyline Investors closes debut fund on $125 million [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Skyline Investors, a newly launched Los Angeles-based private capital firm has closed its debut fund on $125 million. The fund will focus on high impact community investing. Led by Managing Partners Jeremy May and Kevin Tom, Skyline focuses on providing creative capit
31 Jul. 2025 Caduceus Capital Partners adds to team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Peter Micca has joined the venture capital firm as a managing partner. Micca has spent the past 30 years as a leader in global consulting, advising large organizations in healthcare, technology, and life sciences. In particular, he has significant experience with emer
31 Jul. 2025 KKR amasses $6.5bn for private ABF fund, beating target [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global investment firm KKR completed a $6.5 billion fundraise, including $5.6 billion in KKR Asset-Based Finance Partners II (ABFP II) and nearly $1 billion from separately managed accounts focused on the same type of investments. ABFP II fundraise focused on commit
31 Jul. 2025 Architect Equity closes latest fund on $285 million [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Architect Equity Management, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm investing in the lower middle market, has closed its latest fund at $285 million. Architect acquires businesses across North America facing operational, financial, and/or situational challe
31 Jul. 2025 Yaletown Partners reaches first close on latest vehicle [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Technology investment firm Yaletown Partners has reached a first close on its latest venture capital fund at $100 million. Innovation Growth Fund III is targeting $250 million. IGF III represents the eighth fund in Yaletown's family of funds. With the fi
30 Jul. 2025 BlackRock, Hamilton Lane among fund managers joining SEI Access [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - SEI® has added 17 fund managers to SEI AccessTM, a platform designed to provide an end-to-end investment experience and increased access to alternative investment products for wealth managers and financial advisors. In addition to BlackRock, Hamilton Lane, Invesco, an
30 Jul. 2025 Keye launches from stealth to focus on private equity due diligence [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Keye today announced it has launched from stealth with $5 million in a seed financing round from Sorenson Capital, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, ERA, Tiferes Ventures, Dunamu Ventures, and Palm Drive Capital. Angel investors who participated in the round include Kaz Nej
30 Jul. 2025 Man Group AUM rises 14.6% to record $193.3bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Man Group, the world's largest publicly traded hedge fund manager, posted a 14% rise in assets under management to a record $193 billion in the six months to June 30, as new inflows helped offset a drop in pre-tax profit. The British hedge fund manager said the
30 Jul. 2025 Global deals activity decreased 1.7% Y-o-Y during H1 2025 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The total number of deals announced globally year-on-year (YoY) decreased by approximately 1.7% during H1 2025, with some markets showcasing resilience and some even registering double-digit growth in deal volume, said a study. "In a landscape marked by economic un
30 Jul. 2025 SEC approves in-kind creations and redemptions for crypto ETPs [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve orders to permit in-kind creations and redemptions by authorized participants for crypto asset exchange-traded product (ETP) shares. The orders approved today reflect a departure from recently approved spot bit
30 Jul. 2025 Tacora Capital Management closes second fund on $685 million [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Tacora Capital Management has closed its second fund on $685 million. The fund originally had a $500 million target and was oversubscribed. The vehicle closed in approximately nine months during an otherwise tough fundraising environment for private equity funds
29 Jul. 2025 Dechert adds to financial services team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Dechert LLP continues to grow its leading financial services platform with the addition of Rebecca Lee as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Joining the global tax practice, Ms. Lee bolsters the firm's tax capabilities in the investment management and financial
29 Jul. 2025 Hercules Capital's investment adviser launches new fund [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Hercules Capital's wholly owned investment adviser has launched its fourth institutional private credit fund. Hercules Growth Lending Fund IV, a venture and growth stage credit fund has reached a successful first close. Hercules Capital and Hercule
29 Jul. 2025 50 South Capital closes two funds [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: 50 South Capital Advisors, Northern Trust Asset Management's global alternatives investment manager, announced the final closings of two of its flagship private equity funds, both significantly exceeding their fundraising targets. Private Equity Strategi
28 Jul. 2025 Carlyle adds to senior leadership [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Global investment firm Carlyle today announced key senior leadership appointments, effective January 1, 2026. These appointments solidify the firm's ability to operate at scale, with the focus, alignment, and agility required to lead in today's competitive environment and
28 Jul. 2025 World of Allocators announces new operating entity, board of directors, and global chapter expansion [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - World of Allocators (WOA), a growing global community of GPs, LPs and industry participants, is announced a series of important organizational updates to support its continued growth and global engagement. WOA has formally launched World of Allocators Limited (WOAL),
28 Jul. 2025 Global PE fundraising hit $425bn in H1 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private equity fundraising hit $424.6 billion globally through the first half of the year, on track to surpass the $763.9 billion raised in 2024, following a steady annual decline, said a study. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data, through the first ha
28 Jul. 2025 Former deputy CEO Jean-Noel Alba learns the hard way he's unfit to run an asset management firm [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: The former deputy chief executive officer of asset manager H2O AM LLP (H2O), Jean-Noel Alba, has been fined GBP1,049,500 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and banned
27 Jul. 2025 HarbourVest Partners adds to team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets investment firm with more than $147 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2025, today announced the appointment of Venu Krishnamurthy as Managing Director and Head of Global Private Wealth. Venu will report to t
25 Jul. 2025 Global VC investment fell from $128.4bn in Q1'25 to $101.05bn in Q2 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: While global VC investment fell from $128.4 billion in Q1'25 to $101.05 billion in Q2, the decline was largely due to OpenAI's $40 billion megadeal in the previous quarter, said a study. According to the Q2'25 Venture Pulse Report, excluding that outlier, Q2'25 acti
24 Jul. 2025 Private markets fund managers increasingly believe most compelling investments are no longer on public markets as they start to target retail investors [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Publicly listed markets are losing out on the most compelling investments and the trend is set to increase, new research from Wealth Club, the UK's largest non-advisory investment service for tax-efficient and private market investments shows . Almost all (97%)
24 Jul. 2025 17Capital amasses $5.5bn for sixth private credit fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 17Capital, the world's largest dedicated NAV finance provider, has announced the final close of its 17Capital Strategic Lending Fund 6 with approximately $5.5bn of commitments, including co-investment and affiliated vehicles. The fund follows its predecessor, 17Ca
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