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26 Jan. 2023 QIM hires Shaun Jordan as new director of business development [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Quantitative Investment Management (QIM) announced that Shaun Jordan, long-time QIM investor and seasoned investor relations and marketing professional, joined the firm as Director of Business Development on January 1, 2023. In this role, Mr. Jordan, who is based in
26 Jan. 2023 New Stifel & Eaton Partners survey finds that secondary investors have robust appetite in 1H 2023 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - A new survey from Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) and Eaton Partners, a Stifel Company, finds an overwhelming majority of secondary investors (82%) have no plans to change their investment dollar allocation to GP-led secondary transactions in the first half of 2023, com
26 Jan. 2023 SKY Leasing raises $770m as aviation industry recovers [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: San Francisco, CA-based alternative asset manager, Sky Leasing raised $770m for Sky Fund V (SFV). The aircraft leasing asset manager with extensive experience investing institutional capital in aviation said in a press release that SFV closed oversubscribed with ap
26 Jan. 2023 Q4 2022 global pension fund investment plunges a whopping 83.5% compared to Q4 2021 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global pension fund involvement in deal activity continued its declining trend in the fourth quarter of 2022, said a study. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data, pension fund sponsors were involved in $5.01 billion worth of disclosed transactions in the
25 Jan. 2023 Northleaf brings on Hay [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Northleaf Capital Partners today announced that Stewart Hay has joined the firm as Vice Chair, Global Investor Solutions. In this new role, Hay will support the continued expansion of Northleaf's global private markets investor coverage, partnering with investors and
25 Jan. 2023 Pantheon adds four partners [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Pantheon, a leading provider of specialized global private markets investment solutions, is pleased to welcome four new members to the firm's partnership, including three colleagues elevated through our annual promotions, which recognize the contribution of professionals
25 Jan. 2023 SLR Capital raises $2.2bn for private credit strategy [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: SLR Capital Partners, a boutique asset manager focused on direct lending with expertise, has raised $2.2 billion in equity commitments to its direct cash flow lending and specialty finance strategies. The private credit investment manager said in a press release tha
25 Jan. 2023 93% of real assets investors consider sustainability a key factor [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: More than nine-out-of-ten (93 percent) global institutional investors consider ESG and sustainability in their real asset investment decisions, with 17 percent considering it a critical factor, said a study. According to research from global asset manager Aviva Inve
24 Jan. 2023 Highland Europe raises $1.09bn for fifth growth fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Venture capital firm Highland Europe has closed a new €1bn ($1.09bn) fund to back start-ups, growing its capital pool for investments in digital startups. The London headquartered fund that focuses on investments in high-growth European internet, mobile, and
24 Jan. 2023 BTIG snaps up former Panmure Gordon MDs to establish new specialized hedge fund division [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: BTIG, a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research, and related brokerage services, has snapped up two former Panmure Gordon managing directors to join its newly launched hedge fund group based in London. The N
24 Jan. 2023 Kudu invests in alternative credit manager Variant [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Kudu Investment Management, LLC has made a minority investment in Variant Investments,
23 Jan. 2023 Waterland amasses $4.4bn across two funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European private equity house Waterland has hauled in €4bn ($4.4bn) of new capital across its ninth institutional flagship fund, Waterland Private Equity Fund IX (WPEF IX) at € 3.5 billion, alongside Waterland Partnership Fund I (WPF I) at € 500 million.
23 Jan. 2023 Garnett Station Partners wraps oversubscribed Fund 4.0 at $850m [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New York-based principal investment firm Garnett Station Partners (GSP) wrapped up Fund 4.0 at its $850 million hard cap, ahead of a $750 million target. According to a press release from the private equity firm, the Fund was oversubscribed with commitments from le
23 Jan. 2023 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank partners with US PE firm Energy Capital Partners [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank has agreed to start a business alliance with Energy Capital Partners (ECP), a US-based private equity infrastructure manager. The Bank will also make a non-voting investment in an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners, and invest in a flagsh
22 Jan. 2023 Hedge fund capital rises to conclude volatile 2022 as managers position for risk [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds gained in the fourth quarter to conclude a volatile year, with managers navigating a complicated dynamic of macroeconomic and geopolitical risks driven by generational inflation, sharp increases in interest rates, falling equity markets, a weakening global eco
20 Jan. 2023 Audax Private Debt wraps up sophomore direct lending fund at $3bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Audax Private Debt has closed its second direct lending fund at $3 billion, beating its $2.25 billion target, to finance private-equity buyouts of middle-market companies. Audax Direct Lending Solutions Fund II (DLS Fund II) provides New York-based Audax Private Deb
20 Jan. 2023 WestView Capital raises $1bn for fifth growth equity fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Growth equity firm WestView Capital Partners has secured $1 billion after announcing the close of its fifth fund, WestView Capital Partners V, bringing total capital raised since its founding in 2004 to $2.7 billion. The vehicle makes growth equity investments for
20 Jan. 2023 Gapstow reports on credit interval funds [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Gapstow, a New York-based investment adviser that focuses on alternative credit, has published an annual review of alternative credit interval funds (ACIFs), a growing universe that includes 40 products with $29bn in AuM.
19 Jan. 2023 Blackstone raises $22.2bn for the world's largest secondaries-specific fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: American alternative investment management company Blackstone raised a record $25 billion for two funds that dabble in secondaries and co-investments. According to a press release from the asset manager Strategic Partners IX raised $22.2 billion, the world's lar
19 Jan. 2023 North America M&A activity slumped 41.4% to $1.5tn in 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The total value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the U.S. and Canada dropped to $1.477 trillion in 2022, down 41.4% from 2021, said a study. The number of transactions in 2022 fell 21.2% year over year to 20,965. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data,
18 Jan. 2023 The Artprice100 index of Blue-chip artists up 3% over 2022 Vs S&P 500 -19% [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - As a sales-based indicator, our Artprice100 index reflects a purely financial approach to art that in no way replaces the non-financial relationships between art collectors and artists. In essence, our index reveals the hypothetical financial result you would obtain if yo
18 Jan. 2023 The top 50 hedge fund traders are off to a great start in 2023 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The top 50 hedge fund traders are off to a great start in 2023 and their portfolios are set to surpass benchmark returns once again, said a survey. The new analysis of the top 50 hedge funds conducted by Market Makers revealed that in 2023, nine out of ten hedge fun
18 Jan. 2023 Headstart Fund of Funds up 20.7% in 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Headstart Advisers' Headstart Fund of Funds 2022 posted its third positive, consecutive double-digit annual return. According to a press release from the investment advisor to the Headstart family of hedge funds, now in its 23rd year, the Fund's outperforman
18 Jan. 2023 Early Ethereum-backer HashKey Capital raises $500m for third crypto fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Crypto-focused global asset manager HashKey Capital has raised another $500 million for investments in the Web3 ecosystem. The fund will invest in crypto and blockchain initiatives around the world with a focus on emerging markets. HashKey FinTech Investment Fund II
17 Jan. 2023 Hedge funds outperform S&P500 in both December and calendar year 2022 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - As recession fears continued to pull equity markets down in December, the hedge fund industry posted its own - if smaller - monthly loss, down -1.68% for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By co
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