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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
17 Jan. 2023 The world's 500 largest family businesses generate $8.02tn, up 10% [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The 500 largest family businesses in the world collectively generated US$8.02 trillion in revenues, up 10% amidst the ongoing global economic slowdown said a study. According to the 2023 EY and University of St.Gallen Family Business Index, the 500 largest family bu
16 Jan. 2023 HAYVN to launch cryptocurrency index fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - HAYVN, a globally regulated digital asset focused financial institution, called the bottom of the cryptocurrency market and launched its HAYVN 20 Cryptocurrency Index fund. The Cayman Islands based fund offers clients a diversified, low-cost, and regulated strategy to inv
16 Jan. 2023 Global IPO market nosedives in 2022, studies reveal [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: After a record-breaking 2021, the global IPO market took a sharp turn in the opposite direction in 2022. With only 1,333 IPOs raising US$179.5b, IPO activity dipped 45% and 61% by number of deals and proceeds, respectively, year-over-year (YOY), said a study by EY.
16 Jan. 2023 Massive 40.8% decline in the value of VC funding in the US in 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A total of 10,428 venture capital (VC) funding deals were announced in the US in 2022, with a disclosed funding value of $193.9 billion. This represents a massive 40.8% decline in the value of VC funding compared to 2021. Deals volume also fell by 24.9%, said a study.
13 Jan. 2023 H.I.G. completes sale of Medusind [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative investment firm based in Miami with $53bn of equity capital under management, has sold its portfolio company Medusind to Alpine Investors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2002 and based in Miami, Florida, Me
13 Jan. 2023 Family Office study reveals demand for illiquid assets surges in response to ongoing volatility [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Professional investors and family offices are increasingly turning to illiquid assets, including private debt, in response to the combination of ongoing volatility and rising interest rates and inflation, new research shows. The study from Aeon Investments with fami
13 Jan. 2023 With 853 M&A deals, volume in 2022 is down by 19% globally compared to 1,047 deals the previous year [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: According to research on completed deals from WTW's Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM), Global M&A deal volume in 2022 was also significantly down by 19%, with 853 deals completed globally, compared with 1,047 deals in 2021, driven by a marked slowdown in M&A ac
13 Jan. 2023 Europe needs $327bn annual infrastructure investments to reach net zero [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The amount of investments in infrastructure in Europe has to increase to €302bn ($327bn) annually until 2025 for net-zero targets to be reached, said a study. The study by ETH Zurich researchers revealed that both the European Union and Switzerland have set th
13 Jan. 2023 Credit spreads to widen in coming months, credit PMs predict [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Credit portfolio managers expect rising corporate defaults globally over the next 12 months, lagging factors such as rate increases, according to the fourth-quarter survey from the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM). Of the IACPM member i
12 Jan. 2023 TSG wraps up the substantially oversubscribed ninth fund with $6bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US-based private equity company TSG Consumer Partners announced the successful final closing of its ninth fund, TSG9, with $6 billion of capital commitments. As with its predecessor fund, TSG9 was substantially oversubscribed, with demand well exceeding its initial
12 Jan. 2023 Blue Owl's Dyal wraps up Dyal fund at $12.9bn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital Inc has raised $12.9 billion for its latest fund Dyal Capital Partners V. The asset manager with $132.1 billion of AUM said in a media release that aggregate commitments across Blue Owl's GP Capital Solutions funds an
12 Jan. 2023 Ares rakes in $5bn for infrastructure debt investing [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation raised about $5 billion for the Infrastructure Debt Fund V (IDF V) which invests in the debt of infrastructure assets such as data centers, telecommunication towers, ports, and utilities. The investm
12 Jan. 2023 Multi-manager platform Spouting Rock acquires ownership in Reinhart [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Spouting Rock Asset Management, LLC, a multi-boutique manager platform in Philadelphia, has just agreed to acquire a majority position of investment manager Reinhart Partners, Inc in a bid
11 Jan. 2023 M&G raises $620m for new European property strategy [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: M&G, an investment manager headquartered in the City of London, has raised €578m ($620m ) for a new European property fund, aiming to build off the firm's GBP 1.3bn UK residential property investment strategy. The M&G European Living Property fund invests
11 Jan. 2023 Shoreline Equity Partners nabs $450m for sophomore private equity fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: American alternative asset manager Shoreline Equity Partners closed its second private equity fund, Shoreline Equity Partners Fund II, at $450m. According to a press release from the purpose-driven lower middle market private equity firm, it began fundraising in O
10 Jan. 2023 Key Family Partners strengthens Alternative Investment Committee [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Key Family Partners, the Multi-Family Office based in Geneva, has appointed Eric Sarasin and Fabian Godbersen as external members of its Alternative Investment Committee. The strengthening of the Committee comes at a time when niche real estate strategies appear particula
10 Jan. 2023 Ex-GoldPoint executives launch Dextra Partners with $2.5bn from strategic partners [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Six former executives from GoldPoint Partners LLC have launched a new investment firm, more than a year after their collective departure from the New York Life Insurance Company affiliate. Dextra Partners is formed as an independent, multi-strategy investment firm
09 Jan. 2023 HFRI 500 macro gains in December, leads the industry to record outperformed in 2022 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds posted mixed performance in December to conclude the volatile 2022, though still outperformed accelerating declines in equity and fixed income markets as investors positioned for continued macroeconomic uncertainty in 2023 driven by generational inflation, ris
09 Jan. 2023 Angelo Gordon launches new $800m unit to target growing private debt demand [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Credit and real estate investment major Angelo Gordon & Co has launched AG Twin Brook Capital Income Fund (TCAP) with more than $800m in total assets. The $52bn alternative investment firm said in a press release that TCAP is a non-traded business development compan
06 Jan. 2023 New hedge fund launches hit historical low as investors position for recession [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - New hedge fund launches in 3Q 2022 ticked lower than the prior quarter, reaching the lowest level since 4Q 2008 as investors navigated an uncertain and volatile tension between generational inflation and increased likelihood of an economic recession. Meanwhile, the H
06 Jan. 2023 Churchill amasses $737m for sophomore junior debt fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The New York-based private asset manager Churchill Asset Management has more than doubled the amount of capital raised from investors to make lower-ranking yet potentially higher-returning debt investments. The investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen closed Churc
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