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21 Dec. 2022 Audax launches Audax Strategic Capital [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Audax Group, a leading alternative investment manager, today announced the firm's inaugural strategy under its new Audax Strategic Capital business platform. Industry veterans Kumber Husain and Daniel Green, who joined Audax during the late summer from DWS Private Equity,
21 Dec. 2022 General Atlantic racks up $3.5bn for debut climate-focused fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investment firm General Atlantic closed its first climate-focused fund with about $3.5 billion available for the strategy. The firm had aimed for $4 billion to pursue its BeyondNetZero strategy when marketing began in 2021, says media sources. The New York firm wra
21 Dec. 2022 Private debt fundraising reaches $172bn in Q3 2022, with 137 private debt funds closed [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global private debt fundraising hit $172bn by the end of Q3 2022 - with 137 private debt funds closed - representing 80% of the capital raised during the whole of 2021, said a study. "Investors are continuing to deploy capital at a similar pace to 2021, which
20 Dec. 2022 Paris-based multi-boutique network iM Global Partner buys stake in $4bn Berkshire Asset Management [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Paris-based multi-boutique network iM Global Partner has bought a non-controlling stake in Berkshire Asset Management, a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, boutique that specializes in dividend-focused equity portfolios through its flagship Dividend Growth strategy. The tr
20 Dec. 2022 Global infrastructure fundraising hits a record of $139bn by 67 funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Despite 2022 being characterized by investor concern over monetary policy and geopolitical tensions, it was a record year of infrastructure fundraising, with $139bn raised at the end of Q3 2022 by 67 funds, said a study. According to the 'Preqin Global Report 20
20 Dec. 2022 Linse Capital nets $700m for its flagship fund Linse Capital Fund I [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Linse Capital, a growth equity firm investing in technology companies, announced the successful close of $700 million in capital raised. The San Juan, Puerto Rico-headquartered growth equity firm said in a press release that the capital will be allocated across the
20 Dec. 2022 Madison Dearborn to buy Wilmington Trust's CIT business [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Wilmington Trust, the financial services firm owned by M&T Bank, is selling its Collective Investment Trust (CIT) business to a Chicago private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners. The business will be spun off as an independent company with a new name, yet to be
19 Dec. 2022 Global venture capital AUM hits 2.45tn, predicted to raise funds slower [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global venture capital assets under management (AUM) reached $2.45tn in March 2022, up from $2.23tn in December 2021, according to Preqin data. Over the next five years, Preqin predicts a slowdown in global venture capital performance and fundraising relative to t
16 Dec. 2022 Ardian and Mubadala Capital reach $2.1bn secondaries deal [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Mubadala Capital, the wholly owned money management subsidiary of the $284 billion Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co., and Paris-based private investment house Ardian formed a $2.1 billion private equity partnership. The firms said in a joint n
16 Dec. 2022 Global private equity funds raise $405bn, by the end of Q3 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global private equity funds raised $405bn, by the end of Q3 2022, tracking 41.8% below the 2021 full-year total of $695.6bn, said Preqin Global Report 2023: Private Equity. During this period, total deal flow globally for private equity-backed deals is tracking be
15 Dec. 2022 FundFront launches new liquid alternative investment product in partnership with Dipsea Capital [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The alternative investment platform FundFront has launched its third liquid alternative investment product. DIPC is a unique offering that combines the stability of income investments with growth potential, providing investors with a balanced and diversified portfolio.
15 Dec. 2022 SFC welcomes new Chief Executive Officer [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomes the Chief Executive's appointment of Ms Julia Leung to the post of Chief Executive Officer for a three-year term, effective 1 January 2023. Ms Leung, currently the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and an Executi
15 Dec. 2022 CTAs outperform all top-level hedge fund strategies, climbing +8.2% in Q3 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: At the end of Q3 2022, commodities trading advisors (CTAs) outperformed all top-level hedge fund strategies, emerging as the winning ticket in a stressed market, said a report. According to 'Preqin Global Report 2023' during this period, of all fund types,
15 Dec. 2022 Penfund raises $1.18bn for seventh fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: North America-based alternative investment firm Penfund completed the final close of its seventh fund, Penfund Capital Fund VII, with committed capital of approximately CAD1.6 billion ($1.18bn). According to a press release from the Canadian private equity firm spe
15 Dec. 2022 All but one of the top 100 ESG funds posted negative returns [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The world's largest 100 environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-themed funds by asset size - comprising equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds - collectively have assets under management (AuM) of US$440 billion, said a study. Accordin
14 Dec. 2022 66% of institutional investors surveyed expect to increase their allocation to hedge funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: According to a new research report by quant technology provider SigTech, 66% of investors expect to increase their allocation to hedge funds over the next two years. This trend is particularly noticeable among larger institutional investors. A majority of institutio
14 Dec. 2022 VC firm Fifth Wall raises $866m in largest ever proptech fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Fifth Wall, the largest venture capital (VC) firm focused on technology for the global real estate industry, has raised $866 million for its latest proptech fund - Real Estate Technology Fund III. Backed by a long list of investors, including CBRE, Cushman & Wakefie
14 Dec. 2022 BNP Paribas creates a $32bn private assets unit [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: French international banking group BNP Paribas has announced the creation of Private Assets, a new business unit within its investment and protection services (IPS) division dedicated to private asset management. Integrated within BNP Paribas Asset Management and
13 Dec. 2022 Hedge fund industry trims 2022 losses with 3.46% gain in November [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The hedge fund industry was up 3.46% in November, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. Many funds rode the swell of bullish sentiment in both equity and fixed income markets that continued throughout Novembe
13 Dec. 2022 The Swiss financial industry has successfully traded and settled tokenized investment products [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - For the first time, key players in the Swiss financial industry successfully developed and tested a novel settlement mechanism for tokenized investment products on a public blockchain testnet infrastructure. A smart contract, developed by the Capital Markets and Technolog
13 Dec. 2022 Institutional investors launch initiative to engage companies on biodiversity and nature loss [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A group of institutional investors announced the formation of Nature Action 100, a new global engagement initiative that focuses on investors driving urgent action on the nature-related risks and dependencies in the companies they own. The Nature Action 100 initiati
13 Dec. 2022 Singapore dethrones China's private capital fundraising crown [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Singapore has emerged as one of the rare financial hubs in the world to attract a record cash pile, defying the gravity of a global fundraising slump, says a report. According to the Preqin report, fundraising worldwide has slowed this year to a five-year low, with
13 Dec. 2022 15% of Americans conducted transfers into crypto accounts, says research [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Crypto holdings for most individuals are relatively small, but almost 15 percent of users have net transfers of over one month's worth of pay to crypto accounts, said a research. U.S. households' involvement in crypto-assets (hereafter, crypto) rose sharply during
13 Dec. 2022 Morgan Stanley expects global economic growth of 3% for 2022 and 2.2% for 2023 [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: According to Morgan Stanley's 2023 Global Macro Outlook, we should see weaker grow
12 Dec. 2022 Citi predicts shallow US recession in 2023, recovery in 2024 [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Citi Global Wealth Investments (CGWI) predicts the weakest annual global economic growth in forty years outside of the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID shutdowns, in its
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