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17 Nov. 2022 Climate Adaptive Infrastructure tops $1bn for maiden fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Clean energy-focused investment firm Climate Adaptive Infrastructure (CAI) has raised over $1 billion for its debut fund program, comprising $825 million in equity for the main fund and $200 million in a co-investment program. CAI, a firm founded in 2019 by former
17 Nov. 2022 Institutional investors bullish on alternative assets, set to increase alts allocations [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The majority of institutional investors expect a global recession over the next 12 months, but that has yet to hamper demand to either hold alternative allocations steady at their current level or grow them further in the years to come, said a study. According to th
16 Nov. 2022 Hedge funds up 1.35% in October, reducing YTD losses to 5% [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 1.3% in October. Following the uptick, global hedge funds have reduced their YTD losses to 5%. Returns were positive across strategies in October, with event-driven (2.3%) leading the field. Event-driven was the top-perf
16 Nov. 2022 SBAI and ILPA collaborate on guidance for allocators looking to increase the diversity of their portfolios [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI), an active alliance of institutional investors and alternative asset managers published new guidance Helping Allocators Increase Diversity in Their Portfolios. The report was produced in collaboration with the Institu
16 Nov. 2022 European asset managers outperform their U.S. counterparts in carbon reductions [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Europe's largest asset managers are outperforming their U.S. counterparts when it comes to the carbon intensity of their investment portfolios, said a study. However, the new research from MSCI, which looks at the carbon emissions of the assets under management
16 Nov. 2022 ADQ, Hunter Point buy stake in mid-market private investment firm Vistria Group [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Bennett Goodman's Hunter Point Capital (HPC) and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ) acquired a stake in Vistria Group, a middle-market private investment firm with approximately $9.5 billion in assets under management. The
16 Nov. 2022 Credit Suisse sells securitized products group to Apollo [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Beleaguered Swiss wealth manager Credit Suisse has agreed with US investment manager Apollo Global Management to sell a sizeable portion of its Securitized Products Group (SPG) - a key part of a sweeping revamp for the Swiss bank. Credit Suisse said the transaction
16 Nov. 2022 90% of financial advisors plan to increase alternatives allocations over the next two years [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Financial advisers are increasingly drawn to alternative investment strategies as a means of navigating an economic environment that appears fraught with potential pitfalls, said a study. The findings from the new study by CAIS and Mercer show that nearly nine in 10
15 Nov. 2022 Nearly half of investors are not satisfied with the performance in 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Just 56% of institutional investors are satisfied with investment performance this year, according to a study, a significant drop since 2020 when 82% were content with financial performance. In other words, nearly half (44%) of global investors are not satisfied wi
15 Nov. 2022 Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund partners with BlackRock for infrastructure [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia's $620 billion sovereign wealth fund, announced a partnership with the major US investment firm BlackRock. According to a press note from the state-run fund, the nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) will explor
14 Nov. 2022 Kinderhook Industries wraps up $1.85bn for the seventh fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Kinderhook Industries has closed its seventh private equity fund on $1.85 billion, inclusive of over $250 million in commitments from the General Partner, Operating Partners, and Affiliates. Fund 7 brings Kinderhook's total committed capital to over $5.4 billion,
14 Nov. 2022 Venture funding for climate tech start-ups fell to $52bn first three quarters of 2022, down 30% [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Venture funding for climate tech start-ups fell to US$52 billion over the first three quarters of 2022, or 30% less than the same period last year, said a study. Climate tech funding in 2022 represented more than a quarter of every venture dollar invested in 2022, i
14 Nov. 2022 Brighton Park Capital raises $1.8bn for the second fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Brighton Park Capital has announced a final close for Brighton Park Capital Fund II at $1.8bn, surpassing its target of $1.5bn. The software, healthcare, and tech-enabled services-focused investor said in a press release that consistent with its predecessor fund, Br
11 Nov. 2022 Securities Commission of The Bahamas freezes assets of FTX [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Today, the Securities Commission of The Bahamas took action to freeze assets of FTX Digital Markets and related parties. The Commission also suspended the registration and applied to the Supreme Court of The Bahamas for the appointment of a provisional liquidator of FTX D
11 Nov. 2022 Family offices upbeat on private assets, reduce public assets exposure [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Family offices are investing more in private assets and cutting back on investments in public markets, with higher risk-adjusted returns cited as the main driver, said a study. According to the survey findings by German digital private equity firm Moonfare, and the
11 Nov. 2022 Ardian raises $5.1bn for fifth-generation private credit fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global investment giant Ardian has raised €5bn ($5.1bn) for its fifth-generation private credit fund, €2bn more than its predecessor fund, which closed on €3bn in 2020. According to a media release from the private investment house, the credit plat
11 Nov. 2022 Institutional investors' greatest tail risks are liquidity crisis, military conflict, cyberattacks [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The top three tail risks for global institutional asset owners are an unexpected liquidity crunch, a military conflict in the Asia-Pacific region, and a major cyberattack, said a study. According to a new survey conducted by PGIM, the money management subsidiary of
10 Nov. 2022 Hedge fund industry up +2.32% in the calm; trims YTD losses to -9.28% [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - As equity markets enjoyed substantial gains in October, the global hedge fund industry staged its own recovery posting a +2.32% monthly return, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By comparison, the S&P
10 Nov. 2022 Investcorp-Tages announces two senior appointments [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Investcorp-Tages announced the appointments of James Medeiros as President and Matthew Sethard-Wright as Head of Business Development (Europe). James joins the Executive Committee and is based in New York. Working alongside co-CEOs Lionel Erdely and Salvatore Cord
10 Nov. 2022 Wong King Hoi jailed for obstruction of SFC's search operation [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Eastern Magistrates' Court today sentenced Mr Wong King Hoi to two weeks of imprisonment after his conviction of the offence of obstructing employees of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in the execution of a search warrant following a prosecution brought by
10 Nov. 2022 Survey: LPs and asset allocators plan to increase alternatives allocation, spend more on Fintech in 2023 [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Alternative investments fintech Dynamo Software, in partnership with Northfield Information Services, has just released the results from a new survey,
10 Nov. 2022 Relative value fund manager DLD to launch multi-manager platform in partnership with Titan [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: DLD Asset Management, LP, a New York-based investment firm, is prepping the launch of the DLD Master Fund, a relative value multi-manager platform. Since DLD's launch in 2013, the firm has started five standalone r
10 Nov. 2022 Wealthy millennials abandon bonds and stocks and turn to alternatives to create wealth [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A recent study of high-net-worth individuals found that the majority (75%) of investors between the ages of 21 and 42 do not think it's possible to achieve above-average returns solely with traditional stocks and bonds. The 2022 Bank of America Private Bank Study o
10 Nov. 2022 Alts manager Medalist Partners acquires a minority stake in Semper Capital to tap opportunities in structured credit [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Medalist Partners, which specializes in private credit, has acquired a minority stake in Semper Capital to extend its offerings to the mass market. Medalist currently manages approximately $2.2 billion in assets across strategies in asset-based private credit, struc
10 Nov. 2022 Net Zero Asset Managers initiative hits $66tn AUM [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative now has net-zero commitments from 291 money managers with a collective $66 trillion in assets under management. Of the 291 asset managers, 169 have disclosed initial targets for the proportion of assets managed in line with
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