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19 Aug. 2025 S&P Global and Maestro Partner partner on private equity solution [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - S&P Global and Maestro, the leading Value Creation Management platform for private equity and a S&P Global Ventures portfolio company, have announced a strategic partnership to deliver enhanced portfolio monitoring capabilities for private equity firms and their portfolio
19 Aug. 2025 RSM launches FamilySight [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - RSM US LLP the leading provider of assurance, tax and consulting services for the middle market - today announced that its proprietary FamilySight® platform is available on the Sage Intacct® Marketplace. This marks the first comprehensive family office solution offered on
19 Aug. 2025 US PE and VC may remain attractive for long-term growth despite recent volatility [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Omnigence Asset Management has published From Private Equity to Real Estate: Mapping the Alternative Return Landscape, a study examining performance, volatility, and risk-adjusted returns across five core alternative investment sectors: U.S. Private Equity, U.S. Ve
19 Aug. 2025 Apex Group expands Exco team with appointment of new CFO and CBO [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Apex Group, the global financial services provider, announced the appointment of Kimberly DeTrask as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Maxwell Johnston as Chief Business Officer (CBO). Effective 1 October 2025, Kimberly joins Apex Group from State Street, where she h
19 Aug. 2025 Implementing effective AI compliance amid an evolving regulatory landscape [more]
By Opalesque: Artificial intelligence technologies are transforming industries and revolutionizing how we interact with technology. Tools like Anthropic Claude can perform complex cognitive tasks including image transcription and real-time language translation, while platforms like Microsoft Copi
15 Aug. 2025 Jefferies portfolio manager charged in USD 275 million water vending machine Ponzi scheme [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Jordan Chirico, 41, portfolio manager of Jefferies Financial Group's 352 Capital ABS Master Fund LP, was indicted on investment adviser and securities fraud charges for concealing personal financial ties to Water Station Management, a USD 275 million Ponzi scheme tha
15 Aug. 2025 Time for a more defensive investment posture [more]
By Opalesque: In his latest memo, entitled "The calculus of value", Howard Marks, co-chairman of Oaktree, looks at the critical relationship between investment value and price. Value exerts a "magnetic" influence on price, meaning the relationship of price to value should be expected to strongly
15 Aug. 2025 Family offices accelerate shift toward alternative investments [more]
By Opalesque: A comprehensive global study by Ocorian, a specialist provider of services to HNWIs and family offices, reveals that family office fund managers are significantly increasing their exposure to alternative asset classes over the next two years, with no managers planning to reduce allo
14 Aug. 2025 Buffer funds: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch [more]
By Opalesque: In his August 2025 analysis, Cliff Asness, founder of global investment management firm AQR Capital Management, examines "buffer funds" - structured investment products that promise to make equity investing less risky by using options strategies to limit downside while capping upsid
13 Aug. 2025 Marex Group faces investor scrutiny amid short seller accusations [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - On August 5, 2025, investors in Marex Group plc, a global financial services platform, saw the price of their shares significantly decline in the wake of a critical short report accusing the company of engaging in an improper multi-year accounting scheme. The investiga
12 Aug. 2025 Bridgewater goes for diversification [more]
By Opalesque: This Bridgewater Associates Q2 CIO letter outlines three major dynamics reshaping the investment landscape: a new geopolitical paradigm, threats to US-concentrated portfolios, and technological disruption. The rise of modern mercantilism Bridgewater argues that interv
11 Aug. 2025 Syz Capital reopens BTC Alpha Fund amid surging institutional demand [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Syz Capital, the $2 billion alternatives investment arm of the family-owned Syz Group, is set to reopen its Bitcoin-denominated fund of crypto hedge funds, the BTC Alpha Fund, to new and existing investors from 1 October 2025 in response to growing institutional demand.
11 Aug. 2025 Tech investor Accel-KKR amasses $1.9bn continuation fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global technology-focused investment firm Accel-KKR announced the completion of AKKR Isosceles CV LP, an approximately $1.9 billion single-asset continuation fund. AKKR Isosceles will extend its partnership with isolved, a provider of human capital management (HCM)
11 Aug. 2025 Established manager hedge fund study shows shift towards bespoke strategies [more]
By Opalesque: The 2025 Edition of law firm Seward & Kissel's Established Manager Hedge Fund Study analyses investment managers with at least five years of experience and $1bn in regulatory AuM. The study specifically examines managers who created new fund classes or launched new hedge funds i
08 Aug. 2025 The US market accounts for nearly 70% of VC investment globally [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The US accounted for $70 billion of the Americas' investment total - and for nearly 70 percent of all venture capital (VC) investment globally, said a study. According to KPMG Private Enterprise quarterly global report on venture capital trends, Q2'25 was a relative
07 Aug. 2025 July hedge fund industry performance extends YTD gains; crypto index up 14.5% for the month [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds extended strong 1H gains to begin the second half of the year, with leadership accelerating from directional Event Driven and Equity Hedge, which was driven by an improving outlook for M&A, trade negotiations, and overall economic outlook into 2H25. The HF
07 Aug. 2025 New US administration policies could cause Harvard's endowment fund to plummet up to 40% by 2040 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New policies proposed by the US administration and regulatory changes are set to have a devasting impact on endowment funds. New analysis and scenario mapping carried out by Ortec Finance reveals that the size of Harvard University's endowment fund - currently the larg
07 Aug. 2025 OrbiMed racks up $1.86bn for fifth royalty and credit fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: OrbiMed, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm, has closed its fifth royalty and credit opportunities fund at $1.86 billion to provide businesses with financing alternatives as equity capital becomes more costly. The New York-based healthcare investor beat its $
07 Aug. 2025 MUFG Securities EMEA fined $9.8m over longstanding compliance failures [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: On August 6, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settled enforcement action against MUFG Securities EMEA plc, a UK-based security-based swap dealer (SBSD) registered with the SEC. The firm agreed to pay a $9.8 million civil penal
06 Aug. 2025 Venture investors Frazier amasses $1.3bn for early-stage biotech investing [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Palo Alto-based venture firm Frazier Life Sciences has closed a new venture capital fund for startup creation and investing in early-stage biotechnology companies, raising $1.3 billion. The oversubscribed fund - Frazier Life Sciences XII (FLS XII) - received st
06 Aug. 2025 Venture capital invests $49.2bn globally in generative artificial intelligence [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global venture capital (VC) investment in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) surged to $49.2 billion in the first half of 2025, outpacing the total for all of 2024 ($44.2 billion) and more than double the total for 2023 ($21.3 billion), revealed a study. Acc
06 Aug. 2025 Response to Staff Statement on certain liquid staking activities: Caveat Liquid Staker [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Some things are better left unsaid. The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance recently issued a statement on liquid staking activities, claiming to "provide greater cla
05 Aug. 2025 HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index up 0.5% in July, almost 3% YTD [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - In July 2025, global financial markets delivered mixed performance. Strong corporate earnings provided support, but ongoing uncertainty around trade and tariff negotiations weighed on sentiment. U.S. equities led market gains, while performance across Europe, Asia, and La
05 Aug. 2025 Carlyle secures $9bn for largest U.S. opportunistic real estate fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global investment firm Carlyle has closed another U.S. opportunistic real estate fund (CRP X), raising $9 billion, which will target multiple asset classes. The Washington, D.C.-based alternative asset manager said in a press release that CRP X surpasses the $8 bil
05 Aug. 2025 SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce criticizes SEC's own surveillance programs, supports more privacy [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce recently delivered a powerful address at the Science of Blockchain Conference titled "Peanut Butter & Watermelon: Financial Privacy in the
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