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02 Jul. 2025 Switzerland is third-largest asset management hub in Europe [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Swiss Asset Management Study 2025, published by the Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS) in collaboration with consulting firm zeb, highlights the growing economic importance of the Swiss asset management industry. With a record CHF 3.45 trillion (US$4.35tl
02 Jul. 2025 APAC PE announced deals amounted to $37.5bn across 266 transactions in Q1'25 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: According to a study, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region saw $37.5 billion in announced private equity investment during Q1'25 - a relatively strong start to the year despite a modest deal count of just 226 transactions. Japan led the region, accounting for the largest
01 Jul. 2025 Shiprock Capital announces new Senior Investment Counsel [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Shiprock Capital Management Limited, a London-based investment management firm focused on Global Distressed and Special Situations, has announced that Eric Ho has joined the firm as Senior Investment Counsel. Eric joins Shiprock from Ashmore Investment Management wher
01 Jul. 2025 Recognize amasses $1.7bn for second tech-services fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Tech-focused alternative investment firm Recognize Partners, co-founded by Cognizant's former CEO Francisco D'Souza and former Clayton, Dubilier & Rice executive David Wasserman, has closed its second fund with $1.7 billion. The final tally for Recognize Pa
01 Jul. 2025 Coller Capital leads new continuation fund from Motion Equity Partners [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Motion Equity Partners has closed a new continuation vehicle at its €215m hardcap, structured around Olyos, a European platform specializing in natural and health nutrition. The fund, which was oversubscribed, will be managed by Motion Equity Partners a
30 Jun. 2025 Ara Partners expands team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Ara Partners, a global investment firm specializing in industrial decarbonization, is pleased to announce the addition of Onur Goker as Managing Director and Sonali Aggarwal as Principal to its Private Equity team, based in the Houston and Boston offices. "Onur&#
30 Jun. 2025 Piper Sandler expands private capital advisory team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Piper Sandler Companies, a leading investment bank, is pleased to announce the addition of Andy Nick as managing director and co-head of secondary capital advisory within the private capital advisory group. Nick will work closely with private equity clients to provide bes
30 Jun. 2025 Ogier taps Fu to lead Singapore office [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Ogier Global has announced the appointment of Samantha Fu as director in its Singapore office. Samantha delivers corporate governance solutions for a broad spectrum of offshore investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, segregated portfolio compani
30 Jun. 2025 More than half of U.S. investors expect greater volatility than the 2008 Global Financial Crisis [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 54% of North American institutional investors expect that the next 12 months will be more volatile than 2022 - 2023 (Return of inflation) and nearly half (47%) believe the next 12 months will be more volatile than the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) (2007 - 2010), said a
30 Jun. 2025 Sorenson Capital launches third fund with $150M [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Sorenson Capital, a venture capital fund, has launched its third vehicle with $150 million. Ventures III maintains a comparable size to its predecessor, Ventures II, which was a $150 million fund. The firm says it wanted to maintain the same fund size in ord
27 Jun. 2025 Haptiq launches AI platform for private equity [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - As economic volatility continues to test the limits of traditional investment strategies, private equity firms face longer holding periods and mounting pressure to deliver value creation beyond financial engineering with speed, precision, and resilience. Today, Haptiq ann
27 Jun. 2025 Carlyle and UBS collaborate on secondaries [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Global investment firm Carlyle and UBS's Unified Global Alternatives (UGA) business, today announced their collaboration on an open-ended private equity secondaries initiative for wealth management clients. The initiative aims to provide institutional-quality secondar
27 Jun. 2025 BlackRock launches hedged government bond active ETF [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global investment manager BlackRock launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to offer investors exposure to a globally diversified portfolio of government bonds. According to a press note from the New York City-based investment management corporation, the
27 Jun. 2025 Time for European defence investment opportunities [more]
By Opalesque: Shifting global geopolitics are driving unprecedented increases in European defence spending, creating significant opportunities for private capital funds (PCFs) and institutional investors,
27 Jun. 2025 Navigating third-party risk in financial services [more]
By Opalesque: The modern financial services ecosystem's interconnectedness has created both opportunities and significant vulnerabilities, reports Ankura, a management consulting firm. Financial institutions' increasing reliance on external partners has amplified third-party risk complexi
26 Jun. 2025 Emerging markets hedge funds surge, capital rises as Middle East tensions escalate [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Emerging Markets hedge funds surged in May and posted strong YTD gains through May 2025 as global geopolitical and, specifically, regional Middle East tensions escalated into military conflict, impacting a wide range of energy, shipping and trade. The HFRI EM: India I
26 Jun. 2025 MFA names Nicolo Bertoncello Head of EU Government Affairs [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Managed Funds Association (MFA) announced that Nicolo Bertoncello has joined the association as Vice President, Head of EU Government Affairs. Bertoncello, based in Brussels, will lead MFA's advocacy and engagement with EU institutions and member states. His extensive
26 Jun. 2025 Mudita Venture Partners launches $125 million Fund II [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Mudita Venture Fund II, a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage, business-to-business AI companies, completed its first close of $85 million toward its target of $125 million, with the remainder expected to close in the next 90 days. The fund is sponsored by Mudita
26 Jun. 2025 J.P. Morgan launches its largest active ETF anchored by $2bn institutional client investment [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: J.P. Morgan Asset Management, part of JPMorgan Chase, launched the JPMorgan Active High Yield ETF (JPHY) on the Cboe BZX Exchange, backed by a $2B investment from a large institutional external client. The new ETF marks the largest active ETF launch and extends J.P
25 Jun. 2025 Traction Capital launches second fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Traction Capital, a Minnesota-based venture capital and growth equity firm, announces the launch of Fund II, its second investment fund focused on scaling early-stage businesses in Minnesota and neighboring states. Since its March launch, Fund II has raised over $30M in s
25 Jun. 2025 Broyhill Asset Management taps Watson to lead operations [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Broyhill Asset Management announced today that Jim Watson has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Mr. Watson oversees all non-investment-related functions, including accounting, legal, compliance, marketing, reporting, strategy, and business developm
25 Jun. 2025 Diversified Energy and Carlyle partner on energy investments [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Diversified Energy Company and Carlyle announced a strategic partnership to invest in up to $2 billion in existing proved developed producing (PDP) natural gas and oil assets across the United States. The partnership will be led by Carlyle's asset backed
25 Jun. 2025 Marlin racks up $1.2bn European fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global software and technology investment firm Marlin Equity Partners has completed fundraising for its third European investment vehicle, securing €1 billion ($1.2 billion) from global investors. Marlin Heritage Europe III closed at its hard cap and bested th
25 Jun. 2025 Kiara Capital announces $40m first close [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Kiara Capital, a Miami-based venture capital firm has announced the first close of its inaugural fund. The fund focuses on early-stage B2B fintech startups operating in Latin America, and cross-border markets linked to the United States. Kiara Capital has n
24 Jun. 2025 Research reveals private credit switch to infrastructure financing is gathering pace [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The switch by private credit fund managers to finance infrastructure initiatives is set to gather pace in Europe over the next three years, new Nordic Trustee research with executives in the sector shows. Nearly four out five (78%) questioned expect the trend towards
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