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10 Oct. 2022 Blackstone's Carol Kim named recipient of 100 Women in Finance 2022 APAC Industry Leadership Award [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - 100 Women in Finance (100WF), a global finance industry organization, announced that Carol Kim, Senior Managing Director and Asia Pacific Head of Institutional Client Solutions at Blackstone, will receive its 2022 APAC Industry Leadership Award. The Award is presente
10 Oct. 2022 UK buyout deals breaks records since the EU Referendum [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Buyout investment in the UK has soared since the EU Referendum in 2016, with the $125bn of private equity-backed acquisitions recorded in 2021 smashing previous records, said a study. According to the latest Preqin territory guide, 'Buyouts in the UK 2022',
10 Oct. 2022 98% of big emitters' financial reporting not acknowledging climate risks [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Out of 134 highly carbon-exposed companies that account for the bulk of pollution, 98 percent did not provide evidence that their 2021 financial statements had taken into account the effects of climate-related matters, said a study. In a report "Still Flying B
09 Oct. 2022 HFRI 500 Macro Index jumped +2.75% in September (17.5% YTD) [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Macro hedge funds surged in September 2022, with strong contributions from currency and fixed income exposures as the U.S. Dollar extended record gains, the Federal Reserve increased interest rates in an effort to slow generational inflation, and U.S. equities posted stee
07 Oct. 2022 Cerulli: Investment managers address cracks in alternative product development and distribution [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Both traditional managers and alternative investment managers have made significant investments to bring alternative offerings closer to wealth management clients. However, managers are experiencing internal challenges when it comes to distribution of these products, acco
07 Oct. 2022 66 private debt funds raised a total of $82bn in 1H 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: In the first six months of 2022, 66 private debt funds raised a total of $82 billion-compared with the roughly $93 billion collected across 130 vehicles in the same period a year ago, said a study. According to PitchBook's H1 2022 Global Private Debt Report, pri
07 Oct. 2022 CRV racks up $1.5bn across two funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: CRV announced two new funds - it has raised $1 billion for its 19th flagship venture fund (CRV XIX) for investing in early-stage startups and $500 million for its sophomore 'Select' fund (Select II) one for investing in more mature companies. The 52-year-ol
06 Oct. 2022 AIMA records highest confidence levels among hedge funds since 2020 [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Based on a sample of 389 hedge funds (accounting for approx. US$3tn in assets) that participated in the AIMA's Hedge Fund Confidence Index for Q3 2022, the average measure of confidence is +25.4 - up from +17.8 in Q2 - the highest average confidence score recorded sin
06 Oct. 2022 Venture capital set to grow to over $4tn in global AUM by 2027 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Venture capital (VC) is forecast to be the fastest growing private capital asset class in the next few years (+19.1% growth per year, from $1.46tn end-2021 to $4.17tn by 2027), followed by infrastructure (+13.3%), and private debt (+10.8%), said a study. According t
06 Oct. 2022 Investment Manager Hamilton Lane to tokenize three funds [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investment management firm Hamilton Lane (HLNE) will tokenize three of its funds in a partnership with digital-asset securities company Securitize. The global private markets investment firm, which managed or supervised $832 billion in assets as of June 30, said in
05 Oct. 2022 Hedge funds are bullish on long/short and global strategies but slow to adopt technology [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Forty-two percent of hedge fund managers expect LPs to increase investment allocation to long/short and global in the next 12 months, said a study. According to a new survey from advisory and accounting firm EisnerAmper, this is a decrease from 2021's survey whe
05 Oct. 2022 Alts manager Ardian to sign iCapital partnership to drive accessibility across private offering [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Paris-based private investment house Ardian has joined forces with global fintech platform iCapital, to drive access to its private market investment strategies. The partnership marks the latest deal the fintech platform has struck with an alternative asset manager
05 Oct. 2022 The asset management industry must bridge climate action gaps to effect real change, says study [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The gap between asset manager's commitment to climate change issues and their actual follow is significant, said a study adding that there is "room for improvement". "Despite the asset management industry's clear commitment to climate-related issues, practical
04 Oct. 2022 Quant HF Teza hires former McKinsey exec to lead new London office [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Teza Technologies, a global quantitative multi-strategy, multi-PM hedge fund manager with more than $500 million in assets under management, today announced the opening of its first European office. The London office, which will serve as the headquarters of the firm's exp
04 Oct. 2022 Early 2022 sees the value of large deals fall 24% from a year earlier [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global M&A market has hit the pause button in 1H 2022, after soaring to an all-time peak in 2021, said a study. Early 2022 saw the value of large deals (more than $25 million) fall 24 percent from a year earlier, on a 12 percent drop in deal volume, according t
03 Oct. 2022 Israeli-UK venture capital firm 83North raises $400m for its 11th fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Venture capital firm 83North, which invests globally with four equal partners on the team, has closed a new $400 million fund. According to a statement from the London and Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm that it now has $2.2 billion under management. 83North
02 Oct. 2022 Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index up 1.17% in August on asset-weighted basis [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Scotiabank Canadian Hedge Fund Index ended August 2022 up 1.17% MOM on an asset-weighted basis and up 0.22% MOM on an equal-weighted basis. The comparable benchmark indices were both down for the month, with the S&P TSX 60 Total Return Index and S&P 500 Total Ret
02 Oct. 2022 Investors redeemed almost $7bn from hedge fund industry in July [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The pace of hedge fund net redemptions slowed in July 2022 to -$16.88 billion (-0.35% of industry assets), according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator published by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. A $124.13 billion trading profit during the month bro
30 Sep. 2022 Former JP Morgan manager launches Brazil investment firm [more]
Opalesque Industry Update, for New Managers - Leading manager selector Marcel Borelli has left his role as Director of Fixed Income Manager and Solutions Research for J.P. Morgan Private Bank to set up a global multi-
30 Sep. 2022 Hedge fund launches fall to the lowest since 2008 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - New hedge fund launches plunged to the lowest level since 4Q 2008 as the HFRI 500 Macro Index surged through global inflation-induced financial market volatility driven by commodities and long US Dollar currency exposures, according to the latest HFR Market Microstructure
30 Sep. 2022 Pritzker Private Capital adds to investment team [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Pritzker Private Capital, a leader in family direct investing, is pleased to announce that it has named Marisa Vavruska and Spenser Brown as Vice Presidents on its investment team. Ms. Vavruska and Mr. Brown will play integral roles in identifying and evaluating
30 Sep. 2022 Study reveals extent to which pension funds rely on consultants and specialists for stress tests [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Pension funds are currently relying on investment consultants and specialist companies for most of their stress testing and scenario modeling. This is according to new research from Ortec Finance, the leading global provider of risk and return management solutions for pen
30 Sep. 2022 Brightwood adds Bank Leumi's O'Connor [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Brightwood Capital Advisors, a leading private credit and impact firm, announced the appointment of Kristan O'Connor as Managing Director in the firm's Portfolio Management & Risk group. Ms. O'Connor brings over 30 years of experience across credit administration, por
30 Sep. 2022 Scale Venture Partners raises $900m for its biggest fund yet [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Scale Venture Partners just raised its largest fund ever. It raised $900 million for its eighth venture fund. Scale plans to use the money to back cloud and software-as-a-service startups, with an emphasis on cognitive apps.
29 Sep. 2022 SFAT affirms SFC decision to suspend hedge fund manager Christopher James Aarons [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has suspended Mr Christopher James Aarons, responsible officer (RO) and chief executive officer of Trafalgar Capital Management (HK) Ltd. (Trafalgar), for two years from 27 September 2022 to 26 September 2024 after the Securitie
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