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15 Sep. 2022 80% of the family offices expecting portfolio gains, says Citi [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Despite the concerns and perhaps a reflection of their sentiment that the market may have bottomed out, there is a high degree of optimism for portfolio returns over the next twelve months, with 80% of the family offices expecting portfolio gains and 62% expecting a 5%
15 Sep. 2022 Venture-capital firm Northzone raises $1bn fund for fintech, Web3 investments [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Northzone, the European VC firm, has raised a new €1bn ($1bn) fund - its largest to date, and one of the biggest raised in Europe this year. The tenth fund is double the size of its previous fund of $500 million in 2019, said a media release from the London-based VC
14 Sep. 2022 CI Global Asset Management launches CI Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) announced the launch of CI Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund, which provides investors with convenient one-stop access to CI GAM's suite of liquid alternative funds and other non-traditional investments. CI GAM's liquid alternative fu
14 Sep. 2022 Baring Private Equity Asia raises $11.2 bln in its largest buyout fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Asian private equity firm Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) has closed its eighth pan-Asia fund at $11.2 billion, the largest in the firm's history. According to a press release from the Hong Kong-based firm, BPEA's final close, which exceeded its $8.5 billion initi
14 Sep. 2022 500-plus institutional investors with $39tn urge governments to step up climate policies [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 532 institutional investors with US$39 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have called on governments to raise their climate ambition, including setting plans to phase out fossil fuel use and forcing companies to set out science-based transition plans, as governm
14 Sep. 2022 89% of hedge funds that in-source IT management plan to allocate more spending to outsourced services [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Looking ahead to the next two years, 89 percent of hedge fund firms that currently in-source IT management said they are likely to allocate more spending to IT outsourcing and AI-driven services, said a survey. The driver behind this shift is a need for heightened s
14 Sep. 2022 Avance racks up $1.1bn for inaugural fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Avance Investment Management, a PE firm focused on the middle market, has wrapped up its debut fund at about $1.1 billion, beating its original $500 million target. The New York-based firm, co-founded by former executives from Palladium Equity Partners, said in a
13 Sep. 2022 The wealthiest cities in the world in 2022 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The USA dominates the world's Top 20 Cities with the Most Millionaires in 2022, with New York taking the crown with 345,600 millionaires, and five other American cities -ญญ San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Dallas ญ- securing places on the coveted world's
13 Sep. 2022 Forester Capital invests in Chepstow Lane's flagship fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: U.S-based alternative investment platform Forester Capital is to make a strategic investment into the flagship fund of Chepstow Lane Capital LLP, a European-focused, opportunistic credit manager. According to a press release from the $1.3bn financial consultant in
13 Sep. 2022 LaSalle raises $2.2bn for the sixth Asia Pacific opportunistic fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global investment manager LaSalle Investment Management has raised over US$2.2 billion of equity for the LaSalle Asia Opportunity VI (LAO VI) fund, including sidecars and co-investment programs, exceeding its initial target of US$1.5 billion. The committed capital,
13 Sep. 2022 EQT raises $2.43bn for maiden European growth fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Swedish private equity firm EQT has raised a new €2.4bn ($2.43bn) fund, the largest first-time growth fund based in Europe. Total commitments include funds raised from EQT employees and the EQT Network, which are not fee-generating, according to an announcement fro
13 Sep. 2022 World's 300 largest pension funds' assets balloon to a record $23.6tn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The 300 largest pension funds in the world saw their assets under management (AUM) increase by 8.9% to a record $23.6 trillion in 2021, said a study. According to a report from the Willis Towers Watson (WTW)'s Thinking Ahead Institute, while total AUM has reached
12 Sep. 2022 Asset tokenization projected to grow 50x into $16tn opportunity by 2030 [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - A newly-published report by global consulting firm BCG and ADDX, the digital exchange for private markets, forecasts that asset tokenization will expand into a US$16.1 trillion business opportunity by 2030. This growth comes as the crypto winter is prompting capital to fo
12 Sep. 2022 DiligenceVault 2022 asset manager survey: RFPs and DDQs - a gateway to success [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - DiligenceVault, a digital diligence platform for the asset management industry, released its latest whitepaper entitled "RFPs and DDQs - A Gateway to Success." The paper presents survey insights from over 600 fund managers that explores the nature of due diligen
12 Sep. 2022 BayPine raises $3bn for digitization fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: BayPine, a Boston-based midmarket buyout firm led by David Roux (ex-Silver Lake) and Anjan Mukherjee (ex-Blackstone), raised $2.2 billion for its debut fund, exceeding its $2.0 billion target. Including the invested capital of co-investors participating directly and
12 Sep. 2022 Ardian closes $2.1bn Americas Infrastructure fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private investor Ardian has raised $2.1bn (€2bn) for its latest Americas infrastructure fund, to target telecommunications, transportation, and energy-transition sector assets. Secondaries giant said in a media release that the capital raised for Ardian Americas In
12 Sep. 2022 Apollo veteran Josh Harris rolls out $5bn investment group [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Josh Harris, the billionaire private equity executive who left Apollo Global Management last year after a messy succession battle, is building out his firm to focus on private equity, credit, and insurance. The venture, named 26North, is launching with $5bn in asset
09 Sep. 2022 Mariner Wealth Advisors selects CAIS to scale alternative investment capabilities [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Mariner Weath Advisors has selected CAIS to provide a customized platform solution for the firm's rapidly growing network of advisors. US-based CAIS is an alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, and Mariner Wealth Advisors is a privately he
09 Sep. 2022 HFRI 500 index gains as equities fall in August [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds gained in August 2022 as U.S. equity markets declined, reversing strong intra-month gains with declines into month end, as the Federal Reserve warned that aggressive monetary policy measures would be required to reduce generational inflation. The investable HF
08 Sep. 2022 Schonfeld appoints Jennifer Cohen as Global Head of Human Capital Management [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC today announced the appointment of Jennifer Cohen as Global Head of Human Capital Management. Cohen will lead Schonfeld's human capital strategy, strengthening how the firm attracts, invests in, and retains its talent. She will report to
08 Sep. 2022 Kudu invests in private equity and credit manager Escalate [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Kudu has made a minority investment in Escalate Capital Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed. Kudu Investment Management provides permanent capital solutions to independent asset and wealth managers, and Escalate Capital Partners is a private credit and equit
07 Sep. 2022 Hong Kong SFC touts growth of local hedge fund industry [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: In a keynote speech at the AIMA APAC Annual Forum 2022, Ms
02 Sep. 2022 Absolute return funds recorded AUM loss of $44bn YTD, long/short equity hedge funds declined 7.9% [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The 2008 global financial crisis saw long-only absolute return funds lose $84bn in AUM. Since then, the industry has experienced steady growth, hitting a peak of $293bn in2017. This works out to a compound annual growth rate of 11.9% over the 9-year period. The posi
02 Sep. 2022 Global ESG equity products outperformed the last three years but struggled in 2022 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 80% of global ESG equity products are outperforming over three years, but these products have struggled so far in 2022, said a study. According to a research paper by Investment Metrics (IM), an investment analytics provider, global ESG equity products nearly double
01 Sep. 2022 Bridgewater expands to Singapore [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund has opened a new office in Singapore.The new office will be overseen by Chip Packard, head of client service for Eurasia, and Margaret Wang, who will manage the buildout and on-ground operations, accordi
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