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22 Jul. 2024 Global VC investment soars five-quarter high of $94.3bn in Q2'24 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global venture capital (VC) investment soared from US$75.4 billion to $94.3 billion between Q1'24 and Q2'24, fueled by nine $1 billion mega-deals-the second largest total ever seen in a single quarter, revealed a study. According to KPMG Private Enterprise's Venture
18 Jul. 2024 Blue Owl acquires $10bn credit shop Atalaya in deeper expansion into private credit [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Alternative manager Blue Owl Capital is pushing deeper into the red-hot private credit market with a deal to buy alternative credit manager Atalaya Capital Management, which manages more than $10 billion. Blue Owl agreed to pay an initial $450 million for Atalaya. T
17 Jul. 2024 Cliffwater tapps Henn to lead secondaries [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Cliffwater, a leader in private markets and interval fund management, announced the addition of Timothy Henn as Head of Private Equity Secondaries as it expands its dedicated investment team for the Cascade Private Capital Fund. CPEFX is a newly launched interval fund pro
17 Jul. 2024 WTW announces new leadership for private equity and transaction solutions industry group [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - WTW, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, today announced the appointment of Aartie Manansingh as Head of the Private Equity and Transaction Solutions Industry Group within Corporate Risk and Broking, North America (CRB NA). Additionally, Jorgen Ande
17 Jul. 2024 Digital asset hedge fund manager Nickel Digital's Diversified Alpha Fund achieves record first half [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management (Nickel), Europe's regulated and award-winning digital assets hedge fund manager, has delivered a record first half performance at its systematic Diversified Alpha Fund. This is a non-directional multi-strategy fund which wraps
17 Jul. 2024 Global net wealth gained 4.3% to $477tn [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The value of assets across the globe grew to $477 trillion (€441 trillion) in 2023, according to this year's global wealth report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG). That's a jump of 4.3%, a figure driven higher by a rebound in financial wealth, which r
17 Jul. 2024 Large global M&A deals valued over $10bn reached a 2-year high in H1 2024 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Despite a slowdown in May and June, the first six months of 2024 were the busiest half-year since 2022 for worldwide M&A transactions larger than $10 billion, according to a report. A recent S&P report pointed out that there were 17 deals valued over $10 billion ann
17 Jul. 2024 Efficient Capital Management is celebrating 25 years of service [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Warrenville, IL-based Efficient Capital Management is marking a significant milestone this year by celebrating its 25th anniversary. Since its founding in 1999, Efficient h
16 Jul. 2024 Global value of M&A activity in 1H 2024 was $1tn, well below the ten-year average [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global value of M&A activity in the first half of 2024 was $1.0 trillion, well below the ten-year average of $1.5 trillion, said a study. According to a new report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the M&A market has been slightly more active in the first hal
16 Jul. 2024 AEI amasses $1.28bn for its third investment fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Defense tech investment firm AE Industrial Partners has closed its third flagship private equity firm with $1.28 billion in capital commitments. A media release from the private investment firm specializing in national security, aerospace, and industrial service sa
15 Jul. 2024 SEC concludes $111m fair fund distribution in ConvergEx case [more]
Matthias Knab, Opalesque: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially closed the chapter on one of the largest trading fraud cases in recent years. The Fair Fund established in the ConvergEx case has been terminated after successfully distributing over $110 million to harmed inves
15 Jul. 2024 Global PEVC dry powder accelerates to $2.62tn in 1H 2024 [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The accumulation of global private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) dry powder accelerated in the first half of the year, pushing further into record territory, said a study. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data global PEVC dry powder hovered around
12 Jul. 2024 Astorg raises $1.5bn continuation vehicle backed by Lexington, Eurazeo, CVC, and Eurazeo [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European alternative investment firm Astorg Partners has raised a €1.4bn ($1.52bn) continuation fund to acquire its portfolio company Normec. The Normec continuation fund has been capitalized by lead investors CVC Secondary Partners, Pantheon, Lexington Partner
12 Jul. 2024 Global M&A activity rebounds in 2024 amid regional challenges [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity continues to build on the positive momentum seen at the beginning of 2024, with the second quarter's completed deals surpassing those of the same period last year, said a study. According to WTW's Quarterly Deal Perfor
11 Jul. 2024 CCF Group and Neuberger Berman expand French private equity offering [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, is partnering with CCF Group, a century-old French banking group, to provide increased access to private equity. This new agreement allows CCF Group to offer its French clients access to investme
11 Jul. 2024 AXA IM Alts racks up over $2.5bn for significant risk transfer strategy [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: AXA IM Alts, the alternative investment arm of French insurer AXA, has raised over €2.3 billion ($2.5 billion) in its Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) strategy exceeding its target. This includes circa €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) total capital raised for i
11 Jul. 2024 Manulife IM closes second fund of funds in partnership with AlpInvest [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Manulife Investment Management has closed Manulife Private Equity Partners II with $810 million in commitments. This is the second fund of funds that Manulife IM is doing in partnership with AlpInvest. The fund of funds was seeded with an existing portfolio
11 Jul. 2024 Monomoy closes latest fund on $2.25 billion [more]
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the middle market, has closed its fifth fund at $2.25 billion. Fund V exceeded its initial target of $1.6 billion and was oversubscribed at its final close. The firm's previous fund closed in lat
11 Jul. 2024 Franklin Templeton sees opportunities in secondaries, private credit, RE debt [more]
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The results from Franklin Templeton's Global Investment Management Survey (mid-year 2024) indicate that alternative managers are bullish on private equity, specifically in the secondary space, as well as private credit because traditional lenders have pulled ba
10 Jul. 2024 Global financial wealth rebounds by 7% in 2023, driven by buoyant equity markets [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Global net wealth staged a significant recovery of 4.3% in 2023, after a difficult year in 2022. Much of the growth was due to a rebound in the financial market, as financial wealth-a subset of global net wealth-rose by almost 7%, following a 4% decline in 2022. Ov
10 Jul. 2024 Kennedy Lewis IM and CalSTRS to start partnership in non-sponsored senior lending [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - Kennedy Lewis Investment Management LLC, an alternative credit firm, and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), are starting a strategic partnership focused on senior corporate lending for non-sponsored borrowers. In addition to investments in
10 Jul. 2024 Lombard Odier IM launches earnings-surprises big data hedge fund [more]
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM), the asset management business of the Lombard Odier Group, has launched a quantitative hedge fund to identify company earnings surprises. LOIM's DataEdge is an equity market-neutral strategy that uses big data analysis/sys
09 Jul. 2024 Switzerland third largest asset management market in Europe [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - After a challenging previous year, the Swiss asset management industry has returned to growth in 2023. More than ever, the industry is proving to be an important pillar of the Swiss economy, characterised by its high level of international competitiveness and a broadly di
09 Jul. 2024 Higher confidence levels in Q2 from multi-strategy and global macro hedge funds [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - AIMA, in partnership with Simmons & Simmons and Seward and Kissel, have issued the 15th quarterly Hedge Fund Confidence Index (HFCI), which provides a snapshot of hedge fund managers' confidence in their economic prospects for the coming 12 months. Q2 2024 results
09 Jul. 2024 ESMA's stress test of Central Counterparties finds clearing system resilient [more]
Opalesque Industry Update - The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published the results of its fifth stress test exercise for Central Counterparties (CCPs). The results confirm the overall resilience of European Union (EU) CCPs
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