alternatives and private markets

Q4 2023 sees lowest hedge fund launches since Q3 2022

Piyasi Mitra -

In 4Q 2023, hedge fund launches declined as managers braced for falling inflation and an improving economic outlook, despite escalating geopolitical risks. Only 85 new...

Emerging markets hedge fund capital gains led by AI and cryptocurrency

Piyasi Mitra -

Emerging Markets hedge funds carried their year-end surge into 2024, buoyed by expectations of falling inflation and interest rates and a stronger global economy. The...

Mirabaud AM makes virgin UK property purchase

Nick Fitzpatrick -

Geneva-based Mirabaud Asset Management completed its first real estate acquisition in the UK with the purchase of an office building that is home to...

Insurers’ spending increases to apply greater scrutiny of risks

Nick Fitzpatrick -

Insurers increasingly spend on scenario analysis and stress testing to gain greater transparency about their investment strategies. Part of the pressure to do this is...

Investec targets UK property market with £250m

Nick Fitzpatrick -

Wealth manager Investec has launched a UK real estate equity investment strategy and plans to raise £250 million in the next two years. Called “Realis”,...

Study uncovers difference in public vs private climate funds

Nik Pratt -

Research shows that climate funds have boomed in the last four years in both private and public capital. However, there are clear differences in terms...

Mount Street names global COO

Nik Pratt -

Serenity Morley has been named as global chief operating officer for credit asset manager Mount Street. Morley will be responsible for “ensuring continuity and cohesion”...

Greenhushing impacting private markets’ ESG activity

Nik Pratt -

Some asset managers are retreating from their public ESG commitments due to so-called ‘greenhushing’ suggests a report into ESG investing in private markets. The report,...

Institutional investors target energy transition sector

Nik Pratt -

There is a “huge appetite” for exposure to the energy transition market among institutional investors, suggests a recently published study. The fourth annual EQuilibirum Global...

BlackRock launches its first tokenised fund

Nik Pratt -

The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has launched what it states is its first tokenised money market fund to be issued on the Ethereum...

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