Nick Evans writes that equity hedge funds started the second half of 2022 with a much-needed bounce in July, as the strong US stockmarket rally after the worst first half of a year on Wall Street in more than half a century helped long/short equity managers to claw back some of their H1 losses.
Nick Evans writes that Q2 2022 private markets analysis by alternative assets data provider Preqin reveals steep declines in private equity, sharp rises in infrastructure and natural resources, strong growth in private debt, and growing signs of slowdowns in real estate and venture capital as global investors react to the recent market sell-offs and the changed macro-economic environment.
Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE), the independent investment company created to found, fund, and build transformational businesses through its unique partnership with the University of Oxford, has raised a further GBP250 million (USD300 million) in funding. This brings the total amount raised by OSE to more than GBP850 million (USD1 billion) since inception in 2015.
Funds that contribute to a beneficial impact for people and the planet are rapidly increasing in popularity among the world’s largest investors, according to the latest release of global asset manager Schroders’ flagship Institutional Investor Study.
Barings, one of the largest global private debt investment managers, has raised EUR7 billion for the third vintage of its European Private Loan strategy in an oversubscribed fundraising that underlines the buoyant appetite for private credit among investors and issuers worldwide.
Nick Evans writes that leading cryptocurrency exchange-traded product issuers in the US and Europe have unveiled novel ETF instruments enabling investors to navigate the bear market in crypto assets, as the ‘crypto winter’ crisis continues to intensify with the collapse of a large hedge fund and escalating signs of stress within the digital assets ecosystem.
Nick Evans writes that Brookfield, the world’s second largest alternative asset management firm, has raised the largest ever private fund dedicated to accelerating the global energy transition to a net-zero carbon economy with the announcement of the final close of its inaugural Brookfield Global Transition Fund with total capital of USD15 billion.
An ever-increasing number of institutional investors are choosing to hand over their assets to fiduciary managers and Outsourced Chief Investment Officers (OCIOs), rather than managing their investments in-house.
Asset managers say the outlook for Europe’s equity and corporate bond markets is improving, as they await a critical meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Investor sentiment toward digital asset investment products is seeing a turnaround, with bitcoin funds receiving their first weekly inflows in two months.
Fund managers should invest with higher concentration in their “best ideas” to maximise potential for outperformance, according to Nomura Asset Management.
Gender and ethnic diversity of asset managers is coming into focus for major institutional investors over the next year, as foundations and endowments consider including it as an investment policy.
