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Hedge fund owner builds $1.22bn stake in Ryanair From Business Post: Edoardo Mercadante, the owner of the British hedge fund Parvus Asset Management, has built a near billion euro position in Ryanair through financial derivatives known as equity swap, stock exchange filings

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Opalesque is led by Matthias Knab, an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives. Mr. Knab has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Greenwich, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, HEDGE FUNDS GAINS ACCELERATE IN APRIL Hedge funds gains accelerate in April. Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds advanced in April for the seventh consecutive month on strong corporate earnings and investor optimism regarding the US economic reopening, extending gains from both 1Q21 and FY20. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +2.7 percent in April,

while the

HEDGE FUNDS EXTEND GAINS IN APRIL LED BY EVENT-DRIVEN AND On a year-to-date basis, event driven fund managers were up 9.90% as of April 2021, with the top decile gaining 21.40% on average. Fund managers focusing on cryptocurrencies were up 13.30% in April as tracked by the Eurekahedge Crypto-Currency Hedge Fund Index, outperforming Bitcoin which was down 9.32% over the same period.

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Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been NEW QUADRIGA SENIOR APPOINTMENTS Opalesque Industry Update - Quadriga Asset Managers announced the senior appointments of Christian Thum and Jarkko Matilainen to the Quadriga Asset Managers team and Board. Christian Thum, a German national, joins Quadriga as Senior Portfolio Manager Equity Long/Short Opportunities based in Madrid and brings 25+ years of investment and

senior

LOGON OPALESQUE ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Alternative Market Briefing will update you on all important news and developments in the alternative investment industry. Opalesque A SQUARE: Alternative Alternatives is the first web publication, globally, that is dedicated exclusively to "alternative" investments. Opalesque Technical Research is a must-read for everyone who needs a

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MAX GOTTSCHALK: EARLY DAYS FOR OCEAN INVESTMENTS & IMPACT As I got more familiar with these issues and the limitation of philanthropy, I came across Chris Gorell Barnes and George Duffield, two of the co-founders of the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation. They have been active for ten years in ocean conservation and are one of the more successful charitable foundations in Europe and the Middle East, having raised millions and played a pivotal role in the CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Cadogan corrects and clarifies its position with regards to Madoff-linked Rye fund. Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source ), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with

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Hedge fund owner builds $1.22bn stake in Ryanair From Business Post: Edoardo Mercadante, the owner of the British hedge fund Parvus Asset Management, has built a near billion euro position in Ryanair through financial derivatives known as equity swap, stock exchange filings

show.

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Opalesque is led by Matthias Knab, an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives. Mr. Knab has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Greenwich, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, HEDGE FUNDS GAINS ACCELERATE IN APRIL Hedge funds gains accelerate in April. Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds advanced in April for the seventh consecutive month on strong corporate earnings and investor optimism regarding the US economic reopening, extending gains from both 1Q21 and FY20. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +2.7 percent in April,

while the

HEDGE FUNDS EXTEND GAINS IN APRIL LED BY EVENT-DRIVEN AND On a year-to-date basis, event driven fund managers were up 9.90% as of April 2021, with the top decile gaining 21.40% on average. Fund managers focusing on cryptocurrencies were up 13.30% in April as tracked by the Eurekahedge Crypto-Currency Hedge Fund Index, outperforming Bitcoin which was down 9.32% over the same period.

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Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been NEW QUADRIGA SENIOR APPOINTMENTS Opalesque Industry Update - Quadriga Asset Managers announced the senior appointments of Christian Thum and Jarkko Matilainen to the Quadriga Asset Managers team and Board. Christian Thum, a German national, joins Quadriga as Senior Portfolio Manager Equity Long/Short Opportunities based in Madrid and brings 25+ years of investment and

senior

LOGON OPALESQUE ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Alternative Market Briefing will update you on all important news and developments in the alternative investment industry. Opalesque A SQUARE: Alternative Alternatives is the first web publication, globally, that is dedicated exclusively to "alternative" investments. Opalesque Technical Research is a must-read for everyone who needs a

brief and

MAX GOTTSCHALK: EARLY DAYS FOR OCEAN INVESTMENTS & IMPACT As I got more familiar with these issues and the limitation of philanthropy, I came across Chris Gorell Barnes and George Duffield, two of the co-founders of the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation. They have been active for ten years in ocean conservation and are one of the more successful charitable foundations in Europe and the Middle East, having raised millions and played a pivotal role in the CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Cadogan corrects and clarifies its position with regards to Madoff-linked Rye fund. Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source ), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with OPALESQUE EXCLUSIVE HEDGE FUND NEWS Previously published Opalesque Exclusives. 07. Jun. 2021 | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund assets jump to $4.07tn, a record: hedge fund news, week 22 In the week ending June 4th 2021, BarclayHedge said that coupled with a $28.5 billion monthly trading profit, total hedge fund industry assets rose to more than $4.07 ; 03. Jun. 2021 | Opalesque TV: Systematic hedge fund thrives on OPALESQUE EXCLUSIVE HEDGE FUND NEWS 1 day ago · 9 startups in $65bn hedge fund Tiger Global's portfolio that plan to go public this year From Business Insider: $65 billion hedge fund Tiger Global has been on a startup investing spree this year, averaging more than one venture-style investment per business day in 2021, Insider reported. As OPALESQUE EXCLUSIVE HEDGE FUND NEWS 1 day ago · CRUDE OIL (@CL) – Daily. Curr: Long Looking to: Sell @ 63.50. As of 3/21/21 @ 8:46pm EST: $60.85. LAST WEEK: We suggested shorting from $66.28 up to $67.98 with stops on a close above $68 and with a target for covering and getting long at $59.65. UPDATE: Crude oil bottomed in the very short-term and should bounce to around $63.50 before heading lower once again. ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Opalesques Alternative Market Briefing has been called the best Hedge Fund News service provider across the globe. Our mission is to intelligently select and timely provide the most important daily news for professionals dealing with hedge funds. HEDGE FUNDS EXTENDED GAINS IN MAY AMIDST INFLATIONARY Tweet Print Email Track Keywords; Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds extended performance gains in May for the eighth consecutive month as investor optimism accelerated regarding the US economic reopening and despite signs of building inflationary pressures in the

US and Europe.

CRYPTO STARTUP SOLANA RAISES $314M IN THE TOKEN SALE 9 hours ago · Solana Labs Inc. announced that it has raised $314 million in a private token sale to launch an incubation studio, venture investing arm, and trading desk. Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital led the token raise. Other investors included Alameda Research, Blockchange Ventures, CMS Holdings, Coinfund, CoinShares, Collab Currency, Memetic Capital, Multicoin Capital, ParaFi Capital, Sino Global SHAMROCK CAPITAL RAISES $1BN FOR GROWTH FUND V 1 day ago · Shamrock Capital announced the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund V (SCGF V), a $1 billion fund focused on buyout and later-stage growth equity investments within Shamrock’s core industries of media, entertainment, and communications. HORIZONS: FAMILY OFFICE & INVESTOR MAGAZINE The Rise and Rise of Family Offices. Creating, managing and administering large amounts of wealth comes with its own set of challenges. Horizons: Family Office & Investor Magazine aims to offer a 360 degree perspective on all relevant themes around family offices, wealth management, investments, operations, and governance. LOGON OPALESQUE ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING 7 hours ago · CRUDE OIL (@CL) – Daily. Curr: Long Looking to: Sell @ 63.50. As of 3/21/21 @ 8:46pm EST: $60.85. LAST WEEK: We suggested shorting from $66.28 up to $67.98 with stops on a close above $68 and with a target for covering and getting long at $59.65. UPDATE: Crude oil bottomed in the very short-term and should bounce to around $63.50 before heading lower once again. LOGON OPALESQUE ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING 7 hours ago · SPACs: The SPAC party gets going in Europe, this time with better terms, AI specialist BigBear is in merger talks with GigCapital4 SPAC, House Democrats take aim at SPACs as shell companies' performance worsens . The SPAC party gets going in Europe, this time with better terms From Bloomberg: By now we all know just how U.S. investors went crazy for SPACs at the turn

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Opalesque changed the world of hedge fund by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service. Each week, Opalesque sends out over 700,000 editions of its seventeen publications to a global readership in over

170 countries

HEDGE FUND NEWS

Opalesque is led by Matthias Knab, an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives. Mr. Knab has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Greenwich, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, HEDGE FUNDS GAINS ACCELERATE IN APRIL Hedge funds gains accelerate in April. Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds advanced in April for the seventh consecutive month on strong corporate earnings and investor optimism regarding the US economic reopening, extending gains from both 1Q21 and FY20. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +2.7 percent in April,

while the

HEDGE FUNDS EXTEND GAINS IN APRIL LED BY EVENT-DRIVEN AND On a year-to-date basis, event driven fund managers were up 9.90% as of April 2021, with the top decile gaining 21.40% on average. Fund managers focusing on cryptocurrencies were up 13.30% in April as tracked by the Eurekahedge Crypto-Currency Hedge Fund Index, outperforming Bitcoin which was down 9.32% over the same period.

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Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been LOGON OPALESQUE ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Alternative Market Briefing will update you on all important news and developments in the alternative investment industry. Opalesque A SQUARE: Alternative Alternatives is the first web publication, globally, that is dedicated exclusively to "alternative" investments. Opalesque Technical Research is a must-read for everyone who needs a

brief and

NEW QUADRIGA SENIOR APPOINTMENTS Opalesque Industry Update - Quadriga Asset Managers announced the senior appointments of Christian Thum and Jarkko Matilainen to the Quadriga Asset Managers team and Board. Christian Thum, a German national, joins Quadriga as Senior Portfolio Manager Equity Long/Short Opportunities based in Madrid and brings 25+ years of investment and

senior

MAX GOTTSCHALK: EARLY DAYS FOR OCEAN INVESTMENTS & IMPACT As I got more familiar with these issues and the limitation of philanthropy, I came across Chris Gorell Barnes and George Duffield, two of the co-founders of the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation. They have been active for ten years in ocean conservation and are one of the more successful charitable foundations in Europe and the Middle East, having raised millions and played a pivotal role in the CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Cadogan corrects and clarifies its position with regards to Madoff-linked Rye fund. Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source ), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with

HEDGE FUND NEWS

Opalesque changed the world of hedge fund by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service. Each week, Opalesque sends out over 700,000 editions of its seventeen publications to a global readership in over

170 countries

HEDGE FUND NEWS

Opalesque is led by Matthias Knab, an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives. Mr. Knab has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Greenwich, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, HEDGE FUNDS GAINS ACCELERATE IN APRIL Hedge funds gains accelerate in April. Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds advanced in April for the seventh consecutive month on strong corporate earnings and investor optimism regarding the US economic reopening, extending gains from both 1Q21 and FY20. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +2.7 percent in April,

while the

HEDGE FUNDS EXTEND GAINS IN APRIL LED BY EVENT-DRIVEN AND On a year-to-date basis, event driven fund managers were up 9.90% as of April 2021, with the top decile gaining 21.40% on average. Fund managers focusing on cryptocurrencies were up 13.30% in April as tracked by the Eurekahedge Crypto-Currency Hedge Fund Index, outperforming Bitcoin which was down 9.32% over the same period.

TIMER DIGEST

Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been LOGON OPALESQUE ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Alternative Market Briefing will update you on all important news and developments in the alternative investment industry. Opalesque A SQUARE: Alternative Alternatives is the first web publication, globally, that is dedicated exclusively to "alternative" investments. Opalesque Technical Research is a must-read for everyone who needs a

brief and

NEW QUADRIGA SENIOR APPOINTMENTS Opalesque Industry Update - Quadriga Asset Managers announced the senior appointments of Christian Thum and Jarkko Matilainen to the Quadriga Asset Managers team and Board. Christian Thum, a German national, joins Quadriga as Senior Portfolio Manager Equity Long/Short Opportunities based in Madrid and brings 25+ years of investment and

senior

MAX GOTTSCHALK: EARLY DAYS FOR OCEAN INVESTMENTS & IMPACT As I got more familiar with these issues and the limitation of philanthropy, I came across Chris Gorell Barnes and George Duffield, two of the co-founders of the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation. They have been active for ten years in ocean conservation and are one of the more successful charitable foundations in Europe and the Middle East, having raised millions and played a pivotal role in the CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Cadogan corrects and clarifies its position with regards to Madoff-linked Rye fund. Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source ), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with OPALESQUE EXCLUSIVE HEDGE FUND NEWS 1 day ago · 9 startups in $65bn hedge fund Tiger Global's portfolio that plan to go public this year From Business Insider: $65 billion hedge fund Tiger Global has been on a startup investing spree this year, averaging more than one venture-style investment per business day in 2021, Insider reported. As ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Opalesques Alternative Market Briefing has been called the best Hedge Fund News service provider across the globe. Our mission is to intelligently select and timely provide the most important daily news for professionals dealing with hedge funds. OPALESQUE EXCLUSIVE HEDGE FUND NEWS 1 day ago · CRUDE OIL (@CL) – Daily. Curr: Long Looking to: Sell @ 63.50. As of 3/21/21 @ 8:46pm EST: $60.85. LAST WEEK: We suggested shorting from $66.28 up to $67.98 with stops on a close above $68 and with a target for covering and getting long at $59.65. UPDATE: Crude oil bottomed in the very short-term and should bounce to around $63.50 before heading lower once again. HEDGE FUNDS EXTENDED GAINS IN MAY AMIDST INFLATIONARY Tweet Print Email Track Keywords; Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds extended performance gains in May for the eighth consecutive month as investor optimism accelerated regarding the US economic reopening and despite signs of building inflationary pressures in the

US and Europe.

CRYPTO STARTUP SOLANA RAISES $314M IN THE TOKEN SALE 5 hours ago · Solana Labs Inc. announced that it has raised $314 million in a private token sale to launch an incubation studio, venture investing arm, and trading desk. Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital led the token raise. Other investors included Alameda Research, Blockchange Ventures, CMS Holdings, Coinfund, CoinShares, Collab Currency, Memetic Capital, Multicoin Capital, ParaFi Capital, Sino Global SHAMROCK CAPITAL RAISES $1BN FOR GROWTH FUND V 1 day ago · Shamrock Capital announced the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund V (SCGF V), a $1 billion fund focused on buyout and later-stage growth equity investments within Shamrock’s core industries of media, entertainment, and communications. WONDER WOMEN OF HEDGE FUNDS: WOMEN'S BEST IDEAS INDEX Taking a look at the performance against the S&P 500 and Russell 1000, Novus sees that its Women’s Best Ideas index has outperformed the market over the past five years. Like everyone else, the index dipped during the pandemic but found its way back since November. At the end of 2020, the fund boasts ~140% over 5 years. HORIZONS: FAMILY OFFICE & INVESTOR MAGAZINE The Rise and Rise of Family Offices. Creating, managing and administering large amounts of wealth comes with its own set of challenges. Horizons: Family Office & Investor Magazine aims to offer a 360 degree perspective on all relevant themes around family offices, wealth management, investments, operations, and governance. LOGON OPALESQUE ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING 3 hours ago · CRUDE OIL (@CL) – Daily. Curr: Long Looking to: Sell @ 63.50. As of 3/21/21 @ 8:46pm EST: $60.85. LAST WEEK: We suggested shorting from $66.28 up to $67.98 with stops on a close above $68 and with a target for covering and getting long at $59.65. UPDATE: Crude oil bottomed in the very short-term and should bounce to around $63.50 before heading lower once again. LOGON OPALESQUE ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING 3 hours ago · SPACs: The SPAC party gets going in Europe, this time with better terms, AI specialist BigBear is in merger talks with GigCapital4 SPAC, House Democrats take aim at SPACs as shell companies' performance worsens . The SPAC party gets going in Europe, this time with better terms From Bloomberg: By now we all know just how U.S. investors went crazy for SPACs at the turn

HEDGE FUND NEWS

Opalesque changed the world of hedge fund by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service. Each week, Opalesque sends out over 700,000 editions of its seventeen publications to a global readership in over

170 countries

HEDGE FUND NEWS

Opalesque is led by Matthias Knab, an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives. Mr. Knab has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Greenwich, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, HEDGE FUNDS GAINS ACCELERATE IN APRIL Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds advanced in April for the seventh consecutive month on strong corporate earnings and investor optimism regarding the US economic reopening, extending gains from both 1Q21 and FY20. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +2.7 percent in April

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Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been PRIVATE DEBT FUND MANAGERS CLOSED 32 FUNDS RAISING A Private debt fundraising slowed in the first quarter, hit by rising uncertainty around a pickup in inflation expectations. This has begun to weigh on the minds of debt investors. As a result, private debt investments may face increased competition for a place in portfolios. Q1 2021 saw just 32 funds reach the final close, the lowest level

since 2016.

TRIMARK LENDERS GO TO COURT OVER PRIMING FIGHT More Other Voices. 25. May. 2021 | Other Voices: Lenders eager to finance US buyouts, but supply of new deals tightens . By: David Bilkis, White & Case High yield bond and leveraged loan issuance for US Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) recovered strongly over the past year, but Q1 2021 saw a drop on the previous quarter as direct lenders and a high volume of secondary buyouts ate into an already MAX GOTTSCHALK: EARLY DAYS FOR OCEAN INVESTMENTS & IMPACT As I got more familiar with these issues and the limitation of philanthropy, I came across Chris Gorell Barnes and George Duffield, two of the co-founders of the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation. They have been active for ten years in ocean conservation and are one of the more successful charitable foundations in Europe and the Middle East, having raised millions and played a pivotal role in the CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Tweet Print Track Keywords ; Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. The English translation of the 12-March article found in Het Financieele Dagblad, the statement says, misstated a number of facts. PRIVATE DEBT: PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS LOW AMID CONCERNS Private debt investors are more optimistic than they were at the end of 2018, but performance expectations have been lowered amid concerns over pricing pressure, said a STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with

HEDGE FUND NEWS

Opalesque changed the world of hedge fund by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service. Each week, Opalesque sends out over 700,000 editions of its seventeen publications to a global readership in over

170 countries

HEDGE FUND NEWS

Opalesque is led by Matthias Knab, an internationally recognized expert on hedge funds and alternatives. Mr. Knab has frequently served as chairman of hedge fund conferences in New York, Greenwich, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Miami, Bahamas, HEDGE FUNDS GAINS ACCELERATE IN APRIL Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds advanced in April for the seventh consecutive month on strong corporate earnings and investor optimism regarding the US economic reopening, extending gains from both 1Q21 and FY20. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +2.7 percent in April

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Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been PRIVATE DEBT FUND MANAGERS CLOSED 32 FUNDS RAISING A Private debt fundraising slowed in the first quarter, hit by rising uncertainty around a pickup in inflation expectations. This has begun to weigh on the minds of debt investors. As a result, private debt investments may face increased competition for a place in portfolios. Q1 2021 saw just 32 funds reach the final close, the lowest level

since 2016.

TRIMARK LENDERS GO TO COURT OVER PRIMING FIGHT More Other Voices. 25. May. 2021 | Other Voices: Lenders eager to finance US buyouts, but supply of new deals tightens . By: David Bilkis, White & Case High yield bond and leveraged loan issuance for US Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) recovered strongly over the past year, but Q1 2021 saw a drop on the previous quarter as direct lenders and a high volume of secondary buyouts ate into an already MAX GOTTSCHALK: EARLY DAYS FOR OCEAN INVESTMENTS & IMPACT As I got more familiar with these issues and the limitation of philanthropy, I came across Chris Gorell Barnes and George Duffield, two of the co-founders of the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation. They have been active for ten years in ocean conservation and are one of the more successful charitable foundations in Europe and the Middle East, having raised millions and played a pivotal role in the CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Tweet Print Track Keywords ; Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. The English translation of the 12-March article found in Het Financieele Dagblad, the statement says, misstated a number of facts. PRIVATE DEBT: PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS LOW AMID CONCERNS Private debt investors are more optimistic than they were at the end of 2018, but performance expectations have been lowered amid concerns over pricing pressure, said a STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with EMERGING MARKET HEDGE FUNDS OUTPERFORMED THEIR DEVELOPED 14 hours ago · Opalesque Industry Update - The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 1.10% in May 2021, supported by the robust performance of the global equity market as represented by the MSCI ACWI (Local) which gained 0.83% over the same period. Headline

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ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Opalesques Alternative Market Briefing has been called the best Hedge Fund News service provider across the globe. Our mission is to intelligently select and timely provide the most important daily news for professionals dealing with hedge funds. OPALESQUE EXCLUSIVE HEDGE FUND NEWS 12 hours ago · 9 startups in $65bn hedge fund Tiger Global's portfolio that plan to go public this year From Business Insider: $65 billion hedge fund Tiger Global has been on a startup investing spree this year, averaging more than one venture-style

investment per

HEDGE FUNDS EXTENDED GAINS IN MAY AMIDST INFLATIONARY 1 day ago · Tweet Print Email Track Keywords; Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds extended performance gains in May for the eighth consecutive month as investor optimism accelerated regarding the US economic reopening and despite signs of building inflationary pressures in the US and Europe. THE AMF ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE FINES A GERMAN COMPANY AND 1 day ago · Opalesque Industry Update - In its decision of 28 May 2021, the Enforcement Committee imposed a fine of €1.2 million on each of the respondents, Global Derivative Trading GmbH and its CEO, Thorsten Wagner, for manipulating the price of a French sovereign bond futures contract. Between 1 OPALESQUE ROUNDUP: HEDGE FUND ASSETS JUMP TO $4.07TN A In the week ending June 4th 2021, BarclayHedge said that coupled with a $28.5 billion monthly trading profit, total hedge fund industry assets rose to more than $4.07 trillion as March ended, a new record high. Hedge funds saw $19.1 billion in new assets flow into the

industry in

COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS ADD DEI POLICIES DIVERSE ASSET 17 hours ago · Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Community foundations are focusing more on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, according to new data from FEG Investment Advisors. FEG surveyed 110 U.S. community foundations representing more than $30

billion in

SHAMROCK CAPITAL RAISES $1BN FOR GROWTH FUND V 16 hours ago · Shamrock Capital announced the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund V (SCGF V), a $1 billion fund focused on buyout and later-stage growth equity investments within Shamrock’s core industries of media, entertainment, and communications. U.S. ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGERS: FUNDRAISING REACH NEW According to Moody's first-quarter report on U.S. alternative asset managers, total fundraising for Q1 2020 rose to $67.3 billion, a 22% increase from the same time a year ago, and 5% from Q4 2020. Meanwhile, total AUMwas up 36% year-over-year and 11% compared to TA ASSOCIATES CLOSES 2 FUNDS AT A COMBINED $14BN AT THEIR TA Associates closed two funds, both at their hard caps, after six months of fundraising: the $12.5 billion TA XIV and $1.5 billion TA Select Opportunities Fund II. The Boston private equity firm said in a press release that TA XIV was launched in January 2021 and quickly became significantly

HEDGE FUND NEWS

Opalesque changed the world of hedge fund by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service. Each week, Opalesque sends out over 700,000 editions of its seventeen publications to a global readership in over

170 countries

HEDGE FUNDS GAINS ACCELERATE IN APRIL Hedge funds gains accelerate in April. Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds advanced in April for the seventh consecutive month on strong corporate earnings and investor optimism regarding the US economic reopening, extending gains from both 1Q21 and FY20. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +2.7 percent in April,

while the

TIMER DIGEST

Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been PRIVATE DEBT FUND MANAGERS CLOSED 32 FUNDS RAISING A Private debt fundraising slowed in the first quarter, hit by rising uncertainty around a pickup in inflation expectations. This has begun to weigh on the minds of debt investors. As a result, private debt investments may face increased competition for a place in portfolios. Q1 2021 saw just 32 funds reach the final close, the lowest level

since 2016.

MAX GOTTSCHALK: EARLY DAYS FOR OCEAN INVESTMENTS & IMPACT As I got more familiar with these issues and the limitation of philanthropy, I came across Chris Gorell Barnes and George Duffield, two of the co-founders of the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation. They have been active for ten years in ocean conservation and are one of the more successful charitable foundations in Europe and the Middle East, having raised millions and played a pivotal role in the CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Cadogan corrects and clarifies its position with regards to Madoff-linked Rye fund. Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source ), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. PRIVATE DEBT: PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS LOW AMID CONCERNS Private debt investors are more optimistic than they were at the end of 2018, but performance expectations have been lowered amid concerns over pricing pressure, said a report by Preqin. Among investors Preqin surveyed across all asset classes in November 2019, those in private debt recorded the highest level of satisfaction with performance. BORGIA: NICHE ALPHA MAKES EMERGING MANAGERS ATTRACTIVE TO S&P FUTURES (@ES) – Daily. Currently: Long Looking to: Sell @ 4,118.75. As of 3/21/21 @ 7:58pm EST: 3,896. LAST WEEK: We suggested buying dips to 3,875 with stops on a close below 3,840 and with a target for selling longs / getting short at 4,118.75. UPDATE: S&P futures had a terrible day Thursday and limped into the weekend. STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with TRIMARK LENDERS GO TO COURT OVER PRIMING FIGHT TriMark lenders go to court over priming fight. Winning the financing market depends on where you sit in the capital stack if things go south. If a company finds itself unable to pay all of its creditors, leveraged lenders generally want to make sure they're high enough on the list to be one of the handful that gets repaid in part or in full.

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HEDGE FUNDS GAINS ACCELERATE IN APRIL Hedge funds gains accelerate in April. Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds advanced in April for the seventh consecutive month on strong corporate earnings and investor optimism regarding the US economic reopening, extending gains from both 1Q21 and FY20. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +2.7 percent in April,

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Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been PRIVATE DEBT FUND MANAGERS CLOSED 32 FUNDS RAISING A Private debt fundraising slowed in the first quarter, hit by rising uncertainty around a pickup in inflation expectations. This has begun to weigh on the minds of debt investors. As a result, private debt investments may face increased competition for a place in portfolios. Q1 2021 saw just 32 funds reach the final close, the lowest level

since 2016.

MAX GOTTSCHALK: EARLY DAYS FOR OCEAN INVESTMENTS & IMPACT As I got more familiar with these issues and the limitation of philanthropy, I came across Chris Gorell Barnes and George Duffield, two of the co-founders of the UK’s Blue Marine Foundation. They have been active for ten years in ocean conservation and are one of the more successful charitable foundations in Europe and the Middle East, having raised millions and played a pivotal role in the CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Cadogan corrects and clarifies its position with regards to Madoff-linked Rye fund. Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source ), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. PRIVATE DEBT: PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS LOW AMID CONCERNS Private debt investors are more optimistic than they were at the end of 2018, but performance expectations have been lowered amid concerns over pricing pressure, said a report by Preqin. Among investors Preqin surveyed across all asset classes in November 2019, those in private debt recorded the highest level of satisfaction with performance. BORGIA: NICHE ALPHA MAKES EMERGING MANAGERS ATTRACTIVE TO S&P FUTURES (@ES) – Daily. Currently: Long Looking to: Sell @ 4,118.75. As of 3/21/21 @ 7:58pm EST: 3,896. LAST WEEK: We suggested buying dips to 3,875 with stops on a close below 3,840 and with a target for selling longs / getting short at 4,118.75. UPDATE: S&P futures had a terrible day Thursday and limped into the weekend. STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with TRIMARK LENDERS GO TO COURT OVER PRIMING FIGHT TriMark lenders go to court over priming fight. Winning the financing market depends on where you sit in the capital stack if things go south. If a company finds itself unable to pay all of its creditors, leveraged lenders generally want to make sure they're high enough on the list to be one of the handful that gets repaid in part or in full. THE AMF ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE FINES A GERMAN COMPANY AND 1 day ago · Opalesque Industry Update - In its decision of 28 May 2021, the Enforcement Committee imposed a fine of €1.2 million on each of the respondents, Global Derivative Trading GmbH and its CEO, Thorsten Wagner, for manipulating the price of a French sovereign bond futures contract. Between 1 HEDGE FUNDS EXTENDED GAINS IN MAY AMIDST INFLATIONARY 1 day ago · Tweet Print Email Track Keywords; Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds extended performance gains in May for the eighth consecutive month as investor optimism accelerated regarding the US economic reopening and despite signs of building inflationary pressures in the US and Europe. ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Opalesques Alternative Market Briefing has been called the best Hedge Fund News service provider across the globe. Our mission is to intelligently select and timely provide the most important daily news for professionals dealing with hedge funds. SHAMROCK CAPITAL RAISES $1BN FOR GROWTH FUND V 11 hours ago · Shamrock Capital announced the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund V (SCGF V), a $1 billion fund focused on buyout and later-stage growth equity investments within Shamrock’s core industries of media, entertainment, and communications. COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS ADD DEI POLICIES DIVERSE ASSET 12 hours ago · Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Community foundations are focusing more on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, according to new data from FEG Investment Advisors. FEG surveyed 110 U.S. community foundations representing more than $30

billion in

SCHRODERS LAUNCHES $65BN PRIVATE ASSETS UNIT 1 day ago · Global investment manager Schroders has combined all of its private markets capabilities under one banner as the newly formed Schroders Capital, which will have oversight for $65bn (£45.9bn) worth of assets. The British multinational asset management company

said in a

DWS CLOSES LATEST EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND AT $3.7BN 11 hours ago · DWS announced the final close of its third Pan European Infrastructure (PEIF III) fund achieving EUR 3 billion, which is more than its EUR 2.5 billion fund target. This is the third fund in the successful flagship PEIF series. CSC GLOBAL ACQUIRES PRIVATE CAPITAL FUND ADMINISTRATOR PEF 1 day ago · CSC, the provider of business, legal, tax, and digital brand services announced that it has acquired PEF Services, a provider of technology-enabled fund administration services to private capital firms and their investors, including private equity, private debt, venture capital, and U.S.-based small business investment companies

(SBICs).

TA ASSOCIATES CLOSES 2 FUNDS AT A COMBINED $14BN AT THEIR TA Associates closed two funds, both at their hard caps, after six months of fundraising: the $12.5 billion TA XIV and $1.5 billion TA Select Opportunities Fund II. The Boston private equity firm said in a press release that TA XIV was launched in January 2021 and quickly became significantly TOP 10 EUROPEAN HEDGE FUNDS BETWEEN APRIL 2020 AND MARCH 2021 Today's Exclusives. Top 10 European Hedge Funds between April 2020 and March 2021 . Matthias Knab, Opalesque: We find that Edale Europe Absolute Fund has been the best performing European Hedge Fund after the COVID-19 Financial shock that took place in March 2020.

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MONARCH ALTERNATIVE CAPITAL CLOSES FIFTH FUND ON $3MONARCH ALTERNATIVE CAPITAL AUMMONARCH ALTERNATIVE CAPITAL LPMONARCH CAPITAL GROUP LLCMONARCH CAPITAL INVESTMENTJORDAN SCHWITZER MONARCH ALTERNATIVE

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Tweet Print Email Track Keywords; Opalesque Industry Update - Monarch Alternative Capital LP, a leading distressed and opportunistic credit investment firm, today announced the final close of Monarch Capital Partners V. Monarch raised approximately $3 billion of capital for its oversubscribed fifth closed-end fund, which is poised to capitalize on the vast amount of distressed opportunities in ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Opalesques Alternative Market Briefing has been called the best Hedge Fund News service provider across the globe. Our mission is to intelligently select and timely provide the most important daily news for professionals dealing with hedge funds.

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Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Cadogan corrects and clarifies its position with regards to Madoff-linked Rye fund. Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source ), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. PRIVATE DEBT: PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS LOW AMID CONCERNS Private debt investors are more optimistic than they were at the end of 2018, but performance expectations have been lowered amid concerns over pricing pressure, said a report by Preqin. Among investors Preqin surveyed across all asset classes in November 2019, those in private debt recorded the highest level of satisfaction with performance. BORGIA: NICHE ALPHA MAKES EMERGING MANAGERS ATTRACTIVE TO S&P FUTURES (@ES) – Daily. Currently: Long Looking to: Sell @ 4,118.75. As of 3/21/21 @ 7:58pm EST: 3,896. LAST WEEK: We suggested buying dips to 3,875 with stops on a close below 3,840 and with a target for selling longs / getting short at 4,118.75. UPDATE: S&P futures had a terrible day Thursday and limped into the weekend. STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with TRIMARK LENDERS GO TO COURT OVER PRIMING FIGHT TriMark lenders go to court over priming fight. Winning the financing market depends on where you sit in the capital stack if things go south. If a company finds itself unable to pay all of its creditors, leveraged lenders generally want to make sure they're high enough on the list to be one of the handful that gets repaid in part or in full. PRIVATE TIME WITH STEPHEN KENNEDY SMITH Private Time with Stephen Kennedy Smith. Saturday, November 03, 2018. Tweet. Members of the Kennedy family have been involved in public service since 1884, 35 years after their forebears arrived from the Republic of Ireland. Stephen Kennedy Smith is the son of Stephen Edward Smith and Jean Kennedy Smith, the eighth of nine children born

to

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MONARCH ALTERNATIVE CAPITAL CLOSES FIFTH FUND ON $3MONARCH ALTERNATIVE CAPITAL AUMMONARCH ALTERNATIVE CAPITAL LPMONARCH CAPITAL GROUP LLCMONARCH CAPITAL INVESTMENTJORDAN SCHWITZER MONARCH ALTERNATIVE

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Tweet Print Email Track Keywords; Opalesque Industry Update - Monarch Alternative Capital LP, a leading distressed and opportunistic credit investment firm, today announced the final close of Monarch Capital Partners V. Monarch raised approximately $3 billion of capital for its oversubscribed fifth closed-end fund, which is poised to capitalize on the vast amount of distressed opportunities in ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Opalesques Alternative Market Briefing has been called the best Hedge Fund News service provider across the globe. Our mission is to intelligently select and timely provide the most important daily news for professionals dealing with hedge funds.

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Timer Digest January 4, 2021 NOTE: A regular feature of TIMER DIGEST is a report of the current opinion of various forecasters and an analysis of how accurate their forecasts have been CADOGAN CORRECTS AND CLARIFIES ITS POSITION WITH REGARDS Cadogan corrects and clarifies its position with regards to Madoff-linked Rye fund. Following yesterday's article (Opalesque Exclusive: Cadogan is reportedly holding on to investments made in Madoff-linked Rye Select fund for possible claw-back Source ), Cadogan issued a statement to Opalesque to set the records straight. PRIVATE DEBT: PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS LOW AMID CONCERNS Private debt investors are more optimistic than they were at the end of 2018, but performance expectations have been lowered amid concerns over pricing pressure, said a report by Preqin. Among investors Preqin surveyed across all asset classes in November 2019, those in private debt recorded the highest level of satisfaction with performance. BORGIA: NICHE ALPHA MAKES EMERGING MANAGERS ATTRACTIVE TO S&P FUTURES (@ES) – Daily. Currently: Long Looking to: Sell @ 4,118.75. As of 3/21/21 @ 7:58pm EST: 3,896. LAST WEEK: We suggested buying dips to 3,875 with stops on a close below 3,840 and with a target for selling longs / getting short at 4,118.75. UPDATE: S&P futures had a terrible day Thursday and limped into the weekend. STATE STREET'S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PRIVATE EQUITY INDEX (GXPEI The Venture Capital category continued to lead for the third quarter in a row with a 4.65 % gain, followed by Buyout Funds with 2.84 %; Private Debt lagged behind with TRIMARK LENDERS GO TO COURT OVER PRIMING FIGHT TriMark lenders go to court over priming fight. Winning the financing market depends on where you sit in the capital stack if things go south. If a company finds itself unable to pay all of its creditors, leveraged lenders generally want to make sure they're high enough on the list to be one of the handful that gets repaid in part or in full. PRIVATE TIME WITH STEPHEN KENNEDY SMITH Private Time with Stephen Kennedy Smith. Saturday, November 03, 2018. Tweet. Members of the Kennedy family have been involved in public service since 1884, 35 years after their forebears arrived from the Republic of Ireland. Stephen Kennedy Smith is the son of Stephen Edward Smith and Jean Kennedy Smith, the eighth of nine children born

to

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Russell Investments predicted that value sto. Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A total of 8,823 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals were announced in Q1 2021, with a combined transaction value of $878bn, said a study. According to GlobalData, this represents a OPALESQUE EXCLUSIVE HEDGE FUND NEWS 1 day ago · Today's Exclusives. Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund assets jump to $4.07tn, a record: hedge fund news, week 22 . In the week ending June 4th 2021, BarclayHedge said that coupled with a $28.5 billion monthly trading profit, total hedge fund industry assets rose

to more than $4.07

OPALESQUE EXCLUSIVE HEDGE FUND NEWS 11 hours ago · 9 startups in $65bn hedge fund Tiger Global's portfolio that plan to go public this year From Business Insider: $65 billion hedge fund Tiger Global has been on a startup investing spree this year, averaging more than one venture-style

investment per

ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING Opalesques Alternative Market Briefing has been called the best Hedge Fund News service provider across the globe. Our mission is to intelligently select and timely provide the most important daily news for professionals dealing with hedge funds. OPALESQUE EXCLUSIVE HEDGE FUND NEWS 11 hours ago · Previously published Opalesque Exclusives. 07. Jun. 2021 | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund assets jump to $4.07tn, a record: hedge fund news, week 22 In the week ending June 4th 2021, BarclayHedge said that coupled with a $28.5 billion monthly trading profit, total hedge fund industry assets rose to more than $4.07 ; 03. Jun. 2021 | Opalesque TV: Systematic hedge fund thrives on U.S. ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGERS: FUNDRAISING REACH NEW According to Moody's first-quarter report on U.S. alternative asset managers, total fundraising for Q1 2020 rose to $67.3 billion, a 22% increase from the same time a year ago, and 5% from Q4 2020. Meanwhile, total AUMwas up 36% year-over-year and 11% compared to HEDGE FUNDS EXTENDED GAINS IN MAY AMIDST INFLATIONARY 13 hours ago · Tweet Print Email Track Keywords; Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds extended performance gains in May for the eighth consecutive month as investor optimism accelerated regarding the US economic reopening and despite signs of building inflationary pressures in the US and Europe.

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Today's Exclusives. Top 10 European Hedge Funds between April 2020 and March 2021 . Matthias Knab, Opalesque: We find that Edale Europe Absolute Fund has been the best performing European Hedge Fund after the COVID-19 Financial shock that took place in March 2020. LOGON OPALESQUE ALTERNATIVE MARKET BRIEFING 11 hours ago · CRUDE OIL (@CL) – Daily. Curr: Long Looking to: Sell @ 63.50. As of 3/21/21 @ 8:46pm EST: $60.85. LAST WEEK: We suggested shorting from $66.28 up to $67.98 with stops on a close above $68 and with a target for covering and getting long at $59.65. UPDATE: Crude oil bottomed in the very short-term and should bounce to around $63.50 before heading lower once again. TOP 10 EUROPEAN HEDGE FUNDS BETWEEN APRIL 2020 AND MARCH 2021 Today's Exclusives. Top 10 European Hedge Funds between April 2020 and March 2021 . Matthias Knab, Opalesque: We find that Edale Europe Absolute Fund has been the best performing European Hedge Fund after the COVID-19 Financial shock that took place in March 2020.

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U.S. venture capital funds: Strong performance, but slowing capital

distributions

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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US-based venture capital funds have posted strong performance over the past decade, said a study. According to Preqin and the First Republic update of Q1 2020, the US-based venture capital funds of vintage 2010 have consistently delivered median net IRRs above 12%. Biotech VC Cowen Healthcare Investments raises $493m fund

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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Cowen Healthcare Investments (CHI) has raised $493m for its third flagship investment vehicle, beating its initial $400m target. The private healthcare investment strategy within the investment management division of Cowen Inc said in a press release that it receive Financial institutions paying more attention to climate-risk

management

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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Banks and other financial institutions are focusing more on climate-risk management but several barriers remain, said a survey. According to a new global survey conducted by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), 90% of firms have board-level governanc Canadian venture capital disbursements reach historical high in 2019

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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canadian venture capital (VC) disbursements reached a historical high in 2019, completing 642 financings totaled $7.263 billion, up 28% and 48% respectively, said a study. According to CPE Analytics, 26 large deals with a deal value of $50 million or more attracte Crypto hedge funds struggle to rebound from 'bloodbath'

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From FT: Investors have been drawn to crypto hedge funds by the promise of big returns compared with the paltry or negative yields on offer from cash or bonds. This year, bitcoin has emerged from the big March sell-off as one of the best-performing assets: up 36 per cent for the year, compared with New Launches: Dyal Capital is looking to raise $2bn, Abu Dhabi's ADQ launches $300m fund for India, Southeast Asian startups, Oceanpine Capital hits $200m first close of Fund II

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Dyal Capital is looking to raise $2bn From PE News: Dyal Capital Partners, a unit of Neuberger Berman, is seeking to raise an initial $2bn to buy up minority stakes in National Basketball Association teams, Private Equity News' sister title Barron's has learned. Dyal

has begun reachin

Hedge funds build war chests to target dislocated debt in Europe

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From Bloomberg: The damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic has funds across Europe smelling blood. Investors who profit off others' woes are raising cash like never before, anticipating that desperation will lead to opportunity from Manchester to Milan. About a dozen funds are in race to ga Brevan Howard rides wave of virus turmoil to outpace hedge fund rivals

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From Financial News: Billionaire macro hedge fund manager Alan Howard continues to generate returns this year, after his fund's positions paid off well during the coronavirus market jolt. Brevan Howard Asset Management's flagship $3.2bn Master Fund is up 24% in 2020, having gained 0.7% this mont Institutional Investors: IMCO slates $250m for private credit fund, S.Korea's state pension fund to raise risk asset, overseas investments by 2025, Six Ontario municipalities join up to form newest Canadian fund, San Diego City Employees allocates $50m to TALF fund

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IMCO slates $250m for private credit fund From PIonline.com: Investment Management Corp. of Ontario, Toronto, committed $250 million to Apollo Accord Fund III B. The manager of small provincial pension funds and university funds closed the commitment to the private credit fund April 23, a Investing: What hedge funds are buying during the pandemic, Billionaire Jim Simons pulls the trigger on 3 healthcare stocks, Hedge funds' favorite stocks right now, which are beating the market big

time

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What hedge funds are buying during the pandemic From Bloomberg: As the coronavirus spread across the world earlier this year, hedge fund managers sought safety in companies set to benefit from social quarantines and enforced lockdowns. Maverick Capital and Melvin Capital Management we People: WorldQuant hires former Goldman top quant Gary Chropuvka as president, Raffles Family Office hires Greater China heavyweight, Aegon AM boosts $44bn alts bond team with four PM hires

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WorldQuant hires former Goldman top quant Gary Chropuvka as president WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, today announced the appointment of Gary Chropuvka as President. Gary will oversee global business strategy, firm operations and priority initiatives, as well as p Crypto: Brazil regulator votes to continue probe into banks' rejection of crypto firms, Wall Street FOMO into bitcoin-related stocks as crisis worries deepen, Grayscale's bitcoin holdings pass $3bn, growing 76% year-on-year, China Communist Party with a new book on

cryptocurrencies

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Brazil regulator votes to continue probe into banks' rejection of crypto firms From Coin Desk: Brazil's antitrust watchdog, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), voted to continue its investigation of banks who denied financial services to crypto brokers in alleged viola Currency: Dollar weakens as euro climbs on EU common fund proposal

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From Reuters: The U.S. dollar fell to a more than two-week low against the euro as the common currency enjoyed a boost from the recently announced proposal for a common fund that could move Europe closer to a fiscal union as it tries to counter the economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic. Fra SWF: Sovereign wealth funds fly to relative safety of U.S. assets amid pandemic, Korean sovereign fund buys into cannabis as Canadian fund slashes Canopy stake, World's largest sovereign fund vows more transparency on shareholder votes

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Sovereign wealth funds fly to relative safety of U.S. assets amid pandemic From Reuters: Sovereign wealth funds flocked to U.S. equities and bonds in the first quarter at the expense of riskier investments such as those in emerging markets as the coronavirus spread around the world, data U.S.: Private equity, hedge funds get unlikely foe in GOP think tank, U.S. corporate pension buyouts total $4.5bn in Q1, China Inc. rethinks US listings as scrutiny tightens

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Private equity, hedge funds get unlikely foe in GOP think tank From Bloomberg: A new conservative think-tank in Washington is launching its first campaign Wednesday with what could be a long-shot goal -- persuading pro-business Republicans that they should cast a more skeptical eye on Wal Europe: Fund managers fail to beat benchmark in Q1

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From Funds Europe: The majority of fund managers specialising in European equities were unable to beat the S&P Europe 350 index in the first quarter of this year, according to a report from S&P Global. The first quarter of 2020 saw fund returns down 22.7%, while benchmark returns were down 22.4%, th Asia: China's green bond market rebounds after COVID-19 rout; social bonds surge, Inside Facebook and private equity's $8.8bn bet on India's richest man, Foreign investors pull out $26bn from Asian economies; $16bn from India

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China's green bond market rebounds after COVID-19 rout; social bonds surge From SP Global: With a large part of the country in lockdown during the first quarter, the coronavirus had a significant impact on Chinese green bond volumes. Issuers also shifted their focus to pandemic bonds to f PE/VC: GPs increase focus on growth equity as Covid-19 reduces buyout deal flow, Buyout firms seek capital recycling as coronavirus bites

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GPs increase focus on growth equity as Covid-19 reduces buyout deal flow From PE News: Private equity groups are set to increase their focus on growth equity and minority investing in the UK and Ireland as they look for attractive deal opportunities amid the disruption caused by the Covid Study: Emerging market bond issuers take hit as global recession deepens, The coronavirus pandemic could cost the global economy a nightmarish $82tn over 5 years, a Cambridge study warns

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Emerging market bond issuers take hit as global recession deepens Increasing credit stress evident amongst many high-yield EM non-financial corporates as coronavirus disruption takes its toll, says Moody's. 74 out of 106 rated EM sovereigns have a stable outlook as of 30 April 2020 (compa Bullion: Governments may make private gold ownership illegal: Odey, John Paulson is still betting big on gold - here's how he's positioning during the historic turmoil

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Governments may make private gold ownership illegal: Odey From AFR: Crispin Odey, one of Europe's highest-profile hedge fund managers, said that governments may ban private gold ownership if they lose control of inflation in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. "It

is no surprise that

ESG: ESG funds outperforming S&P 500 this year, HSBC, IFC raise extra $320m for EM real economy green bond fund, ESG funds are ready for your retirement plan, ESG demand outstrips historical shift to passives, Asset managers lending to short-sellers can be ethical

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ESG funds outperforming S&P 500 this year From PIonline.com: Investment funds set up with ESG criteria remain relative safe havens in the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to an analysis released Wednesday by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The analysis o

Legal: Investor TCI files criminal complaint against Wirecard managers

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From Reuters: The investor TCI Fund Management said on Tuesday that it has filed a criminal complaint against Wirecard managers with public prosecutors in Munich. A recent independent audit by KPMG, along with reporting by the Financial Times and WirtschaftsWoche, "reveal anomalies that may have COVID-19 Update: After the great lockdown: COVID-19's lasting impact on business models, COVID-19 will put North American private debt to

the test

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After the great lockdown: COVID-19's lasting impact on business models From Institutional Investor: From a local public health challenge in a single city, COVID-19 has spiraled into a worldwide pandemic - unleashing a cascading series of humanitarian, societal, business and economic crise News Briefs: 75% of Dubai businesses expect to close next 6 months, Investor Ricky Sandler pushes for herd immunity approach to coronavirus after his hedge fund suffered losses, The relentless ambition of BlackRock's Aladdin

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75% of Dubai businesses expect to close next 6 months A Dubai survey of companies has found close to three-quarters believe they expect to close within the next six months due to the economic toll of the coronavirus. The survey conducted by Dubai's chamber of commerce

found 27% of resp

And, finally: Beards evolved so men could take punches to the head,

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B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge fund and alternative asset managers who are bucking the trend. AI for low correlation Tungsten TRYCON AI Global Markets, one of the oldest AI-based UCITS around, is up almost +3% YTD after returning +3.25% in ...

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BIOTECH VC COWEN HEALTHCARE INVESTMENTS RAISES $493M FUND Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Cowen Healthcare Investments (CHI) has raised $493m for its third flagship investment vehicle, beating its initial $400m target. The private healthcare investment strategy...

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COVID-19 WILL PUT NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE DEBT TO THE TEST Opalesque Industry Update - The 2008-9 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was in many ways the making of the private debt industry. Funds were able to take advantage of opportunities presented by the contr...

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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Banks and other financial institutions are focusing more on climate-risk management but several barriers remain, said a survey. According to a new global survey conducted b...

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CANADIAN VENTURE CAPITAL DISBURSEMENTS REACH HISTORICAL HIGH IN 2019 Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canadian venture capital (VC) disbursements reached a historical high in 2019, completing 642 financings totaled $7.263 billion, up 28% and 48% respectively, said a

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Dear Opalesque Reader, Welcome to the April issue of New Managers! In Bulletin, we look at the decline of founders share classes. In Profiles, we speak with Trident Capital Management, a newly la...

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* Investing: Hedge funds headed to quarantine stocks in first quarter turmoil, Greenlight's David Einhorn added a bunch of new stocks to his fund, U.S. funds rush to tech companies and battered energy stocks in first-quarter, Millennium among hedge funds to bet on virus vaccine hunters, David Tepper reveals a stake in Twitter. Here's what else the market mover is betting on, The stay-at-home and software stocks that Chase Coleman's Tiger Global is betting on now, Hedge funds pile into tiny biotech that's already soared 460% Hedge funds headed to quarantine stocks in first quarter turmoil From Bloomberg: As the world began to go into lockdown, the biggest money managers loaded up on quarantine stocks. Netflix Inc., Peloton Interactive Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Zoom Video Communications Inc.

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