Monthly Archives: March 2020

(Hedgeweek) Alternative investment manager FS Investments (FS) has closed its previously announced acquisition of Chiron Investment Management (Chiron). To read this article:

(Opalesque) CTAs, Special Situations, and L/S Equity Directional strategies suffered the most this week from their long exposures to equities, said Lyxor in its weekly brief. Merger Arbitrage strategies benefited from their lower correlation with equity markets and outperformed. To […]

(Opalesque) The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published its latest Quarterly Statistical Release describing the trends in the European investment fund industry in the fourth quarter of 2019 as well as a summary for the full year. […]

(Opalesque) Institutional investors across the world are shifting their interest from listed assets to private markets, said a new survey by BlackRock Inc. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Boston-based middle-market private equity firm BV Investment Partners has closed its tenth fund on its $1.1 billion hard cap in a first and final close. BV Investment Partners Fund X’s target was $1 billion. Fund X is 47% larger […]

(Opalesque) New York-based growth-focused private equity firm Bregal Sagemount has closed its Bregal Sagemount Fund III, at a hard cap of $1.5 billion, exceeding its $1.35 billion target. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have a more significant effect on sovereign credit spreads in developed markets than emerging ones, says a study. A research by Federated Hermes said there is a significant correlation and a “meaningful” relationship […]

(CNBC) Elon Musk jumped to the defense of fellow tech billionaire Jack Dorsey late Monday, as the latter faces pressure from an activist investor to step down as the CEO of Twitter. To read this article:

(Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, under pressure from hedge fund Elliott Management to rein in his mercurial investment style, turned on the charm in a meeting with U.S. investors on Monday, but offered few concrete concessions. […]

(Reuters) – Hedge funds hit pause on their petroleum sales in late February, at least until concerns about a coronavirus-driven recession intensified towards the end of last week. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) By Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – Equity markets around the world sold off last week because of uncertainty relative the Coronavirus’ impact on the global economy and corporate profits. No one knows how bad the economic impact might be, […]