Tag Archives: venture capital
The “Great De-Risking” — BofA Global Fund Manager Survey:
(HedgeCo.Net) A decisive shift is underway across global markets. The latest Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey reveals the largest surge in cash allocations since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, signaling that institutional investors are rapidly repositioning for a […]
The Evolution of Point72: From Family Office to Institutional Powerhouse:
(HedgeCo.Net) In an industry increasingly defined by scale, diversification, and speed, Point72 is executing one of the most aggressive expansion strategies in modern hedge fund history. Under the leadership of billionaire investor Steve Cohen, the firm has rapidly scaled to approximately 190 trading […]
J.P. Morgan Restricts Private Credit Lending:
Caution Emerges in the Global Private Capital Migration: (HedgeCo.Net) A significant development in global credit markets emerged this morning as JPMorgan Chase moved to restrict lending to certain private credit firms after marking down the value of loans pledged as collateral. According to […]
Unlocking the Vault: Apollo Global and the Rise of the UK Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF):
(HedgeCo.Net) The Great Liquidity Migration For decades, the UK’s Defined Contribution (DC) pension schemes were largely locked out of the highest-yielding asset classes: private credit, infrastructure, and venture capital. Today’s launch of the Apollo LTAF represents the crumbling of that wall. Authorized by […]
The Retailization of Private Markets:
How Alternative Investment Giants Are Opening the Gates to Individual Investors: (HedgeCo.Net) For decades, private markets—including private equity, private credit, venture capital, and infrastructure—were largely reserved for institutional investors such as pension funds, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds. Access to […]
Hedge Funds Push Into Quantum Computing:
“The Next Frontier: Why Hedge Funds Are Quietly Positioning for a Quantum Computing Breakthrough.” (HedgeCo.Net) Quantum computing has long lived on the fringes of institutional portfolios — fascinating, futuristic, and fundamentally uncertain. For years, it was the domain of venture […]
Private Equity’s “Great Unlocking” Meets a Re-Opening IPO Window:
(HedgeCo.Net) If 2022–2025 was about holding assets and protecting marks, 2026 is shaping up as the year GPs try to realizegains again—because liquidity is now a strategic necessity. Private equity and venture capital have been bottlenecked by a simple constraint: muted […]
Venture Capital & AI: a New Fundraising Wave Emerges”
(HedgeCo.Net) Andreessen Horowitz raised $15 billion across multiple new funds — a huge vote of confidence amid otherwise weak VC fundraising in 2025. 1. VC Fundraising in Tough Markets 2025 marked the weakest year for U.S. VC fundraising since 2017, […]
Investors eye top startups as IPO market awakens
Reuters – Investors, encouraged by a growing number of acquisitions and public floats in the past few months, are keeping a close eye on a coterie of promising startups in Silicon Valley. An informal poll of venture capitalists and others […]
Abbott Capital Management closes $1bn private equity fund of funds
AltAssets – Abbott Capital Management, a US-based independent investment manager, announced today that it has met its target for the Abbott Capital Private Equity Fund VI, having raised over $1bn. Like Abbott’s previous funds, the investment strategy for ACE VI […]
John Rutledge
Forbes – John Rutledge is the chairman of Rutledge Capital, a private equity investment firm that has invested more than $150 million in middle-market manufacturing, distribution and service companies. He is also member of the Advisory Boards of B.V. Group, […]