"At ~$1.5 billion, it is the largest ever launch of a fundamental long/short (equity only) fund in Australia," Todd wrote on LinkedIn. The flagship fund, Alpha Plus, is Australia's largest ...

On January 2, 2025, a new Treasury Department Final Rule took effect that significantly restricts U.S. investments in Chinese entities involved in three key sectors: semiconductors/microelectronics, ...

After comparing the AI frenzy to the dot-com bubble in a paper last year, portfolio manager Lukasz Tomicki is changing his mind. He has recently been impressed by the latest models from OpenAI and ...

Of the CHF 360 billion managed in Switzerland, the majority is attributable to private equity (CHF 260 billion), followed by private credit and infrastructure investments (CHF 50 billion each). Swiss ...

Global alternative investment manager Ares Management has raised over €2.2 billion ($2.3 billion) primarily from wealthy individuals for its open-ended European direct lending fund.

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Meanwhile, total global hedge fund capital ended the year at an estimated $4.51 trillion, an increase of $53.5 billion over the prior quarter and $401.4 billion for the full year, as reported in the ...

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A new survey by KPMG revealed that private debt/credit and private equity are anticipated to offer the greatest return on investment (ROI) over the next three years (36 percent and 31 percent, ...

Wafra, a New York-headquartered alternative investment firm, has made a strategic investment in Niobrara Capital Partners, a technology-focused private-equity firm whose executives include former U.S.