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 ...

Globally, Private Markets assets now account for 11.5 percent of institutional investor portfolios, up from 10.5 percent last year. Whilst allocations to Private Markets in North America were almost ...

Balbec Capital, an alternative investment manager, has closed its latest credit fund with more than $1.7bn committed, making it the company's largest fundraise cycle to date.

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.

"Opalesque offers the only alternative investment news that is worth reading every day." Dr. Philippa Malmgren, Founder of The Canonbury Group and former Financial Market Advisor to President George W ...

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.

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, ...

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Institutional investment in alternatives has reached maturation and it's driving many investment managers to look more closely at individual ultra high net worth ...

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Private equity GPs are cautiously optimistic about their prospects for 2025 according to a new survey from Alix Partners and IPEM. 51% of GPs now expect a better ...

Rachel Minard built four funds of hedge funds firms and sits on the Investment Sub-Committee for the Westover School Endowment, which allocates to hedge funds. After 20 years raising more than $10bn ...