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Opalesque Exclusive: Family offices focus on private equity

Posted: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000, Opalesque

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Family offices, like all investors, are doing their best to understand the current market environment. Those efforts are resulting in a shift toward private equity - a notable move as private equity is in the midst of a multi-year slowdown in activity. However, the...
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LCM Partners raises $4.5bn for latest European credit fund

Posted: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:58:20 +0000, Opalesque

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: London-based private credit manager LCM Partners has raised euro;3.8 billion ($4.5bn) at the first close of its latest flagship strategy, Credit Opportunities 5 (COPS 5), moving closer to its euro;6 billion target. The commitments span both the commingled fund and singl...
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Private markets' exposure nears $5tn at top pension funds

Posted: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:56:40 +0000, Opalesque

From Bloomberg: Regulation and compliance have driven an unprecedented wall of US retirement money into private assets, a new report by Bloomberg Intelligence shows, casting new light on the real-world risks from finance's continued push into areas beyond the traditional oversight of regulators. Th...
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Hedge funds seek to ease short seller rule on public offerings

Posted: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:55:00 +0000, Opalesque

From Bloomberg: A hedge fund trade group is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to scale back short seller regulations that it says impede public offerings, arguing the approach has kept firms needlessly on the sidelines of some stock sales. The Managed Funds Association said the markets ...
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SEC eyes changes to short sale rule after hedge funds' court win

Posted: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:53:20 +0000, Opalesque

From Bloomberg: As the SEC goes back to the drawing board on investor short sale disclosure requirements, the Wall Street watchdog finds itself in familiar territory-grappling with a Biden-era policy rejected by a US appeals court. Investment manager disclosures on short selling and related stock l...
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Hedge funds have a reputation for ruthlessness. Dmitry Balyasny took a different approach

Posted: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:51:40 +0000, Opalesque

From Institutional Investor: Ask hedge fund manager Dmitry Balyasny what keeps him up at night, and the answer isn't a long list of worries about fund concentration, market contagion, monetary policy, or geopolitics. It's one word: People. &quot;People issues tend to be a lot more difficult and...
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Hedge fund Qube starts charging some staff 35% incentive fees

Posted: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:50:00 +0000, Opalesque

From Bloomberg: Qube Research Technologies has started charging performance fees on investments made by some of its own employees in the firm's hedge funds, aligning them with what clients pay. Investments by some staff have been switched to performance-fee paying investor share classes effective...
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Hedge funds reaffirm rate cut bets as Brazil CPI seen cooling

Posted: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:46:40 +0000, Opalesque

From Bloomberg: Brazilian hedge funds are outperforming their benchmark as the local currency trades near a one-year high and cooling inflation ups the likelihood of interest-rate cuts. More:...
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Market News

Amazon, With Little Fanfare, Emerges as Advertising Giant

Posted: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:53:44 EST, wsj, technology

Its push is happening online, on devices such as FireTV and on delivery boxes, challenging the big ad sellers, including Facebook, Google and TV networks. Marketers are conflicted between wanting the company’s data and fearing it as a competitor.

Silicon Valley's Stock Exchange Meets SEC Roadblock

Posted: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:56:12 EST, wsj, technology

The Long-Term Stock Exchange—a market for the nation’s hottest startups–was opposed by a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Huawei to Complete Network Project Despite Opposition

Posted: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:25:35 EST, wsj, technology

Chinese telecom giant Huawei will complete construction of an internet network in Papua New Guinea despite opposition from Australia, Japan and the U.S., after the Pacific nation dismissed cyberspying worries.

A New Kind of Lender Secretly Tracks Your Car to Make Sure You Pay Up

Posted: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:30:57 EST, wsj, technology

In China, a new type of internet loan comes with a catch: lenders can track your car’s whereabouts and can seize it if you fail to make payments.

Hey, Mom, Why Do You Have Five TV Remotes?

Posted: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:56:23 EST, wsj, technology

Young, tech-savvy adults struggle to work the collection of remote control devices at their parents’ house; “you’ll get picture but not sound.”

Apple's App Store Under Fire in Supreme Court Case

Posted: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:39:56 EST, wsj, technology

The tech giant’s exclusive market for selling iPhone apps came under fire at the Supreme Court, as justices considered whether consumers can proceed with a lawsuit claiming the company has an illegal monopoly.

Chinese Scientist Claims World's First Genetically Modified Babies

Posted: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:07:27 EST, wsj, technology

A Chinese scientist claims to have produced the world’s first genetically modified babies, stirring alarm among doctors who warn such experiments using nascent DNA-editing technology pose too many health and ethical risks.

NASA's InSight Spacecraft Lands Safely on Mars

Posted: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:40:43 EST, wsj, technology

NASA engineers celebrated as the $828 million InSight lander signaled a safe landing on Mars, where it will take the pulse of the Red Planet by monitoring seismic waves from quakes and meteor strikes.

United Tech to Break Itself Into Three Companies

Posted: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:20:31 EST, wsj, technology

The industrial conglomerate has decided to separate itself into three independent companies, breaking apart one of America’s last industrial conglomerates.