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Month: February 2021

Montefiore invests in restaurant group ETLB

Montefiore Investment has backed restaurant operator Groupe ETLB, which controls the Côté Sushi and Maison Poké restaurants chains.

Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index returns 0.01% in January

Opalesque Industry Update - The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.01% in January, outperforming the - 0.16% monthly return of the

Incapital and 280 CapMarkets creating a new fintech company

Opalesque Industry Update - Incapital, a leading underwriter and distributor of fixed income and market-linked securities, and 280 CapMarkets, a technology company providing best execution trading support and price transparency, announced today they are merging

Former Merck Finck CIO joins Quantumrock

Opalesque Industry Update - Quantumrock, the AI-driven investment manager based in Munich, has hired Thomas Kemming as its Head of Institutional Client Relations. Thomas has over 26 years of experience working in the asset management

Sherpa Capital names new investment director as it looks to invest €120m special situations fund

Iberian private equity house Sherpa Capital has hired former Miotek Factory CFO José María Retana as an investment director.

CD&R brings in Belden veteran Stroup as latest operating advisor

US buyout major Clayton Dubilier & Rice has brought in Belden executive chairman John Stroup as its latest operating advisor.

Verdane-backed Humble Co sold to Bayn Group for €80.5m

Verdane has sold its minority stake in The Humble Co, a retailer of eco-friendly personal care products, to listed food technology company Bayn Group.

Sherpa appoints Retana as investment director

Spanish private equity firm Sherpa Capital has appointed José María Retana as investment director.

3i banks on outsourced recruitment revival post-Covid with Wilson Human Capital investment

UK private equity investor 3i Group has agreed a $120m investment in recruitment specialist Wilson Human Capital Group as it banks on revitalised growth for the industry post-Covid-19.

GPB Capital investors ask why the SEC waited so long to act

The agency sought an ‘emergency’ order to put the private-equity firm under a monitor years after red flags emerged

Booming bamboo toothbrush business Humble sold by Verdane after soaring revenue growth

Northern European buyout and growth equity house Verdane is capitalising on a huge revenue rise at bamboo toothbrush maker The Humble Co to sell the business to listed Swedish foodtech company Bayn Group.

Barclay CTA Index dips .02% in January

Opalesque Industry Update - CTAs were unable to extend their two-month winning streak into the New Year as January performance dipped 0.02% for the month according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a

AMB :- 66% of fund selectors managing $12.7tn outperformed their aggressive portfolio in 2021

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Two-thirds of respondents in a new survey expect aggressive portfolios to outperform defensive ones in 2021, despite the same proportion saying the global economy will fail to fully recover fr...Article Link

AMB :- Merger Arbitrage takes the lead in hedge fund space performance

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Risk assets experienced a strong rebound in recent weeks, which benefitted Directional L/S (+3.8%) and Special Situation (+2.7%) strategies on a month-to-date basis, said Lyxor. CTAs also pos...Article Link

After Capitol Riots, Billionaire’s ‘Scholars’ Confront Their Benefactor

More than 160 participants in a master’s program funded by the Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman have urged him to stop donating to election objectors. He has declined.

KKR Sells Five UK Student Accommodation Assets For £291m

Under KKR's ownership, the assets have been developed to meet growing demand for high-quality student accommodation in an underserved market LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the sale of five major

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