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Hedge funds down 8.03% in March, but manage to outperform equity markets as coronavirus shakes markets and economies

Opalesque Industry Update - The hedge fund industry tracked the fates of other markets and broader economies roiled by the novel coronavirus pandemic in March, posting an 8.03% loss for the month, according to the

Opalesque Exclusive: Corona Fighters Report 7: Asset managers who delivered through the meltdown

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Amid the current market turmoil, this is our regular report on hedge fund managers who are bucking the trend. Prior issues: Report 1; Report 2; Report 3; Report 4; Report

COVID-19 ushers in biggest challenge for hedge funds since 2008 financial crisis

Opalesque Industry Update - Global hedge funds lost an average of -7.25% in March 2020, according to the latest eVestment hedge fund performance data, following weeks of financial markets, economic and human turmoil created by

Investment bank Centerview hires former Lazard rainmaker Pigasse

Matthieu Pigasse's new role appears to mark a change of direction since leaving Lazard last October

Oil price swings snuff out energy deals by private equity firms

Sponsor-backed oil and gas producers held off asset purchases in the first quarter

Glennmont Partners sells Portuguese solar portfolio

The exit is the first Glennmont has made through its €500m Clean Energy Fund II, which reached a final close in 2013

Private equity-backed oil producers find coronavirus relief by hedging prices

Energy-focused firms’ financial hedges could protect against a coronavirus-prolonged oil price slump

Long volatility and tail risk strategies outshined their peers as equities and oil slumped in February

Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers were down 1.70% in February, reports Eurekahedge, as the development of the COVID-19 outbreak outside of Mainland China weighed on risk assets throughout the month. More than 90%

AMB :- Most hedge funds strategies except CTAs were down in mid-March: Lyxor

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Alternative strategies were fairly resilient during the first weeks of the market turmoil but cracks appeared mid-March, said Lyxor in its weekly brief. According to the report, as of March 16...Article

Business development companies hit hard by coronavirus market turmoil

Shares of these lenders suffer as pandemic threatens to increase loan defaults

Pension funds stick with private equity allocation plans amid market turmoil

Many of the largest US pension funds have no plans to halt their private equity commitments as coronavirus fears tank stocks

Macquarie closes $645m infrastructure debt fund

The vehicle made 18 debt investments in transport, utilities, and energy infrastructure in the UK, Europe, the US, and Australia

Oilfield services investors brace for a slow motion downturn

Months could pass before oil field services providers feel the full impact of an oil price collapse

KKR to buy Pennon recycling unit for £4.2bn

Coronavirus turmoil didn’t deter buyout shop’s efforts to close UK infrastructure investment

EP Energy’s Apollo-backed financing collapses after oil rout

It is the second major bankruptcy deal to falter over the turmoil in US energy markets

Private credit weighs risks and opportunities in market turmoil

The private credit industry has some $271bn in capital available to invest as of March, according to data provider Preqin

EU contemplates ‘nuclear option’ for recovery fund

The European Commission is considering a way to proceed with its €750bn coronavirus recovery fund that will exclude Hungary and Poland. The two countries have stood firm in their opposition over the idea that receipt

Houses, hydrogen and HGVs: priorities for the new UK infra bank

The UK's national infrastructure bank set to be launched by the government could focus on a range of green investment opportunities, including setting up a scheme like the US's Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) model.

Hedge fund Solus shutting flagship fund, citing coronavirus turmoil

Firm suspends withdrawals, saying turbulence caused by the pandemic has made it difficult to raise cash to fulfill those requests by selling holdings

Oil price dive puts private equity billions at risk

Private equity investment in the oil and gas sector reached the highest amount in at least a decade last year

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