Man Group said in a note this week that commercial real estate could be the next sector to come under pressure following the recent banking crisis, noting small and medium US lenders – which are under closer scrutiny following Silicon
The Project Finance Exchange (PFX), a ‘closed’ marketplace where capital-raising construction and infrastructure projects can connect and engage seamlessly with private fund managers, has grown to over USD30 billion aggregate capital available within its first three months of opening in
A social impact real estate fund run by London-based alternative asset manager Cheyne Capital has made a “real impact on individual lives”, an independent audit by King’s College London’s Policy Institute has found.
RM Funds has announced the launch of the VT RM Alternative Income Fund (RMAI), an actively managed open-ended fund investing in defensive, income producing alternative assets. Pietro Nicholls (pictured), Principal – Investment Manager of RM Funds, explains that the firm
Orchard Street Investment Management has launched its third special situations fund, which will invest in commercial property opportunities across the UK. Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC Private (GIC) is a principal investor of the fund. The fund will have
French asset management firm Amundi is launching a single platform designed to bring its real and alternative assets under one entity and drive its aim of becoming one of the leading alternative asset managers in Europe. The firm writes that
Total assets managed by the top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached USD3.6 trillion in 2015, up 3 per cent on the prior year, according to research produced by Willis Towers Watson. The Global Alternatives Survey, which covers ten asset
Man Group plc has acquired Aalto Invest Holding AG and launched a new ‘private markets offering’, Man Global Private Markets, designed to offer longer term investments and complement their existing products. Man defines private markets as real estate, credit and
US private equity and real estate groups are paying close attention to the opportunities on offer in Ireland to pick up distressed assets, as the ripples of the '08 financial crisis continue to be felt there. Whether they are buying
With Blackstone Group’s latest opportunistic offering, which closed in Q3, becoming the largest private real estate fund of all time, Preqin’s Lauren Mason takes a look at fundraising for the strategy and the pipeline of opportunistic funds in market. Although
