Designing investment vehicles, funding models and capital frameworks that support efficient financing, governance, investor alignment and growth.
Gaw Capital has filed an application for the proposed Hong Kong listing of a real estate private-debt fund, bringing private property lending into the framework of the city’s listed investment market. The proposed vehicle highlights how fund structures and public-market infrastructure can provide investors with a route to exposure to lending secured against real estate…
BNP Paribas Asset Management has expanded its European strategic autonomy investment range with a new bond fund focused on defence, infrastructure, resilience and cybersecurity. BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched a new bond fund focused on European strategic autonomy, extending an existing equity strategy into fixed income. The BNP Paribas Europe Strategic Autonomy Bond fund…
Qatar Investment Authority and J.P. Morgan Asset Management have agreed a $20 billion strategic partnership spanning public equities and private markets, combining institutional capital with a global asset-management platform. Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and J.P. Morgan Asset Management have announced a strategic partnership involving $20 billion of investment across public and private markets. The memorandum…
Bridgepoint Credit has completed a €1.2 billion continuation vehicle with Pantheon, giving investors in its 2017-vintage direct lending fund a choice between near-term liquidity and continued exposure. The transaction highlights the growing role of GP-led secondaries in private credit as managers seek to extend mature portfolios without forcing asset sales. Bridgepoint Credit has completed a…
ELTIF 2.0 has given asset managers a more flexible vehicle for bringing private markets to wealth investors. But as the number of products grows, the competitive advantage may increasingly lie not in creating another ELTIF, but in securing the distribution partnerships, platforms and infrastructure capable of putting those products in front of investors at scale….
ELTIF 2.0 is beginning to reshape how private-market strategies reach European wealth investors, with a rapidly expanding fund universe and growing emphasis on evergreen and semi-liquid structures. But the next stage of growth will depend less on regulation and more on distribution, operational infrastructure and investors’ understanding of liquidity risk. Europe’s ELTIF market is entering…
Carlyle AlpInvest has reached the hard cap for its second dedicated single-asset continuation vehicle fund, underscoring growing institutional demand for GP-led secondary transactions. The fundraising reflects the continued evolution of the private equity secondary market as investors seek liquidity while retaining exposure to high-quality assets. Carlyle AlpInvest has completed the final close of AlpInvest Atom…
Vanguard has joined forces with Blackstone and Wellington Management to launch a new range of multi-asset portfolios combining public and private investments, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of retail access to alternative assets. The convergence of public and private markets took another significant step forward this week as Vanguard, Blackstone and Wellington Management…
A new partnership between Clearstream, Ondo Finance and 360X marks another milestone in the convergence of digital assets and traditional finance, combining blockchain-based securities with the infrastructure institutional investors already rely on. The boundaries between traditional finance and digital assets continue to blur following the announcement of a strategic partnership between Clearstream, Ondo Finance and…
The private markets investment manager has unveiled its first European Long-Term Investment Fund under the revised ELTIF 2.0 regime, expanding access to institutional-quality private markets strategies for retail investors across the EEA. Hamilton Lane has launched a new European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) under the revised ELTIF 2.0 framework, marking the firm’s latest move to…