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- Sixth Street partners with Northwestern for $13B in ABS
- Capital Group and KKR enter into strategic partnership for alternatives, private credit, and beyond
- Aflac gets into private credit with 40% stake in Tree Line Capital
- Brookfield acquires majority stake in asset-based private credit firm Castlelake – another david and goliath partnership.
- BNY partners with CIFC on private credit
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Sixth Street partners with Northwestern for $13B in ABS
Another day, another partnership between private credit leaders and insurance companies looking to get into the space. The WSJ this morning reported that Sixth Street is going to manage $13B of mostly ABS for Northwestern Mutual, kicking of 2025 as … Continue reading
Capital Group and KKR enter into strategic partnership for alternatives, private credit, and beyond
Investment management behemoth Capital with its $2.6 trillion in AUM announced a partnership with KKR for new ways to bring alternatives into investor portfolios. KKR manages $500 billion, $200 billion of which in credit. The two firms plan to make … Continue reading
Multi-Convergence: BlackRock buys private equity real estate specialist MGPA – Asia focus
The era of multi-convergence. We have seen KKR/Schwab, GCS/ICBC/Dexia, Franklin Templeton/K2, Principal/Liongate, and many more examples of traditional and alternative convergence. This week BlackRock bought private equity real estate firm MGPA to boost its Asia and Europe presence, doubling its … Continue reading
Posted in alternatives, asia, black swans, Brand, cash flows, Chile, consulting, E&A, EFAMA, Enskat Associates, information delivery, institutional investor, management, multi-convergence, pension funds, private equity, SWFs, wealth management
Tagged alternatives, asia, asia-pac, blackrock, E&A, enskat associates, investment management, larry fink, m&A, mark mccombe, mgpa, private equity, real estate, warren enskat
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Few surprises in European Pension Fund Asset Allocation: Equities down, Alternatives Up
The latest Mercer data on European pension funds and their asset allocation shows an aggregate decrease in equities from 43% to 39%, and over half of them now have alternatives allocations (UK leads the way with 75%). In other words, … Continue reading
Posted in alternatives, asia, cash flows, consulting, E&A, Enskat Associates, information delivery, institutional investor, investment banking, management, multi-convergence, pension funds, private banking, private equity
Tagged agriculture, alternatives, asset allocation, consultants, emd, emerging markets, enskat associates, equities, european pension funds, fixed income, Mercer, Pension Funds, warren enskat
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Customized beta… Rethinking alpha creation around factor- and risk-based investing
In my keynote speech in Aberdeen this summer, I referred to my firm’s research around volatility and risk management as “ROVO” – Return Optimization around VOlatility. In the overall risk-on/risk-off approach by institutions and private wealth managers post-crisis, volatility considerations, … Continue reading
Posted in alternatives, apps, black swans, Brand, cash flows, Chile, consulting, distribution, EFAMA, Enskat, Enskat Associates, information delivery, institutions, Latin America, management, multi-convergence
Tagged active, Alpha, alternatives, aqr, ATP, beta, blackrock, BMACS, bridgewater, customized beta, Dalio, daniel enskat, E&A, enskat, enskat associates, etfs, factor investing, hedge funds, Keller, LODH, multi convergence, natixis, northern trust, on off, passive, quarterly, risk, risk parity, ROVO, solvency, SPDR, state street
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Earnings season: Blackstone reports record AUM and strong performance fee growth
Blackstone reported a 7% appreciation in its private equity funds and a 5% increase in real estate. Chairman and CEO Stephen Schwarzman confirmed “gross organic inflows of $38 billion over the last year, with $14 billion returned to our investors, … Continue reading
Posted in alternatives, asia, black swans, Brand, cash flows, consulting, Enskat, Enskat Associates, information delivery, institutions, management, money, multi-convergence, pension funds, private banking, professional fund buyers, wealth management
Tagged advisory, alternatives, asset management, bep, blackstone, brep, capital trust, credit, dry powder, E&A, energy, eni, enskat associates, hedge, hfs, performance fees, private equity, real estate, Schwarzman, tactical, water mark
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Earnings season: Blackrock powers forward with iShares and equities
Blackrock this week reported an almost 25% increase in year on year quarterly earnings. Adjusted EPS stood at $3.47, with net income growth of 8% (17% as adjusted) from Q3 2011 on revenue of $2.3 billion. The most interesting statistic … Continue reading
Posted in alternatives, asia, Brand, Brazil, cash flows, consulting, distribution, Enskat, Enskat Associates, information delivery, institutions, lifestyle, management, movement, multi-convergence, pension funds, private banking, professional fund buyers, UCITS, wealth management
Tagged alternatives, asia, asset management, blackrock, E&A, earnings, east west, enskat associates, etfs, europe, fink, hedge funds, ishares, newcits, passive active, performance fees, quarterly results, solutions, ucits
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Multi-convergence: Apple creates largest hedge fund worldwide
Design does pay off. Steve Jobs did not only create the iPhone and iPad, his relentless focus on design and simplicity also created the largest company by market capitalization in the world. Being the most valuable company in the world … Continue reading
Posted in alternatives, apps, black swans, books, Brand, cash flows, distribution, Enskat Associates, iPad, lifestyle, management
Tagged alternatives, apple, asset management, bridgewater, enskat associates, hedge, hedge funds, investing, zero hedge
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Key concerns for global institutional investors: volatility, risk and correlations
A new global survey of close to 500 institutional investors conducted by Natixis Global Asset Management – NGAM is keeping busy these days – points out a few common and a few not so common concerns for asset holders worldwide. … Continue reading
Posted in alternatives, apps, asia, Brand, consulting, EFAMA, Enskat, Enskat Associates, information delivery, institutions, management, multi-convergence, pension funds, private banking, professional fund buyers, UCITS, wealth management
Tagged alternatives, asset international, E&A, enskat associates, global institutions, hedge, institutional investor, liquidity, ngam, private equity, risk management, volatility
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Multi-Convergence – Products: Alternatives vs Traditional
In my last few posts I talked about risk on risk off (RORO), return optimization around volatility (ROVO), and Natixis’ new volatility team, all part of the industry metatrend of #MultiConvergence, which I will write about in my next global … Continue reading
Posted in alternatives, black swans, Brand, cash flows, consulting, distribution, EFAMA, Enskat, Enskat Associates, information delivery, management, multi-convergence, pension funds, professional fund buyers, regulation
Tagged aberdeen, alternatives, blackrock, enskat, enskat associates, factor, Franklin Templeton, gam, hedge, k1, k2, man, multi convergence, pictet, pimco, private equity, products, solutions, ucits
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