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Ontario Teachers’ goes high-tech with investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan eyes growth in satellite-based broadband
The Teachers’ Innovation Platform, a part of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, will invest an undisclosed amount in SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk.
Investing in Wine: Here are Three Ways to Profit
This may be a pleasant surprise, but wine investing can be profitable.
Here’s an example of a drinkable multi-bagger. Someone who bought 1982 Château Latour wine futures when it presold for about $40 a bottle in 1983 would be making a fat profit, because it now sells for about $1,500 a bottle.
The Chinese Venture Capital market hits a roadblock
After a five-year run of growth, VC investments have tumbled
During the second quarter of 2019, venture capital deals in China fell 77% to US$9.4 billion.
This is the first time in five years that venture capital investment has trended lower in China.
The Revolut unicorn, a disruptive force in banking
Revolut, the UK-based digital “challenger” bank, wants to become the Amazon of banking.
Started in July 2015 by two bank ex-employees, Revolut has a set a torrid pace towards its aim to become a global financial player.
Bain Capital, Carlyle Announce Bid to Takeover Osram
Bain Capital LLC and Carlyle Group LP last week made a takeover offer for German lighting manufacturer Osram Licht AG at €35 ($39.50) a share, a premium of about 21% to the target’s closing price last Tuesday.
Sony breaks with tradition, ties up with Daiwa Securities to launch VC fund
In the tech world, sectors such as robotics, AI, and fintech are growing at a blistering pace.
How does a manufacturer, such as Sony, keep tabs on these emerging technologies? At stake is the risk of disruption and survival of its own current businesses, as well as the prospect of huge gains from backing the ‘next thing’ at the right time.
Sony found a way – find a deep-pocketed financial partner such as Daiwa Securities and create a venture capital (VC) fund.
Decade-old Dutch payments startup raises €25 million
Amsterdam-based payment service Mollie finally avails funding
A group of technology and payment entrepreneurs has seized the opportunity to invest in a pioneering online payments service that was founded over a decade ago.
How Brex, the fintech unicorn, made its young founders very wealthy
Henrique Dubugras, 23, and Pedro Franceschi, 22, are (you guessed it…) Stanford dropouts
Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi have a net worth of $460 million each. They founded Brex, a fintech startup in 2017.
Private equity does not recognize the opportunity from global warming
Research by Guernsey Finance shows an encouraging bump-up in environmentally positive private equity investments
But that doesn’t mean PE managers have really scoped out the commercial opportunity from the global push to contain climate change and global warming.
Private real estate: How retail investors can reap the benefits
A cornerstone of investment theory is to improve the return on a portfolio by allocating it over a number of asset classes with varied correlations.
Institutions such as Harvard and Yale, which run massive endowments, have used this principle successfully over the long term to better their returns at lower volatility.
Is the Art Market an Attractive Alternative Investment?
It would seem that blue chips are not to be found in the stock market alone. These exist in the art market as well in the form of top notch artists.
And if the above comparison of the first half performance of the art and stock markets is any guide, these blue chip artists are right up there holding their own against the best companies in the American economy!
IMF fintech survey: Central banks testing crypto waters
An IMF survey on global adoption of fintech shows a fifth of central banks are weighing the issue of cryptocurrencies
Are fintech’s stated benefits of financial inclusion and a fillip to growth visible on the ground?
Fintech bank backed by Leonardo DiCaprio: pay fees only if you wish to
Aspiration, an online bank, advertises itself as the Wells Fargo alternative
Looking for a cheaper, cleaner alternative to Wells Fargo, the mainstream US bank which has been in the news for all the wrong reasons?
Japanese institutional investors increasingly partial to alternatives
Two-thirds of Japanese institutional investors have invested in at least one alternative asset class, as persistent low yields have pushed them to look beyond traditional investment routes, says Preqin.
Further, over the next year, almost all institutions with alternative investments were planning to add new investments, the report said.
Institutional Investor’s 2019 Hedge Fund Awards
Institutional Investor announced Thursday evening the Hedge Fund Industry Awards at its 17th annual awards dinner at the Mandarin Oriental in New York.
Here are some of the winners.
EisnerAmper survey of alternative investment professionals: Modestly bullish
A survey of alternative investment professionals conducted on June 19, 2019, at EisnerAmper’s 4th Annual Alternative Investment Summit in New York found that nearly half expected significant or moderate economic growth for the remainder of the year.
Innovative ESG fund from Trium Capital
Trium Capital, the alternative asset manager based in London, is launching an innovative ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) fund that will invest in European companies in the energy, materials, utilities and industrial sectors.
Venturi floats a $100 million, “farm-to-table” private equity fund
Venturi Wealth Management, a registered investment advisory (RIA) based out of Austin, Texas, will soon launch a $100 million private equity fund.
Canadian institutions: Real estate is the ‘alternative’ of choice
Even as their appetite for alternative investments is growing, Canadian institutional investors are increasingly partial to the real estate category, a CIBC Mellon study revealed.
Hedge fund allocations chopped again, this time at the Pennsylvania SERS
The $29 billion Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System has decided to reduce both its rate of return as well as allocations to hedge funds.
Vanguard looking to board the private equity bandwagon
Vanguard Group, the mutual fund giant best known for indexing strategies, is weighing an entry into private equity, the Wall Street Journal said.
Bank Of International Settlements to Banks: Beware of Facebook’s Libra Crypto
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) published a report Sunday that warned banks of impending danger from companies such as Facebook, Amazon and Google due to the ability of these ‘big techs’ to establish a dominant position.
An industry-wide private equity blockchain solution on the anvil
Northern Trust will hand over its block-chain based platform for private equity to Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., the global fintech that is also a part of the S&P 500.
Japanese Investors Flee Traditional Investments
With 10-year Japanese government bond yields at 0%, and equities generating dividend yields at a mere 1.8%, Japanese institutional investors are shedding their aversion for risk and entering alternative investments like never before.