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- Raises & Launches
8VC COSC files $30.4M VC fund as Blue reports $32.7M sold
Among 23 pooled-fund Form D filings from Oct. 23–26 were nine private equity and eight venture capital funds.
- Raises & Launches
PennantPark credit fund closes at $1.2bn investable capital
The Miami manager closed PSCF II above its original target with backing from pensions, insurers, asset managers and family offices.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Hedge funds add $36 billion in Q3 as 2026 inflows top $100 billion
The quarter came in just below the $39.1 billion gathered in Q2, according to Citco's quarterly report.
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- Venture Capital
Anthropic files for Nasdaq IPO under ANT, $16.3B first-half revenue
The filing leaves the share count and price range blank; Anthropic and existing holders will both sell, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley among 24 underwriters.
- Digital Assets
Canada's draft stablecoin rules cap redemption fees at 1%, ban yield
Holders could redeem any amount within three business days, and reserves must be held with a Canadian custodian.
- Manager Selection
FINRA extends options and margin rules to binary options
Notice 26-21 applies Rules 2220, 2360 and 4210 to contracts on issuer metrics and to those cleared outside OCC.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Crescent Capital files Form Ds for three evergreen lending funds
All three report an undisclosed offering amount and no sales; the levered companion is a Luxembourg SCSp.
- Emerging Managers
Siris co-founder Frank Baker launches October Capital
The West Palm Beach firm starts with 16 investment professionals and three services deals, one closed and two signed.
- Natural Resources
Chinese state-aligned mining covers 8.5% of Nicaragua
A Mining.com op-ed by Nicholas Vafeas puts the mining concession footprint above 1 million hectares and frames political continuity as the access question.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
ExodusPoint loses two Dubai macro PMs within a year of joining
Chris Wheeler and Daniel Dangoor ran independent macro teams at the $15.5 billion firm; the report did not specify their strategies or team capital.
- Private Equity
P+ awards Schroders Capital €200m PE mandate
Allocators weighing co-investments face more targeted exposure and different fees but need transaction access.
- Raises & Launches
Benchmark raises $2B, adds $1.25B growth fund
Peter Fenton says the vehicle may hold four to eight positions; one or two bets could generate 90% of returns.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Hedge fund launches fall to 100 in 2Q, closures to 70
First-quarter liquidations of 129 were the highest since 2Q24 and 2025 launches of 561 the highest since 2021, per HFR.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Taiga manager sees historic Nordic small-cap valuation gap
Denmark is down more than 40% while Sweden, Finland and Norway are up 30% to 50%, he told HedgeNordic.
- Venture Capital
Inspired Capital closes fourth fund at $450 million
Alexa von Tobel told TechCrunch the New York firm now manages $1.4 billion and has more than 10 exits.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Former Brevan Howard manager Robert Sicari sued over $3.5m in profit claims
Researcher Wooyoung Hong alleges he was promised 50% of certain profits and a 30% stake in ThirtyPark Capital.
- Real Estate
NAREIM survey: 91% of surveyed CRE firms use Copilot
Deloitte's outlook found 8% of surveyed CRE executives had integrated AI, with 92% still in research or pilot.
- Evergreen & Interval Funds
Kacy Walker launches $300M Kinetic Wealth on LPL
The practice leaves Cetera for LPL's supported-independence network; LPL recruited $25 billion in Q2, up 35%.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Goldman prime desk: more than two-thirds of hedge funds fell Oct. 22
All three broad equity strategies Goldman tracks fell more than 1% that day, the first such session since the pandemic.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Alcur reopens SEK 9.6bn Classic to new money
Swedish manager lifts limits on the Nordic equity hedge fund and will accept monthly subscriptions from late November.
- Manager Selection
Cyber risk top concern for 62% of asset managers
HedgeNordic reports the Clearwater-commissioned poll of 250 executives also found 80% citing higher business continuity risk and 75% flagging process failures.
- Private Credit & BDCs
ASIC blocks Fidante issuing units in $799.9m Ares credit fund
The 21-day interim order also covers the product disclosure statement and advice to retail clients.
- Natural Resources
SLM Partners closes Silva Fund II at €150 million
Agri Investor's Oct. 19 briefing names ABP as an investor but gives no target size, strategy, fees or close date.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
IKC Capital names Sebastian Hallenius CIO and incoming CEO
The Swedish manager's new investment chief spent seven years running Länsförsäkringar Multistrategi.
- Evergreen & Interval Funds
FINRA suspends ex-Finalis rep five months over $48,000 fund sale
He recommended the purchase in three installments; the fund had no obligation to repurchase interests.
- Private Credit & BDCs
Bank of England reviews Barclays' private credit loan risk booking
The review follows an insider complaint about total return swaps used to finance loans to private credit firms, the FT says.
- Private Credit & BDCs
Fitch: 13 of 15 non-traded BDCs average 9.8% Q3 redemptions
The average fell from 10.3% in the second quarter, with 5% quarterly repurchase caps leaving clients waiting quarters to exit.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Hedge fund leverage lifts banks' nine-month equities revenue to $67bn
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan accounted for $52 billion, or nearly 80%, per a CNBC analysis cited by Hedgeweek.
- Private Equity
Hudson Hill's Stacy says buyout leverage has fallen to 4x-5x
Writing in Institutional Asset Manager, the co-founder argues leverage compression of 35% to 45% ends the era of financially engineered buyout returns.
- Insurance-Linked & Specialty
AM Best affirms Kenya Re at B as 2025 combined ratio hits 110.6%
The stable outlook rests on balance-sheet strength AM Best calls very strong, while the Kenyan reinsurer's risk-management capabilities are rated weak.
- Digital Assets
Ether futures take $286 million of $483 million bitcoin, ether total
CoinGlass data cited by CoinDesk show ether's smaller futures book produced the larger share of forced closures.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Lingjun Investment raises $300 million offshore after two-year halt
The Beijing quant manager is also in talks for $150 million from a Southeast Asian sovereign fund, Hedgeweek reports, citing Reuters.
- Infrastructure
Ballistic strike disables Datagroup's Kyiv data center
The Ukrainian telecom said restoration is 'impossible' and clients will be served from backup capacity, Data Center Dynamics reports.
- Private Equity
New Private Equity closes minority stake in ONE group solutions
ONE, a Luxembourg-based ManCo and governance provider for asset managers, keeps CEO Steve Bernat and its founders as substantial holders; terms were not disclosed.
- Venture Capital
Inspired Capital closes $450 million fourth venture fund
The New York firm's fourth pool is 36% larger than the $330 million third fund it closed in early 2024.
- Private Equity
Dell-backed $7.7 billion Baldwin buyout draws lawyer probes
At least five firms have announced inquiries into the $32.50-a-share take-private; Kaskela cites analyst targets at or above $36.
- Insurance-Linked & Specialty
777 Partners cofounder Josh Wander pleads guilty to $500m fraud
Sentencing is March 1; Bermuda's regulator had ordered 777 Re to shed affiliated assets.
- Private Credit & BDCs
Meiji Yasuda plans ¥200 billion Man Group commitment
The Japanese insurer intends to deploy the money over three years with a private credit focus, and may buy about 5% of Man Group.
- Evergreen & Interval Funds
Clearlake Private Markets Fund files N-2/A amendment
The Oct. 23 filing lists Delaware incorporation and a March 31 fiscal year end; the entry carries no offering size, fee table or repurchase terms.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
UK hedge fund managers ask Healey for growth plan, gilt discipline
Hegel Capital's Adrian Vlad and Alphidence's Igor Yelnik want personal tax rates that keep portfolio managers in London.