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- The Allocation
DACH institutions hold 32.3% of portfolios in alternatives
The BAI survey of 105 investors with about EUR 2.9 trillion found hedge fund use rising while real estate equity slipped and private equity gained.
- Natural Resources
Antofagasta lifts copper cash cost guidance to $2.60–$2.70/lb
Barrick's gold production cost rose 17% between 2025 and 2026 while record bullion prices lifted its EBITDA 51%, Mining.com reports.
- Emerging Managers
Michael Montford raises long-only PC3 Partners
Tallwoods Capital will anchor the fund, Gabe Plotkin will chair its advisory board, and trading is planned for the first quarter of 2026.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
SS&C GlobeOp redemption indicator falls to 1.62% in October
The reading, below September's 2.02% and the 2.06% five-year average, measures notices filed 30 to 90 days before the redemption date.
- The Allocation
Korea Exchange chair meets CalPERS CIO on Korea investment
Jeong Eun-bo met Stephen Gilmore to promote greater investment in South Korea's capital markets, the bourse operator said.
- Digital Assets
Bank of Korea plans stablecoin forex amendment by year-end
Dollar tokens would be treated as a reportable cross-border payment, not legal tender, under Bitcoin Magazine's reading of the Oct. 22 submission.
- Infrastructure
S&P Global Ratings dashboard covers 32 data center transactions, $105.3B debt
The dashboard adds state-level leasing data, spans project finance, corporate and asset-backed credit, and accompanies an Oct. 16 roundup.
- Natural Resources
Halo Minerals wins Chile permit to dredge Chañaral copper tailings
Chile’s housing ministry raised no objections to dredging, but Halo has yet to reach a final investment decision.
- Evergreen & Interval Funds
Goldman Sachs leads M&A advisers with $687.6bn in Q1–Q3
Houlihan Lokey advised on 250 deals, the highest count in GlobalData's league table, while Morgan Stanley ranked second on both value and volume.
- Venture Capital
Physical AI startups raised $47.4 billion in first half of 2026
Crunchbase News' Oct. 23 column details a $30 million seed for robot-training startup Maxinsights and an £8.2 million pre-seed for London's Foundational.
- Natural Resources
Kodal buys 10% of Ghana lithium project for $300,000
The deal lets Kodal earn up to 80% by spending $13 million over five years, with Bougouni cash flow funding the work, CEO Bernard Aylward said.
- Private Credit & BDCs
Partners Group closes $510M rated feeder for evergreen credit
U.S. insurers bought the notes, lifting the 2026 rated-feeder total to $875 million, HedgeCo News reported.
- Insurance-Linked & Specialty
Universal's ceded premium ratio falls to 27.6% on new program
Net income rose 31.8% to $52.5 million; combined ratio improved to 91.0% from 96.4%.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Hedge fund equity strategies fall together for first time since Covid
Fundamental long/short funds fell 1.4%, systematic 1.3% and multistrategy platforms 1.9%, Goldman's prime desk said.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Hedge fund short leverage hits 99th percentile of range
Goldman's AI stock basket fell to the 38th percentile of its one-year range as tech posted record two-week net selling.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Three hedge fund strategy groups fall more than 1% in one session
Multistrategy platforms lost 1.9% on Oct. 22, and more than two-thirds of funds ended the day in the red, Goldman data show.
- Private Equity
DataPower Capital files Form D for $548,000 PE fund
The Oct. 23 filing reports a first sale on Oct. 21 and the full $548,000 sold, with DataPower Capital Management as related person.
- Private Equity
Gate Strategic's Automaton II sells $4.5M PE offering
The SEC filing names TGSO Advisor as a related person and classifies the issuer as a private equity fund.
- Private Credit & BDCs
eCapital provides $18m ABL to forged-steel parts maker
The facility used an existing equipment appraisal to close on the borrower's timeline; proceeds included a partial sponsor equity repatriation.
- Private Equity
Abacus sole lender on Fengate's buyout of a Florida clinical firm
The lender also made an equity co-investment in Clinical Research of West Florida; price, debt size and equity amount were not disclosed.
- Private Equity
eQ to acquire Genesta for up to EUR 15.5 million
Genesta manages about EUR 1 billion across three Nordic real estate funds; closing is expected by the first quarter of 2027.
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- Evergreen & Interval Funds
Inspired Healthcare Capital wins $713.5M senior-living sale approval
Eleven orders entered Oct. 13 cover roughly 30 communities; Grapevine and Delray Beach proceeds stay escrowed pending a stipulation.
- Natural Resources
Commodity Discovery Fund puts $316M into 40-50 discoveries
Founder Willem Middelkoop says the manager buys at discovery and again as mines near production, skipping the stagnant middle of the cycle.
- Natural Resources
Pan Global outlines 32.4M tonne La Romana copper resource
Copper-tin-silver estimate grades 0.37% copper; Vancouver explorer weighs ore sorting over a PEA.
- Evergreen & Interval Funds
Alternatives Watch issues checklist for vetting sponsor reports
The checklist calls for specimen reports, a named contact and more frequent updates when liquidity expectations change.
- Private Equity
Charlesbank invests in services arm of 550-attorney WSHB
Deal value is undisclosed; WSHB stays independent and its four firm leaders sit on the MSO's board.
- The Allocation
Auction could give evergreen fund investors a way past quarterly caps
Requests outpaced the typical 5%-of-NAV cap in late 2025; Cox and Saba's unsolicited offer for Blue Owl Capital Corporation II shares proposed a 34.9% discount.
- Venture Capital
Canada directs $75 million to pre-seed and seed investing
NACO said the Oct. 22 announcement is the first dedicated federal stream for the earliest stage. The release does not specify the investment vehicle.
- Real Estate
Cawley brokers 29,600-square-foot industrial sale in Carol Stream
High Street Logistics Properties bought the 2005-built Class B building on 1.90 acres with 24-foot clear heights and six docks.
- Manager Selection
Reliance Global signs LOI for GPU cloud assets; $3.375M due at close
The buyer would fund the purchase entirely in cash and keep its balance sheet debt-free, the company said.
- Hedge Funds & Liquid Alts
Norway's $2.3tn fund loses $29.7bn as it plans Treasury cuts
The fixed income portfolio returned -3.5% while equities added 0.5%; the fund plans to cut Treasury holdings.
- Venture Capital
Series A rounds split into as many as three prices, investors say
Peak XV's Shailendra Singh called terms and conditions unusually dispersed; Index Ventures' Jahanvi Sardana said rounds are split into tranches.
- Real Estate
WinnCompanies delivers 80 Worcester senior units for $51 million
The project is fully leased at ribbon cutting, with 68 units leased at up to 60% AMI and 12 occupied at up to 30% AMI.
- Private Equity
Miras Investments names Matthew Lesesky global head of private equity
Lesesky joins from UNC Management Company after 14 years; Miras invests mainly through third-party commingled funds with co-investments.
- Real Estate
Similar AI models could push CRE investors into same deals
An Oct. 16 PLOT Daily article, summarized Oct. 22, cites Bank of England and FSB warnings on correlated decisions.
- Private Credit & BDCs
U.S. private credit CLOs total nearly $200 billion
Barings sizes the whole CLO market at about $1.5 trillion and says CLOs are spreading into direct lending and infrastructure debt.
- The Allocation
S&P Global opens iLEVEL data to Copilot and Claude
The rollout includes an MCP connector and carries existing permissions. Pricing and availability were not disclosed.
- Digital Assets
Bitcoin's crypto market share hits 60% as ETF flows waver
CoinDesk reported the share at its highest since May; smaller-token indexes fell and ETF flows stayed volatile.
- Evergreen & Interval Funds
Northern Trust profit rises 40% as UBS agrees to extend fund admin
Net income of $642.9 million included $36.8 million after tax from two gains; wealth management servicing fees rose 9%.
- Evergreen & Interval Funds
W1M sale enters second round with Bridgepoint, Bain and Aquiline
Rothschild advises on the sale; W1M was formed in 2024 from Waverton and London and Capital.