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Boston-based alternative asset manager HighVista Strategies has completed its acquisition of abrdn, growing its AUM to roughly $9 billion.

Boston-based HighVista Strategies has agreed to purchase the U.S. private markets business of abrdn, including the U.S. private equity and venture capital assets and the investment and operational teams. The acquisition, expected to close later this year, boosts HighVista’s assets ...

Tail-risk, long volatility and defensive alpha hedge fund strategies are coming into sharper focus as investors look to insulate portfolios from renewed market turbulence following the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Credit Suisse turmoil, and ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty. Hedge fund industry ...

Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $16.3 billion in deals publicly announced in the five-day period for the week ending Nov. 4. Private equity: $13 billion Cooperative Ventures invested in Sabanto, a hardware and software company that ...

Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $7.4 billion in deals publicly announced in the five-day period. Private equity: $6.2 billion Active Impact Investments, Lowercarbon Capital, Resilience Capital Partners, Skyview, Shell Ventures, and 3M Ventures (the venture capital ...

Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) held the second closing of its Digital Infrastructure Vehicle II (DIV II) at approximately €1 billion ($998 million) with capital from leading investors including BlackRock and abrdn.

There is no time like the present to invest in hedge funds, according to abrdn’s Russell Barlow, whose team launched a new fund platform in the space this summer. While many have sought out private equity strategies as a long-term ...