Jupiter Asset Management has announced the launch of five systematic thematic funds managed by Jupiter’s Systematic Equities team. The firm writes that the Article 8 range will focus on transformative, and often disruptive, megatrends to capture long-term capital growth.
Eric Sturdza Investments has launched the Strategic Vietnam Prosperity Fund, writing that this provides exposure to an Asian equity market that is poised to record significant economic expansion.
The firm writes that the new fund benefits from synergies of BNP Paribas’ diversified model: close collaboration between BNP Paribas Asset Management, BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking and BNP Paribas Cardif.
BlackRock Private Markets has raised EUR774 million (USD844 million) in initial investor commitments for the BlackRock Europe Property Fund VI (“EFVI” or the “Fund”) at its first close, with capital provided by a diverse set of global institutional investors, including new clients and LPs from prior vintages.
BlackRock has announced the launch of the BlackRock Senior Securitised Fund (BSSF), its new flagship Securitised Fund, in the existing BlackRock Specialist Strategies Fund range.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has announced the launch of the Morgan Stanley Funds (UK) American Resilience Equity Fund, following the launch of the Luxembourg vehicle in 2022.
EDHEC Business School and Ring Capital have announced the creation of GENERATIONS Powered by EDHEC, an impact seed fund for socially- and environmentally-responsible startups.
UBS Asset Management (UBS AM) has announced the launch of a green bond exchange traded fund (ETF) that tracks the new Bloomberg MSCI Global Green Bond 1-10 Year Sustainability Select index. This index is based on the Bloomberg MSCI Global Green Bond index, with additional sustainability considerations.
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets investment specialist, has announced its partnership with AP7, a Swedish government pension fund, as a founder investor in a new private equity strategy. The USD835 million USD anchor investment was made in January 2023 in a new open-ended evergreen private equity solution designed for non-US institutional and High Net Worth (HNW) investors.
Octopus Investments (Octopus), part of the Octopus Group announces it has launched a Pre-Seed Deep Tech Fund. The UK-domiciled fund is targeting a fundraise of GBP40 million.
