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By Mark Voumard – The genesis of Singapore’s asset management industry development: 2021 – 2035
By Armin P. Choksey – In the last few years, the world has witnessed significant progress in harmonising environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure frameworks. The launch of new initiatives globally shows that both investors and stakeholders recognise the value of streamlining ESG disclosures and the importance of consolidating them.
By Martin O’Regan – Comprising more than 1,000 managers with USD4 trillion of assets under management makes Singapore a leading Asian investment management hub. These impressive numbers demonstrate potential for the ever-changing industry.
A shifting and growing business landscape requires firm leadership, thoughtful insights, reforms, and competency training to ensure the community can continue to capitalise on industry trends. The successful launch and take on of the Singapore Variable Companies Act (VCC) has been the catalyst for a lot of the current growth. With a pro-business regulator marketing locally and overseas, together with the local funds community being strong advocators of the
Singapore continues to make significant efforts to further promote the appeal of the Lion City to hedge funds, private equity and other alternative investment managers, and it seems that its strategy is working. In 2020, Singapore’s asset management industry grew strongly, with assets under management (AuM) rising more than 17 per cent overall and at 31 per cent year-on-year in the alternatives sector. Venture capital and private equity continue to be strong performers within this segment.
MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has taken the next step to position the firm for long-term growth by partnering with Hunter Point Capital (HPC), which has made a strategic, minority investment in MidOcean.
MidOcean’s investment process, management, and day-to-day operations will remain unchanged. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Launched in 2020 by veteran investors Bennett Goodman and Avi Kalichstein, HPC is dedicated to pursuing long-term strategic partnerships with proven middle-market investment firms to help them achieve their business objectives. MidOcean intends to leverage HPC’s
Lever, a leading Talent Acquisition Suite, has completed a USD50 million Series D funding round with the Apax Digital Fund.
The funding comes as the market for talent acquisition is continuing to heat up, and companies face the most competitive market for hiring and retaining talent to date. The investment in Lever will accelerate solution development in talent analytics, top-of-funnel talent discovery, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as well as support growth in new markets, and continued product innovation.
Serving more than 4,000 customers and adding more than 100 technology partnerships and integrations in 2021, Lever’s continued momentum
HIG Capital (HIG) portfolio company, United Flow Technologies (UFT), a platform established to invest in the municipal and industrial water and wastewater market, has completed the acquisitions of Tesco Controls (TESCO) and The Henry P. Thompson Company (HPT).
TESCO and HPT represent UFT’s second and third acquisitions, respectively, following its initial acquisition of MISCOwater in July 2021.
As part of the transaction, HIG will partner with both TESCO and HPT’s leadership teams to support their growth initiatives within an integrated and operationally cohesive UFT. TESCO and HPT’s teams and brands will remain in place. Terms of the transactions were not
As strong historical performance and demand for new sources of return drive investor interest in accessing the private markets, Hamilton Lane’s (NASDAQ: HLNE) global evergreen platform has experienced significant growth, standing at USD1.6 billion in assets a little over two years after launching its first offering in this space.
In early 2021, the firm announced the launch of its Private Assets Fund (PAF), a closed-end investment vehicle registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (40 Act), making the Fund more widely available to qualified US clients, including certain individual investors, their wealth advisors,
Duke’s Root Control (Duke’s) has acquired Hydrostructures, PA, a regional sewer service provider in the Mid-Atlantic region, with offices in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
This acquisition will expand Duke’s service offering by adding new capabilities and expertise, broadening its regional presence, and further developing key accounts. Duke’s, a leading national sewer service provider, is a portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners.
“The acquisition of Hydrostructures accelerates the Duke’s 360 smart wastewater strategy, which helps our valued customers triage, diagnose, renew and monitor their water, sewer and stormwater systems,” says Duke’s President & CEO Matt Fishbune. “We continue
In its largest deal to date, AURELIUS has acquired McKesson UK in a corporate carve-out from US healthcare company McKesson Corporation, Irving, Texas.
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