Monthly Archives: October 2026
Two Sigma Halted Fundraising at Its Real Estate Unit as Seth Platt Prepared to Leave Its Management Committee:
HedgeCo.Net — Two Sigma Investments has stopped fundraising and new investments at its real estate unit and is cutting senior staff there after the business raised less than half o… Continue reading
Nuveen Private Capital Surpassed $100 Billion in Committed Capital Three Years After Combining Churchill and Arcmont:
HedgeCo.Net — Nuveen Private Capital, the platform that combines U.S. lender Churchill Asset Management and European lender Arcmont Asset Management, said on Monday it has surpasse… Continue reading
Avenue Capital Emerged as Frontrunner for a 10% Stake in Serie A’s International Media Rights Venture, Reuters Reported:
HedgeCo.Net — New York-based Avenue Capital has emerged as the leading bidder for a minority stake in the company that will hold the international media rights of Italy’s Serie A, … Continue reading
SoftBank Was Reported to Be in Early Talks to Acquire Warburg Pincus-Backed Allied Universal:
HedgeCo.Net — SoftBank Group is weighing an acquisition of Allied Universal, the largest security services company in the U.S., in a potential deal that could give the closely held… Continue reading
KKR Agreed to Sell Railcar Lessor Infinity Transportation to Ares for About $2.9 Billion:
HedgeCo.Net — KKR has agreed to sell Infinity Transportation, a full-service railcar and intermodal equipment lessor, to funds managed by Ares Infrastructure Equity and Ares Insura… Continue reading
U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Lost About $910 Million in Two Weeks as October Flows Turned Negative:
HedgeCo.Net — U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds posted net outflows of $228.6 million in the week ended Friday, October 16, according to SoSoValue data cited by Decrypt, foll… Continue reading
Sprints Closed Fund V at Its €725 Million Hard Cap, About 40% Larger Than Its Predecessor:
HedgeCo.Net — Sprints, the London-based growth investor known as an early backer of Revolut and Vinted, has held the final close of its fifth fund at its €725 million hard cap. The… Continue reading
Bank of England’s Breeden Warned Hedge Funds’ Growing Bond-Market Role Raises Spillover Risk:
HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds’ expanding presence in global government bond markets makes it more likely that a shock in one market spreads to others, Bank of England Deputy Governor S… Continue reading
Hedge Fund Stock Pickers Lost 2.9% in a Week as AI Trades Unwound, Goldman Sachs Data Showed:
HedgeCo.Net — Global fundamental long-short hedge funds lost money on every trading day of the week to October 15, ending the period down 2.9% as a broad unwind of artificial-intel… Continue reading
Apax Agreed to Buy Out Co-Investor Warburg Pincus’s Stake in Dutch Telecom Operator Odido:
HedgeCo.Net — Funds advised by Apax Partners have agreed to acquire the shareholding of co-investor Warburg Pincus in Odido Netherlands Holding B.V., the Dutch mobile and broadband… Continue reading
Thoma Bravo’s Proofpoint Agreed to Buy Varonis for About $6.3 Billion and Lined Up $1.25 Billion of Debt:
HedgeCo.Net — Proofpoint, the cybersecurity company owned by Thoma Bravo, has agreed to acquire Nasdaq-listed Varonis Systems in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.… Continue reading