Monthly Archives: October 2026
Ares Infrastructure Equity Acquired a Significant Minority Stake in Statera Energy’s Approximately 1.9 GW U.K. Storage and Flexible Generation Portfolio:
HedgeCo.Net — Ares Infrastructure Equity has acquired a significant minority stake in Statera Energy’s roughly 1.9 gigawatt U.K. portfolio of battery storage and flexible generatio… Continue reading
LSEG Is in Discussions With Permira to Acquire Octus for About $3.5 Billion:
HedgeCo.Net — London Stock Exchange Group said it is in discussions with Permira regarding a potential acquisition of Octus, a credit intelligence, data and workflow provider, in a… Continue reading
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Lost $65.4 Million on Monday, All of It From BlackRock’s IBIT:
HedgeCo.Net — U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded net outflows of $65.4 million on Monday, October 12, and every dollar came from BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IB… Continue reading
AI Agent Start-Up Hone Raised a $60 Million Seed Round Led by Benchmark and Index Ventures at a $285 Million Valuation:
HedgeCo.Net — Hone, a San Francisco start-up building autonomous AI systems for businesses, has raised a $60 million seed round led by Benchmark and co-led by Index Ventures, valui… Continue reading
Hedge Fund Start-Ups Faced the Toughest Fundraising in Years as Capital Concentrated in the Largest Managers:
HedgeCo.Net — Launching a hedge fund has become harder as investors pour capital into established multi-strategy firms, leaving even well-backed new managers struggling to raise ou… Continue reading
Asian Pensions, Family Offices and Wealth Managers Stepped Up Hedge Fund Allocations as Bonds Faltered as a Diversifier:
HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds are drawing a rush of new capital from Asia as pensions, family offices and private wealth clients look beyond traditional stock and bond portfolios, Reut… Continue reading
Blackstone Credit & Insurance Led a $1 Billion Private Financing for the Combination of Analogic and Leidos’ Security Businesses:
HedgeCo.Net — Blackstone Credit & Insurance said on October 12 that it is leading a $1 billion financing supporting the combination of Analogic Corporation with the Security Enterp… Continue reading
Asterion Industrial Partners Agreed to Acquire Fleet Leasing Group Fraikin From Benefit Street, Värde and Canyon:
HedgeCo.Net — Asterion Industrial Partners, a Madrid-based manager focused on mid-market European infrastructure, has entered into an exclusive agreement to acquire Fraikin, a pan-… Continue reading
Lone Star Agreed to Sell German Mittelstand Lender IKB Deutsche Industriebank to Crédit Agricole:
HedgeCo.Net — An affiliate of Lone Star Fund XI has signed an agreement to sell IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, a Düsseldorf-based lender to Germany’s small and medium-sized compani… Continue reading
Bumble Was Reported to Be in Advanced Talks to Go Private With Ithaca Holdings at About a $1 Billion Valuation:
HedgeCo.Net — Bumble is in advanced talks to be taken private by Ithaca Holdings in a deal that would value the dating app operator at roughly $1 billion, according to a source fam… Continue reading
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Took In $21.1 Million on Friday as Ether Funds Extended Their Outflow Streak to Nine Days:
HedgeCo.Net — U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded net inflows of about $21.1 million on Friday, October 9, according to flow data from Farside Investors and SoSoValue.… Continue reading
Oxide Computer Raised a $445 Million Series D Led by Eclipse After Reaching Profitability:
HedgeCo.Net — Oxide Computer Company, the Emeryville, California-based maker of rack-scale on-premises cloud systems, has raised a $445 million Series D led by Eclipse. Existing in… Continue reading