Laxman Pai

Total assets under management of the 500 largest asset managers in the world hit $128trn at the end of 2023, representing a 12.5% uptick from the previous year, after AUM fell 13.7%, or $18trn, during 2022, revealed a study.

VC investment in the Americas fell from $58.6 billion across 4,104 deals in Q2'24 to $41.4 billion across 3,124 deals in Q3'24. The US accounted for a large majority of this total-$37.5 billion across 2,794 deals, said a study.

VC investment in Europe plummeted from $17.9 billion in Q2'24 to a level not seen since Q2'20 ($12.5 billion) in Q3'24, said a study.

Institutional investors experienced positive returns for the third quarter, thanks primarily to strong domestic equity and fixed-income returns, said two studies.

New research revealed that the outlook for alternative investment managers in 2025 is brightening, despite an improving macroeconomic environment and ongoing industry trends.

A study revealed that the US continues to remain the top destination for venture capital (VC) investments globally - it accounted for 55.4% share of the total number of high-value VC deals announced globally during Q1-Q3 2024, while its share in terms of the corresponding value stood at 56.4%.

Artificial intelligence (AI)-related companies raised 37% of total venture capital (VC) activity last quarter, similar to the level seen in Q2 2024.

PE major EQT has set a $14.5 billion hard cap for its latest Asia private equity fund-$2 billion higher than its initial target-which would make it one of the largest Asian PE funds on record.

Global multi-asset alternative investment firm Bain Capital created one of the largest global special situations investment pools with $9 billion of investable capital.