Why The Rockefeller University Favors Active Management, Diversification | Thomas Lenehan, Deputy Chief Investment Officer | Q&A
Thomas Lenehan is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer of The Rockefeller University, where he helps manage the University’s $2.3 billion endowment. In this interview, he discussed how he and CIO Amy Falls built the investment office from scratch; how they are steadily increasing allocation to venture; and his perspective on transitioning from a general partner role to the limited partner side.
Shale Markets, Llc / U.s. Natural Gas Exports To Grow With New Lng Capacity Start-ups
By LNG World News The U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) forecasts the United States to remain a net exporter of natural gas through 2021. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: LNG World News.
Shale Markets, Llc / Cryostar And Kc Lng To Build Lng Bunkering Facility In Port Of Antwerp
By LNG World News Cryostar and KC LNG, the LNG unit of MAKEEN Energy, have been awarded the contract to build an LNG ship bunkering and truck fueling facility in the port of Antwerp. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: LNG World News.
Emerging Technologies Washington Update - January 2020 #2 | Mcguirewoods Consulting
This Week: Senate Commerce Committee holds hearing on industries of the future, IRS launches gig economy tax center, DOJ and FTC propose to update vertical merger guidelines, House Oversight and Reform Committee resumes hearings on facial recognition...By: McGuireWoods Consulting.
Kayne Anderson Real Estate Announces Strategic, Minority Investment By Goldman Sachs Asset Management Petershill Platform
NEW YORK and BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Kayne Anderson Real Estate ("KA Real Estate" or the "firm"), an investment firm focused on alternative real estate asset classes, announced that Goldman Sachs Asset Management's AIMS Petershill program has made a passive minority investment to support the continued success of KA Real Estate.
Real Estate Continues To See Investment At Record Levels
CHICAGO, Jan. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Global commercial transaction volumes reached an all-time high of $800 billion, increasing 4% year-over-year and making 2019 the most liquid year on record. Outperformance in the U.S. and core markets in Asia are driving growth, led by New York, Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore. Paris has jumped into a leading global position, benefitting from significant foreign investment, low interest rates and strong fundamentals. Direct commercial investment volumes in London are expected to rebound this year following a Brexit resolution, having almost halved in 2019.
Shares Set Fresh Records, Lifted By U.s. Housing Data
Key world equity indexes scaled new highs on Friday as the latest U.S. data - a surge in housing starts to the highest level since 2006 - drove stocks on Wall Street to records and investors away from risk-adverse assets such as the yen.
Dave & Buster's Jumps As Kkr Takes 6.3% Stake
Click to view a price quote on PLAY. : Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) - Get Report shares jumped in premarket trading Friday after the private-equity firm KKR disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had taken a 6.3% stake in the Dallas entertainment and dining chain.
Minneapolis Org Looks To Communities Of Faith To Tackle Homelessness - Next City
(John Swee, Dodge Creative Photography) Tiny homes in church parking lots -- that's how Settled, a Minneapolis organization, is planning to address homelessness. Instead of looking for residential space to house the unhomed, Settled's co-founders, Gabrielle Clowdus and Ann Franz, are looking to partner with faith communities to park tiny homes on wheels on the property of faith communities across the Twin Cities considering that helping the homeless is a natural fit with the mission of most faith-based organizations.
Ex-millennium Trader Quadruples Hedge Fund Assets To $1B
A hedge fund set up by a former Millennium Management investment manager has more than quadrupled its assets to $1 billion over the past year, defying an exodus of capital from the industry. Michael Cowley's Sandbar Asset Management, which started trading in August 2018, had about $230 million of assets a year ago, according to a spokesman for the London-based firm. The subsequent surge was boosted by the October launch of a retail-friendly fund that offers daily dealing, and whose assets have jumped to more than $600 million from $100 million.
Biggest Bitcoin Investment Trust Says Hedge-fund Demand Booming
Traditional hedge funds, pensions and endowments are boosting cryptocurrency holdings, according to the biggest Bitcoin trust provider. Grayscale Investments, which lets accredited investors own Bitcoin and other coins via its funds, said it took in $608 million last year, surpassing the total amount raised the previous six years. The majority of the inflows -- about 71% -- came from institutions like hedge funds, up from 66% in 2018, according to Grayscale.