Alternatives Watch

Investors are redrawing their strategic maps across the?Asia Pacific?region, with private equity capital flowing to unexpected corners as traditional markets lose their luster, according to a new?Bain & Company?report. https://lnkd.in/gWnwcB7F

Pemberton Asset Management?appointed Grant Dechert as director of North American Business Development. Based in San Francisco, Dechert will focus on serving clients throughout the Western U.S. https://lnkd.in/gvh5MQvb

Minneapolis-based alternative investment manager?Castlelake?closed its fifth?aviation?fund after raising over $2 billion in capital commitments, making it the firm's largest offering focused exclusively on this sector. https://lnkd.in/gUdNrzpi

A new study from?Nickel Digital Asset Management?found that 94% of institutional investors see the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new leadership as a positive development, and many of them are clamoring regulatory improvements in the digital assets space. https://lnkd.in/gyeuBDSG

The democratization of alts marches on as Hamilton Lane launches its first private infrastructure offering for non-accredited U.S. investors with minimums as low as $500 via the Republic platform. https://lnkd.in/g2txqkxj #alternativeinvestments #infrastructure #retailinvestors #RIAs

GCM Grosvenor?has partnered to create Grove Lane Partners, a new distribution platform targeting registered investment advisors, independent broker-dealers, and?family offices?seeking greater private capital exposure. https://lnkd.in/d3qe8AiB

Alternative assets still have some room to grow in institutional allocator portfolios, with 66% planning to boost private assets, according to a new survey by Nuveen, a TIAA company. https://lnkd.in/g4W9wT2W #alternativeinvestments #alts #survey #institutionalinvestors

Quantitative hedge fund?Winton Capital?has unveiled a new?trend-following?"portable alpha" strategy, the first of its kind to be launched in a daily-dealing UCITS structure, tapping into surging demand for such funds among investors. https://lnkd.in/g67a5_bP

Blue Owl Capital?named Blake Shorthouse in London as global head of family capital in a role intended to boost the firm's resources and capabilities to support the family office community. More details on what Blake will be up to in the story below. https://lnkd.in/gEQtJxsB

With a fund that saw commitments from the Alaska Permanent Fund and the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) announced late Friday that closed its North Haven Infrastructure Partners IV at $4.1 billion. More details in the story below. https://lnkd.in/eKDZ5hGK