Alternatives Watch

Olympus Partners?has completed fundraising for its eighth private equity fund, Olympus Growth Fund VIII, securing $3.5 billion in total capital. https://lnkd.in/gsBGfpGQ

The?New Mexico State Investment Council?(SIC) discussed its long-term return assumptions, real assets investment policy and approved two private equity fund commitments this week. https://lnkd.in/gj8MPfaW

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