Goldman Sachs has introduced a new alternative investments platform to offer wealthy clients and family offices direct stakes in fast-growing private companies, including those benefiting from the AI investment boom, and to facilitate secondary market transactions for private holdings.
Spaniard will pay fines for previous event clashesDeal includes playing in agreed tournaments this yearJon Rahm has revealed he has ended his dispute with the DP World Tour, which returns the Spaniard to contention for next year’s Ryder Cup at Adare Manor, but he played down the sense of golfers sharply exiting LIV. Rahm, who has been tipped to make a return to the PGA Tour, has cited tight contractual terms as a reason he and others are not completely in control of their own destiny.The abrupt exit of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) abrupt exit from LIV – the Saudis will remove finance at the end of this year – has left the tour scrambling for alternative investment. Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau are LIV’s biggest names, whom many assumed would already be glancing towards a playing future elsewhere. Rahm urged caution. Continue reading...
Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) in India offer high alpha but much of it is unrealized, existing in valuations rather than cash. Investors must look beyond IRR to metrics like DPI and fund manager exit history before committing Rs. 1 crore.
Indian alternative investment firms are experiencing a sharp decline in fresh capital commitments from Gulf investors as regional conflicts make high-net-worth individuals, family offices and sovereign investors more cautious. Several India-focused firms that expanded to the Gulf in recent years are now redrawing fundraising plans and exploring investors in Africa and Europe instead. Nisus Finance, which launched a $500 million Gulf-focused real estate fund in Dubai in August 2024, reports soft commitments but investors waiting for the "fog of war" to clear.
