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October 30, 2025

Alternative Investments Insights

Dynamics of the liquidity slowdown in Private Equity

Exploring the key drivers behind the recent decline in PE exit activity

Liquidity in the Private Equity market has experienced a marked slowdown in recent years, reshaping the landscape for investors. This trend has been evident in both Europe and North America, with declining exit values and slower distributions affecting capital flows. However, the underlying drivers of this slowdown differ between regions, revealing important insights into the evolving dynamics of Private Equity. As investors reassess their allocation strategies to face market uncertainty, one segment has demonstrated remarkable resilience: the Lower Mid-Market. This space continues to offer disciplined investors a combination of stability, growth, and risk mitigation, making it an increasingly attractive area for capital deployment.
October 30, 2025

Hedge Funds on a Winning Streak, What’s Next for 2025?

Strong second half in 2024 to close a remarkable year for Hedge Funds. Equity Hedge managers have thrived thanks to healthy sector dispersion. No signs of slowdown ahead. While Merger Arbitrage faced regulatory issues Event-Driven overall benefitted from market strength. Discretionary macro capitalized on divergent policies and global shifts, while Systematic strategies lagged. Relative Value managers sailed through a flawless year with tailwinds still in their favor. Digital asset strategies have outpaced the broader hedge fund industry while shielding investors from crypto volatility.
July 11, 2025

Riding the waves of dispersion

Global markets saw mixed but ultimately positive performance in H1. January opened strong, driven by policy shifts and gains in energy, healthcare, and European equities. February and March were volatile as trade tariff concerns weighed on sentiment, with US tech leading losses and growth stocks sharply underperforming value. Interest rates fell globally early in the period, except for the US where the Dollar fluctuated, and commodities were mixed. April brought heightened volatility but improved sentiment by month-end, with renewed optimism around trade negotiations and potential rate cuts. May saw a strong rebound, led by technology and improving global growth prospects, with Germany and Japan topping regional equity gains. Overall, risk appetite recovered heading into summer.
May 27, 2025

Syz Capital Alternative Summit 2025

Syz Capital, the $2 billion alternatives investment arm of the family-owned Syz Group, proudly presents the Syz Alternative Summit Summary. This event brought together industry leaders, investors, and innovators to explore the future of alternative investments and digital assets.
March 10, 2025

Syz Capital selects Coinbase to launch innovative BTC Alpha Fund

Syz Capital, the $2 billion alternatives investment arm of the family-owned Syz Group, has launched the Syz Capital BTC Alpha Fund, with Coinbase as Prime Broker and Custodian. This pioneering fund of crypto hedge funds taps into volatility, market inefficiencies, and fragmented liquidity to deliver low volatility uncorrelated returns, denominated in bitcoin – a first for any financial institution globally. Building on the 2023 launch of SyzCrest—now a global leader in crypto hedge fund allocation—the new bitcoin-denominated, market-neutral fund underscores Syz Group’s mission to be a leader in new innovations in the digital asset space.
October 30, 2025

Dynamics of the liquidity slowdown in Private Equity

Exploring the key drivers behind the recent decline in PE exit activity
December 23, 2024

David vs. Goliath in Private Equity

The battle for returns: Lower Mid-Market vs. large-cap
November 14, 2024

Syz Capital backs Riverdam in the creation of a leading MSP platform

Syz Capital is delighted to announce its co-investment in the Managed IT Service Providers Platform of the investment company Riverdam. This deal marks the fifth investment for our multi-strategy Private Equity fund, now showing a strong and well-seeded portfolio. This investment continues to demonstrate Syz Capital’s capability of leveraging longstanding relationships in the Private Equity market to co-invest alongside leading sponsors and management teams in high-potential Lower Mid-Market companies.
November 13, 2024

Ursula Nitschke joins Syz Capital as Head of Business Development & IR

Ursula Nitschke has been appointed to the role of Head of Business Development and Investor Relations at Syz Capital, the $1.8bln alternatives investment arm of the family owned Syz Group.
November 2, 2024

Syz Capital with operating partners Saturnus Capital take majority stake in digital marketing pioneer Capture Media

Capture Media is the fastest-growing Engagement Advertising Provider in Switzerland. The strategy will focus to further accelerate product innovation, expand geographic reach and develop M&A opportunities. SYZ Capital is a boutique private markets investor providing exclusive access to niche investments in private equity and alternative investments. Saturnus Capital is a private equity specialist focused on mid-market transactions in the DACH region.
May 15, 2023

Syz partners with Willy Woo and CMCC to launch first bank-backed crypto hedge fund

Syz Group has partnered with CMCC Global to launch SyzCrest Digital Uncorrelated – a fund of crypto hedge funds. SyzCrest brings together some of the most renowned experts in the traditional hedge fund world and the crypto and digital asset ecosystem. The strategy will be available to investors from July 1st.
February 9, 2022

The calm after the storm?

It has been a rough start to 2022 for risk assets as expectations of more rapid monetary policy tightening and inflation concerns pushed equities and bonds to sell-off simultaneously. The biggest macroeconomic development so far in 2022 is undoubtedly the hawkish pivot by both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank in response to persistent inflation. But after a hectic January, and despite widening credit and European periphery spreads, global stocks saw some sense of calm return last week with narrowed down intraday swings.
February 2, 2022

Syz Capital partner with Saturnus Capital to take controlling stake in leading German Pharmaceutical Logistics firm, SK Pharma

SK Pharma is one of Germany’s leading pharmaceutical pre-wholesalers. Syz Capital is a boutique private markets investor providing exclusive access to niche investments in private equity and alternative investments. Saturnus Capital is a private equity firm focused on mid-market transactions in the DACH region.

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March 10, 2025

Syz Capital selects Coinbase to launch innovative BTC Alpha Fund

Syz Capital, the $2 billion alternatives investment arm of the family-owned Syz Group, has launched the Syz Capital BTC Alpha Fund, with Coinbase as Prime Broker and Custodian. This pioneering fund of crypto hedge funds taps into volatility, market inefficiencies, and fragmented liquidity to deliver low volatility uncorrelated returns, denominated in bitcoin – a first for any financial institution globally. Building on the 2023 launch of SyzCrest—now a global leader in crypto hedge fund allocation—the new bitcoin-denominated, market-neutral fund underscores Syz Group’s mission to be a leader in new innovations in the digital asset space.
November 2, 2024

Syz Capital with operating partners Saturnus Capital take majority stake in digital marketing pioneer Capture Media

Capture Media is the fastest-growing Engagement Advertising Provider in Switzerland. The strategy will focus to further accelerate product innovation, expand geographic reach and develop M&A opportunities. SYZ Capital is a boutique private markets investor providing exclusive access to niche investments in private equity and alternative investments. Saturnus Capital is a private equity specialist focused on mid-market transactions in the DACH region.
May 15, 2023

Syz partners with Willy Woo and CMCC to launch first bank-backed crypto hedge fund

Syz Group has partnered with CMCC Global to launch SyzCrest Digital Uncorrelated – a fund of crypto hedge funds. SyzCrest brings together some of the most renowned experts in the traditional hedge fund world and the crypto and digital asset ecosystem. The strategy will be available to investors from July 1st.

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