After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...
As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...
While parts of the private equity industry have faced a challenging dealmaking environment in recent years, Nordic mid-market buyout manager Summa Equity has navigated...
By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
Private credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial intelligence could disrupt parts of the...
Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...
Infrastructure has traditionally been viewed as one of the more defensive corners of private markets, characterized by essential services, stable cash flows, and hard-asset...
At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous. Many managers trade the same liquid futures markets and rely on systematic, trendfollowing models that...
Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...
By Scott Schefrin, Portfolio Manager at AB Hedge Fund Solutions: After a series of slower years for deal activity, merger arbitrage has re-emerged as a compelling strategy...
By Fredrik Langenskiöld – Union Bancaire Privée: Multi-strategy funds are those that allocate to more than one alternative strategy or portfolio manager (PM) in...
By Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB: For many investors, manager selection ultimately comes down to intuition, whether...
By Thomas Babbedge at GreshamQuant: I first went to the Exeter Racecourse when I was thirteen years old with the girl next-door. I don't remember where...
After two difficult months in April and May, hedge fund Colosseum Global Alpha has regained momentum over the summer, posting three consecutive positive months....
Brummer Multi-Strategy (BMS) continued to evolve its portfolio during the first half of the year, adding three specialist teams, parting ways with a U.S.-focused...
The NHX CTA Index rebounded strongly in August, supported primarily by gains in currencies and equity markets. Most managers and sub-strategy groups finished the...
By Ashish Shrestha, Senior Solutions Consultant at MAIA Technology: Artificial intelligence is moving quickly from experimentation towards implementation across the hedge fund industry. For...
Volt Diversified Alpha Fund delivered an estimated 5.8 percent gain in August, its second-best monthly performance since launching in early 2017, as its systematic...
By Luc Dumontier, CIO Global Asset Management, iM Global Partner: Rarely have global portfolios carried such concentrated exposure to a single bet. US equities...
By Steven Braun at Newfound Research and Return Stacked® Portfolio Solutions: Long-only active management traditionally has two levers for generating excess returns. The first...
