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 Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...
Private markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...
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...
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...
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...
By Bjarne Graven Larsen: For decades during the great moderation, the 60/40 portfolio was the institutional investor's Swiss army knife. Equities grew wealth; bonds...
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 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 Andrew Beer, Co-Founder of DBi: After a decade of studying CTAs, we have drawn three conclusions about the nature of their alpha generation. At the...
By Liam Hynes, PhD – S&P Global Market Intelligence: Systematic investing has always been a story of expanding information sets. Prices, then fundamentals, then...
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...
The ETF market is entering a new phase in which growth is increasingly concentrated at opposite ends of the cost spectrum. While ultra-low-cost passive...
