After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...
Private credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial intelligence could disrupt parts of the...
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...
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...
Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...
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...
By Liam Hynes, PhD – S&P Global Market Intelligence: Systematic investing has always been a story of expanding information sets. Prices, then fundamentals, then...
At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous. Many managers trade the same liquid futures markets and rely on systematic, trendfollowing models that...
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 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 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...
Hedge funds are increasingly focusing on relative performance rather than absolute returns, a trend that is worrying the industry April 3 (Reuters): Hedge funds...
According to new research, commodities futures is an excellent portfolio diversifier, having displayed historical average excess returns similar to equity April 3 (HedgeWorld): The...
According to the American hedge fund Jana Partners, the Stockholm Stock Exchange ranks as one of Europe’s most overrated stock markets. Consequently, the fund...
Allocations to asset classes such as hedge funds by European institutions are profoundly mistaken, argues notable investment strategy researcher Guy Fraser-Sampson in a HedgeWeek...
The Norwegian managed futures fund Interkraft Energy Fund is the best performing fund in the Hedgenordic NHX hedge fund index in February The Norwegian...
The first Spanish onshore hedge fund may launch in the fourth quarter of 2006. March 30 (Opalesque): Opalesque editor Matthias Knab reports live from...
According to a new study from State Street, the confidence among institutional investors in alternative investments is on the rise. March 29 (BusinessWire): State...
