After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...
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...
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...
As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...
By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
Every day, households borrow money to buy homes, finance cars, pay for education, or fund everyday consumption. These mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans, and...
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 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...
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 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...
At first glance, CTA investing can appear deceptively homogeneous. Many managers trade the same liquid futures markets and rely on systematic, trendfollowing models that...
The process of finding a new manager for FSA-sanctioned Kullberg & Spiik’s two hedge funds is proving to take longer than first anticipated. According...
Some university endowments have gone crazy over hedge funds, with allocations reaching a staggering 82% April 4 (InstitutionalInvestor): Some university endowments have gone crazy...
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...
