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...
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...
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 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...
After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...
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 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 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 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 Liam Hynes, PhD – S&P Global Market Intelligence: Systematic investing has always been a story of expanding information sets. Prices, then fundamentals, then...
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...
The investment industry is about to see the rise of the “cult of the alternative”, according to Hermes’ chief investment officer March 28 (IPE.com):...
In a HedgeWeek commentary, Peter Jones, Director, Securities Evaluations, Standard & Poor's and Joseph Mariathasan, Consultant, StratCom outline the latest trends in bonds valuations....
The UKs Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its feedback to Discussion Paper 05/4 Hedge Funds: A Discussion of Risk and Regulatory Engagement, which...
European companies have kicked off 2006 with more mergers and acquisitions than in any other first quarter on record March 27 (Reuters): European companies...
