As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...
By Fredrik Langenskiöld – Union Bancaire Privée: Multi-strategy funds are those that allocate to more than one alternative strategy or portfolio manager (PM) in...
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, the investment bank of Dresdner Bank AG, has launched a new Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage business March 1: Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein...
VanthedgePoint Group has announced the results from its first annual Small Hedge Fund Manager Sentiment Survey. March 1 (PRNewswire): VanthedgePoint Group LLC, an integrated...
Some well known US fund companies are asking their shareholders to approve hedge fund techniques. Alianz Global, Julius Baer, and Alliance Capital Management have...
In a new report, Barclays Capital criticizes the credibility of hedge funds, saying that some funds exaggerate their results by for instance comparing them...
A record number of hedge funds launched and liquidated in 2005, suggesting that the industry remains buoyant but increasingly competitive, according to Hedge Fund...
Global emerging markets are still attractive and are likely to continue outperforming developed markets, according to HSBC February 28 (Reuters): Global emerging markets are...
A major strategic shift in the global money management industry has caused a value surge in the sales of worldwide asset management businesses during...
