Norwegian boutique Norselab Credit Management is launching its fourth fund in less than four years, expanding its credit platform into the highly cyclical shipping,...
By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
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 markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...
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...
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 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 Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB: For many investors, manager selection ultimately comes down to intuition, whether...
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...
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 Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index returned -0.10% in February March 9 (BusinessWire): The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index returned -0.10% in February according...
Emerging-markets hedge funds have generated big returns so far in 2006 following surging Latin American stock markets. March 8 (MarketWatch): The Hennessee Hedge...
Pension funds and their advisers are becoming more open to the idea of increasing use of alternative products and investment techniques to reduce deficits,...
According to Hennessee Group, hedge funds advanced ahead of the broad equity markets in February. The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index rose +0.73% (+4.25% YTD)....
Fund managers are ranking European firms on how vulnerable they are to protectionist rhetoric from politicians over mergers and acquisitions March 7 8 (Reuters):...
