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...
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 Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
The Finnish government pension fund KEVA is currently planning a restructuring of its assets, including a raised allocation share in hedge funds. March 2...
European pension funds remain sceptical about the benefits of hedge fund investing March 2 (Reuters) Europe's pension funds remain sceptical about their benefits, believing...
Two hedge fund professionals are preparing to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding mountain in the world in order to raise money for Hedge...
Hedge-fund fraud is common in the United States because books are not valued independently and because the industry until recently was unregulated, according to...
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...
