Hedge fund and private equity managers are split on whether considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) is beneficial to their businesses, according to a survey by boutique asset manager Unigestion. The survey suggests ESG is growing in importance for hedge funds with 53 per cent of managers saying they currently
Advisers consider alternative investments key to growing their high-net-worth (HNW) business, but a lack of access to quality products stands in the way of larger allocations to the asset class, according to a financial adviser survey commissioned by Artivest. The majority of financial advisers surveyed (54 per cent) believe that
The global venture capital investment market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 35.86 per cent between 2016 and 2020, according to a report from Research and Markets. The report – Global Venture Capital Investment Market 2016-2020 – has been prepared based on an in-depth market
Direct lending has been ranked as the most popular among private debt fund strategies, according to research among European institutional investors conducted by fiduciary services provider Elian. Of those private debt fund strategies most favoured amongst investors over the next 12 to 24 months, direct lending took poll position with
More than 80 per cent of institutional investors surveyed at a recent event hosted by Northern Trust in Stockholm expect investor allocations to alternative assets to increase within the next five years, with private equity and infrastructure to receive the highest new allocations. Approximately 50 Nordic institutional investors – including
General partners (GPs) expect to face increased competition for deals as growing numbers of limited partners (LPs) target transactions through direct investment, according to research by the London Business School on behalf of MVision Private Equity Advisers. Almost half of GPs surveyed predict having to go head-to-head with LPs in
Many alternative fund managers expect performance and investment decisions to be affected following the UK’s Brexit vote, while institutional investors expect to commit less to the UK, according to a survey carried out by Preqin. In the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, the firm surveyed over
Ninety per cent of business leaders expect Britain’s vote to leave the European Union to prompt a fall in economic growth in the short-term, according to BGF’s Growth Climate Index. However, the survey of over 450 business leaders and entrepreneurs suggests their outlook is improving in the longer-term with 55
Listed infrastructure securities cannot be considered a unique asset class, according to EDHEC Infrastructure Institute-Singapore’s (EDHECinfra) paper entitled “Searching for a Listed Infrastructure Asset Class”. Using mean-variance spanning tests for 22 different proxies of listed infrastructure that were added to the portfolio of a well-diversified investor, the authors find no
An uncertain environment in 2016 caused by the UK’s referendum on European Union (EU) membership and US elections has negatively impacted M&A activity, setting global M&A back 26.6 per cent during the first half of 2016. Total deals were worth USD1.32 trillion compared to USD1.81 trillion in H1 2015, and
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