A significant majority of high net worth and institutional investors plan to increase their allocation to alternative funds in 2015, according to a survey conducted by Altegris Advisors. Findings of the Altegris Investor Survey, conducted at the Strategic Investment Conference, hosted by Altegris and Mauldin Economics, revealed that 66 per
The combined 10 year internal rate of return (IRR) for private equity and venture capital stood at 14.9 per cent for 2014, nearly double the figure returned by UK pension fund assets (7.8 per cent) and the FTSE All-Share (7.6 per cent). That’s according to the BVCA’s annual Performance Measurement
A report from the Stockholm School of Economics has found that Stockholm is Europe’s second most sought after city for Fintech investments in the past five years. The Swedish capital accounted for 18.3 per cent of all Fintech investments in this time period, putting it behind only London. The report’s authors comment that
Social media and the right team seem to be crucial factors in achieving the goal for a crowdfunding campaign, according to a new research report by FundedByMe. FundedByMe is one of the only full-service crowdfunding platforms offering capital through equity, debt and reward based crowdfunding and has funded some 500
A study of 100 senior corporate executives by global law firm Reed Smith, in partnership with Mergermarket, reveals that 84 per cent of technology, media and entertainment (TME) companies expect to see more cross-sector M&A convergence deals over the next two years. The report, entitled Wired up: The convergence of
Invesco has released its third annual Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study, an in-depth report on the complex investment behaviour of sovereign wealth funds, conducted amongst more than 50 individual sovereign investors across the globe representing USD7.09 trillion of assets. This year’s study took place against a backdrop of an
In this extract from the 2015 Preqin Investor Network Global Alternatives Report, we draw upon the latest data and investor interviews to explore the importance of alternative assets in an investor’s portfolio. Private Equity The limited partner universe has expanded and diversified in line with the growth of the private
Investment banking boutique Zeus Capital has made a senior promotion to bolster its research team, with Mike Allen taking on the role of Head of Research. Having joined Zeus Capital in September 2014 as Research Director, Allen is a public market analyst and has published research on some of the
Research firm Cerulli Associates has found that close to 70 per cent of European pensions plan to increase allocations to various alternative investment classes, principally infrastructure, in their search for diversification. The institutions realise that the yields from their core holdings are inadequate and that markets for some mainstream assets
The total cumulative value of offshore M&A deals and IPOs remained robust in the first quarter of 2015, with the average size of each deal among the highest on record, according to a report released today by Appleby. The latest edition of Offshore-i, an Appleby report that provides data and
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