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Alternative assets in an investor’s portfolio

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

Research

New head of research at Zeus Capital

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

European institutions look to alternatives for increased yield

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

Megadeals fuel hot start to offshore transactions in 2015

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

Convergence report focuses on business trends amongst alternative asset managers

A proliferation of new products and new distribution channels along with increased demands for transparency have significantly altered the demands on the infrastructure of alternative asset managers.  That’s according to Convergence’s 2015 Alternative Asset Management Industry Update, which reveals that these trends lead to greater operating "complexity", which results in

Research

Small is beautiful when it comes to PE investments, according to new report

Akina and Professor Oliver Gottschalg, HEC Paris and PERACS, have jointly release a research study analysing the fundamental drivers of risk and return in portfolios of private equity fund investments.  The report’s findings reveal the superiority of an optimally diversified small/mid-cap portfolio strategy both in terms of return and risk.

Announcement

Australian budget must drive innovative economy and boost business confidence

Australia’s federal budget must clearly map out a cohesive policy strategy that continues to build on the nation’s innovative capacity and encourages greater capital investment across the business sector, according to the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL).  “The federal budget plays a critically important role in

European PE-backed deals down 10% in Q1

The number of European private equity-backed deals declined by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, from the 372 transactions seen in the previous three months to 334 transactions. That’s according to preliminary figures in the Q1 2015 unquote” European Private Equity Barometer, published by unquote” in association

Survey

Unigestion sees marked improvement in hedge fund managers’ approach to ESG

Institutional asset manager Unigestion has reported ‘encouraging’ results from a survey of hedge fund and private asset managers it invests in on their approaches to ESG. Whilst the survey revealed that 60 per cent of hedge fund managers were still reluctant to introduce ESG criteria into their investment approach, this

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