UCITS and AIFs recorded net sales of EUR28 billion in Q2 2018, a significant decrease on the EUR222 billion of sales seen in Q1, according to the latest European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) Quarterly Statistical Release for the European investment funds industry. Multi-asset funds and other funds registered net inflows of
Private equity and venture capital managers have struggled to keep pace with the bull market in public equities over the last decade, and the level of outperformance for is on the decline, according to new fund performance data for Q4 2017 released by PitchBook. This lacklustre performance is more exaggerated
Just 14 per cent of partners at hedge funds, private equity firms and other financial services partnerships are women (1,381 out of 9,957 total partners), according to an analysis of data provided by the FCA to Fox & Partners, the partnership law specialists. The low percentage of women partners highlights
CEPRES, an investment decision network for private markets, has released new research on the benefits of Asian Investments for portfolio diversification and risk mitigation. By analysing over 5,500 Asian PE deals dilligenced between LPs and GPs on their network, CEPRES discovered most Asian PE deals are driven by revenue and
Private equity and venture capital investment into companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) reached a record EUR3.5 billion in 2017, new data from Invest Europe reveals. With a 113 per cent year-on-year increase, this amount surpasses the region’s previous peak in 2008 by 40 per cent, according to the
The majority of family offices are investing in private equity but are overlooking opportunities in smaller deals (under USD100 million in Enterprise Value) and in markets outside the United States, according to a new survey from Schroder Adveq. Conducted among family office and private wealth professionals at the Opal Family
Edge Technology Group, a Managed Service Provider to the financial sector, has released a paper exploring several key factors to aid investment firms in developing an informed cloud migration strategy. The paper also provides key findings from the Gartner research report, ‘Build the Right Justification for Moving to the Cloud’
A new survey of institutional asset managers, consultants and investors confirms compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) is on the rise, with 84 per cent of asset managers responding saying their firms are GIPS compliant. This is up from 72 per cent who claimed compliance in 2014, the
Private equity fund distributions have outweighed capital calls by a significant and striking degree over the past five years. Data from eFront, the world’s leading alternative investment management software and solutions provider, shows that since the start of 2013, distributions from private equity funds have remained at historically high levels,
It has become more challenging for institutional asset owners to find compelling opportunities in private debt, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson which examines the key principles that investors should follow in order to invest most effectively in the sector. According to the report, ‘Finding value in private
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