Alternative investments have become increasingly mainstream in recent decades, but particularly since the financial crisis, the industry has placed renewed emphasis on transparency and governance when it comes to hedge, private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and other alternative funds. Working with the Economist Intelligence Unit, Northern Trust asked 200+ alternatives

A new survey of global asset managers and institutional investors, sponsored by Northern Trust, would suggest that alternatives have become mainstream. With this, asset managers are facing demands from investors for an increased level of transparency that more closely aligns with that provided for traditional long-only funds. The survey was

M&A is a favoured tool for activists, with 47 per cent of M&A activism since 2010 explicitly directed at pushing for the sale or acquisition of the target company, according to a report from Activist Insight and Kingsdale Advisors.   Yet the report, which provides a broad overview of the

Alternative lender Growth Street has revealed that 37.4 per cent of its investors are under the age of 35, contradicting public figures who have chastised millennials for not thinking about saving and investment.   Growth Street’s news follows comments made by property mogul Tim Gurner earlier this month. In an

The recent launch of Blackstone Infrastructure I demonstrates the long-term trend towards capital concentration in the unlisted infrastructure market, says Preqin, with investors looking to commit more capital to fewer fund managers.   This means that while fundraising as a whole is at record levels, the majority of it is

The Europe-focused infrastructure market is developing at a rapid rate, with both fundraising and deal making hitting record levels in recent years, according to analysis released by Preqin.   A total of 34 Europe-focused unlisted infrastructure funds closed in 2016, raising a record USD25 billion. This accounts for nearly half

New analysis from data science hub Pivigo has revealed businesses with multiple nationalities represented at the leadership level receive significantly more funding than those with directors solely from the UK.  Pivigo’s in-house team analysed open data sets from Companies House and Crunchbase, and found businesses with similar size boards (three-four