BHA to Release Q4 Research Report
Each quarter, BHA analysts collect detailed profiles from more than 1,300 investors that are actively making investments in hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds, and related funds of funds. These investors are spread across the globe; their assets under management (AUM) range from less than $100 million to more than $10 billion dedicated to alternative investments.
Analysts speak with investors about their current preferences regarding alternative strategies, manager requirements, investment processes, due diligence systems, future allocation plans, and current and historical areas of exposure. The team then conducts both quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data to explore trends within the alternative investment marketplace. These trends reveal shifts in investor sentiment about alternative investments and provide unprecedented insight into the mindset of alternative investors during the past quarter. Analysts then explain these trends in the BHA Quarterly Research Report.
The latest BHA Quarterly Research Report will be released this week. During the fourth quarter, analysts tracked significant interest among hedge fund investors for global macro funds. Analysts also noted that natural resources were a consistent sector interest. Private equity fund investors focused a significant amount of attention on funds that were taking advantage of opportunities in the secondary space. Interest in funds of hedge funds started to recover among family offices, especially funds that were focused on commodities. Real estate funds also benefited from a market rebound especially in the U.S. and Europe where investors were interested in sourcing fund opportunities in commercial real estate. Early indications for 2010 are that the loosening of credit is finally beginning to have a significant impact on the alternative investment community as capital is beginning to flow back into the industry following the redemptions sparked by th e crisis in 2008.