At the end of the first quarter, 24.5% of the hedge fund mandates collected by BHA specified an interest in UCITS funds. This continued the trend of relatively steady interest that analysts saw in 2011. In the first quarter of … Continue reading
Co-investing may finally be gaining some traction. An investment approach that has traditionally attracted little attention, co-investing is increasingly on the radar screens of both investors and managers. In July, a “MarketWatch” article noted, “Co-investments give a good glimpse into … Continue reading
Alternative real estate investment strategies can be broadly divided into two categories: core and non-core. Core strategies typically have exposure to properties that have high occupancy rates, are well maintained, and are in markets that have high barriers to entry. … Continue reading
The private equity industry goes back to the 1940s. However, it wasn’t until the technology boom in the 1990s that venture capital (VC) became a high-profile investing strategy. Because venture capital and private equity are so often and so closely … Continue reading
Fundraising in tough economic times is something many fund managers find difficult—that is unless they oversee a distressed debt strategy. For these managers, a weak economy creates a wider set of opportunities. And as investors redeem capital from more traditional … Continue reading
Growth capital has consistently been one of the most popular private equity fund strategies in terms of investor demand. Of the 950 private equity mandates collected in 2011, 427, or nearly 45%, specified an interest in growth capital. As … Continue reading
The buyout industry has garnered a great deal of attention from the media recently, courtesy of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. He has received a good deal of negative press for the buyouts he engineered earlier in his career. Investors … Continue reading
Most alternative investors are familiar with the event-driven strategy, a hedge fund approach that looks to take advantage of market changes caused by corporate events. However, many investors are not aware of the large number of strategies that fall into … Continue reading
In 2011, analysts at BHA collected 691 mandates for CTA/managed futures funds, which represented 32% of all mandates received. CTA was the third most popular hedge fund strategy, preceded only by long/short equity (65%) and global macro (42%). Although the … Continue reading
Global macro managers ended the year down 3.6%.1 This may come as a surprise to many since the market volatility in 2011 seemed to provide the perfect environment for global macro funds to outperform the market. However, throughout the year, … Continue reading