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Infrastructure debt funds reaching 2012 highs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... infrastructure debt fund market collectively raised US$11.6 billion in 2016, approaching the 2012 high of US$12 billion. A Preqin report on the sector said this suggested "debt is becoming a more significant part of the unlisted infrastructure fund industry," ...

Unlisted ag funds hit $22bn

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
The unlisted agriculture fund sector has hit $22 billion in assets under management, according to Preqin research. This makes agriculture now the second-biggest industry in the natural resources fund sector behind energy. This was largely driven by ...

Investors hard up for alternatives opportunities

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Fund terms set by alternatives managers are turning away institutional investors, according to Preqin research. Preqin's survey of 490 institutional investors suggests that "at least" 80% of respondents had previously decided not to invest in an alternatives ...

Preqin research highlights surge in private capital sector

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... private capital industry reached $5.7 trillion in 2015, up from $5.3 trillion in 2014 and $3.8 trillion in 2010. According to Preqin research, private equity firms hold the majority ($3.8 trillion) of this amount, followed by private real estate (roughly ...

Real estate debt funds to exceed 2015 growth: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... equity real estate debt funds grew by 25% and aggregate target capital grew by 41% in the year to July 2016, according to Preqin research. From 2013 to 2015, fund managers worldwide raised roughly $75 billion for these strategies. Over $19 billion was ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... up for the industry. Highlighting how polar attitudes towards the product type have become in recent years, researcher Preqin says 49% of public pension funds decreased hedge fund allocations in the past year while 47% increased exposure. Compounding ...

Fund managers fleeing UK post-Brexit: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... Roughly a third of alternatives managers are investing less in the UK as a response to the Brexit referendum, according to Preqin research. The research, based on a survey of 140 alternative assets firms and 50 institutional investors, showed that the ...

Commodities slump stalling sovereign wealth growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... commodities economies are being forced to sell off assets to manage government deficits, slowing growth for the sector. The 2016 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review shows that while assets held in sovereign wealth funds collectively grew by $200 billion ...

Alternatives now used by 80% of instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
Nearly eight out of 10 global institutional investors now invest in alternative assets, according to research from Preqin. The latest 'Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2016' finds that investors are mixed in their attitudes to the alternative ...

Alternatives managers see record growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
The global alternative assets industry saw record growth to $10.5 trillion in 2015, according to Preqin research. The Preqin Global Alternatives Report for 2016 indicated that this was primarily driven by growth in private equity, which saw $274 billion ...