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Infrastructure deals fall as valuations skyrocket

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
The average deal size for infrastructure investments has risen by 56% in the last three years, according to Preqin research. The average deal size in 2015 is roughly $852 million, compared to $546 million in 2013. Perhaps as a result, the total number ...

Infrastructure allocations up 14% in two years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... top 100 infrastructure investors have increased their holdings in the asset class by 14% to $310 billion, according to Preqin research. This reflects the growing demand for infrastructure investment worldwide and supports the projection in PwC's 2014 ...

Sovereign wealth funds growing despite falling commodity prices

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... majority of sovereign wealth funds in 2014 despite steadily declining oil and commodity prices, according to research by Preqin. This is significant, Preqin argues, because many sovereign wealth funds rely on oil and commodities for funding. Instead ...

Instos prefer direct infra investment over funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Institutional investors' demand for direct infrastructure has outgrown the demand for fund commitments, the 2015 Preqin Global Infrastructure Report found. Only two years ago, 91% of investors were looking to invest in infrastructure through managed ...

Alternatives managers asked to help more with fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... structures can better align their interests with fund managers, according to a recent survey by data and research provider Preqin. Of the five major alternative asset classes - private equity, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure and private debt ...

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... over half of the asset growth across alternatives in 2014, despite their underwhelming performance during the past year, a Preqin report found. In 2014, hedge funds posted returns of 3.78%, which represents the lowest average returns since 2011. In 2013 ...

Infrastructure valuations at all-time highs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... traded so far this year are at the highest level on record, according to the latest analysis by alternatives research house Preqin. More than one-third of transactions completed in the year to date were valued at more than $500 million, with the average ...

A quarter of global instos plan to grow alternatives investment teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... investors expect to grow their alternative investment teams over the next two years, according to the latest survey by Preqin. The specialist research house asked 380 global institutions who are active in alternative assets for their outlook on the asset ...

Growth of institutional infrastructure demand revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... billion into direct infrastructure projects in the last four years, according to research from alternatives research house Preqin. Preqin's latest research estimates that institutions have invested directly in infrastructure deals valued at a total of ...

Half of infrastructure investors unhappy with fee structures

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... fund managers' interests are aligned with their own, according to new research by alternatives research and data provider Preqin. Research released in the November edition of the group's Infrastructure Spotlight reveals that 49% of infrastructure investors ...