Incisive Views from Professionals
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Blackrock has initiated a Global Private Markets Survey* covering respondents from public pensions, corporate pensions, insurers, family offices, foundations and endowments, and sovereign wealth funds. The key graphic was this one: Distressed Investing and Direct Lending are seen by institutional investors as amongst the best opportuities in private credit. […] Read more »
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight Bfinance the investment consultant* has recently published its Market Trends Quarterly. In the manager search trends the latest quarter has seen a continuation of strong appetite for private markets strategies, even though recent declines in public markets have left investors with heightened exposures to illiquid assets. Indeed, […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff A survey was conducted by CAIS and Mercer at a recent conference* tailored to independent financial advisors on the West Coast. “We are increasingly seeing advisors target a three-dimensional portfolio that more closely resembles a 50/30/20 model across stocks, bonds, and alts,” said Matt Brown, Founder and CEO of CAIS. “These findings would seem to […] Read more »
By Mary Bates, Director Silver Creek Capital OVERVIEW Continued complacency seemed to define the second quarter of 2014, with investors seemingly willing to assume that U.S. growth prospects will remain solid and that the Federal Reserve will manage any issues appropriately. This view was evidenced by the continued downward march of volatility across multiple […] Read more »