Fiscal constraints around the world, but especially in Europe, are leading to a surge in investment opportunities in various asset classes. Greg Bright reports on one.
Beta management comes out of the shadows
by GREG BRIGHT | June 1, 2010
There are new and improved ways of enhancing the beta in portfolios. Greg Bright looks at some of the enhancements, or tilts, which have been researched by State Street Global Advisors.
What investors really want
by AMANDA WHITE | April 14, 2010
While the models of expected returns are evolving, they still do not recognise the role of expressive and emotional characteristics. In this guest editorial in the Financial Analysts Journal, Meir Statman, Glenn Klimek Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University, California, proposes including characteristics such as affect, social responsibility, status [...]
The private equity secondaries boom: when will it occur?
by AMANDA WHITE | December 22, 2009
Secondary market private equity transactions have not met expectations in 2009, according to Preqin with estimates of just $6 billion to November, compared with $20 billion in 2008. However estimates indicate pricing will improve in 2010 and as a result sellers should consider subdividing their portfolios and inviting a range [...]
PE, venture revived by market rebound: Cambridge Associates
by SIMON MUMME | November 11, 2009
For US private equity and venture capital managers, Q2 generated the best returns since the end of 2007, when listed markets began sliding, and for the first time since its introduction mark-to-market valuation methodology benefited managers, according to research from US Consultancy Cambridge Associates.
More private equity funds abandoned
by AMANDA WHITE | October 7, 2009
Only $38 billion was raised in private equity worldwide in the third quarter of 2009, the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2003, with the number of fund raisings abandoned more than tripling in a year, according to Preqin.
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