Corporate takeovers became a prominent feature of the American business landscape during the seventies and eighties. A hostile takeover usually involves a public tender offer—a public offer of a specific price, usually at a substantial premium over the prevailing market price, good for a limited period, for a substantial percentage of the target firm’s stock. […]
The Global Overhang (According to Goldilocks): Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right? Following the global financial crisis, we were the first to measure the capital overhang in the US private equity industry and have continued to track its movements, noting that it has been primarily receding. The capital overhang represents unexpired, uncalled capital commitments and […]
Secondary Market: Challenging the Illiquidity Myth Preqin recently surveyed over 50 managers of dedicated secondaries assets to find out about their activity in 2014 and to assess their outlook on the market for 2015. We analyze the key findings from these results. Page 3 Preqin Industry News In this month’s Industry News we take a […]
Welcome to the latest edition of Hedge Fund Spotlight, the monthly newsletter from Preqin providing insights into the hedge fund industry, including information on investors, funds, performance and more. Hedge Fund Spotlight uses information from our online product Hedge Fund Online, which includes Hedge Fund Investor Profiles and Hedge Fund Analyst. Article Source: www.preqin.com
In search of higher returns at current risk levels, institutional investors have expressed intense interest in further diversifying seemingly staid, “traditional” asset allocations constructed using asset class inputs with mean variance-optimization (MVO) tools. During the past decade, institutional investors have augmented public fixed income and equity allocations with a wide range of strategies—including full and […]
As the term implies, alternative investments provide exposure to asset classes beyond mainstream equities and fixed income. Less obvious are the tremendous differences among alternative investments. In light of this complexity, how should investors determine the right mix of alternatives to meet their unique needs? To help answer this question, we present a framework to estimate key […]