Alternatives
Large Endowments Hold Steady With Private Market Allocations
Despite emerging headwinds for higher-education institutions, these long-term investors are staying true to what they know.
Tag: Venture Capital
Asset Allocation
As Exits Slow, Venture Secondaries Tick Up
Venture capital stakes are being acquired at attractive discounts while uncertainty puts a pause on IPOs.
Corporate Moves
Ex-GIC Tech Boss Launches Inaugural VC Fund
Jeremy Kranz’s Sentinel Global has raised $213.5 million in committed capital.
Alternatives
Japan’s GPIF Urged to Boost Domestic PE, VC Investments.
Lawmakers are calling for financial reform to turn the country into an ‘asset management nation’ and attract more capital from home and abroad.
Asset Allocation
How Memorial Sloan Kettering Funds Its Cancer Fight
Under CIO Jason Klein, the celebrated hospital has leveraged its top-notch research and well-managed investments to produce still more breakthroughs.
Asset Allocation
Sovereign Wealth Funds Shift Into More Tech and Green Energy
The SWFs also are pushing more into real estate as valuations drop, report says.
Research
How AI Can Help Asset Managers Do Their Jobs
Digging up data, boosting productivity, divining client needs—these are among the benefits artificial intelligence can bring, per a BCG report.
Asset Allocation
Long-Lagging Venture Capital Shows Signs of Possible Turnaround
U.S. venture fund returns remain negative, but valuations are up and two recent high-profile VC-supported IPOs did well, a PitchBook report finds.
Risk
Private Capital Fundraising Tilts Toward the Big Guys
Slowdown in number of firms pulling in fresh money means more for the top 10 funds, Preqin says.
Asset Allocation
Private Capital Payouts Are Sub-Par, Hamilton Lane Charges
These alternative asset funds reduce distributions to investors amid high rates and recession jitters.
Asset Management Culture
More Diverse Managers Are Raising Venture and PE Funds at Fastest Pace, Research Finds
The number of women- and minority-owned private equity and venture capital firms in the US grew nearly 20% from 2022 to 2023.
Asset Allocation
Qatar’s Sovereign Wealth Fund to Launch Country’s First VC Fund of Funds
The $475 billion Qatar Investment Authority also signed a renewable energy deal in South Africa.
Asset Allocation
3 Stock Sectors, All Tech, Expected to Soar in 2024
Why biotech, AI and cybersecurity should romp, per State Street.
Asset Allocation
Tepid Turnaround Seen for Alts, Once Investors’ Darlings
AUM growth decelerates and fundraising softens, Preqin reports.
Asset Allocation
Academic Endowments Post Sluggish Returns for Fiscal 2023
Yale, Stanford, Bowdoin and Duke's funds trail previous showings amid a rough year.