Alternative Asset Management
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VC Funds Expected to Set Second Consecutive Record
Read the rest of this entry »Venture capital funds had a strong first half of the year with $66 billion invested in some 4,900 deals. At the current pace, 2019 may turn out to be the second consecutive year VC investment has topped $100 billion.
Meanwhile, exits are setting a record. Propelled by Uber's IPO, the Q2 exits total of $138.38 -- more than double Q1's $50.2 billion -- pushed the first six months exit ...
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Alternatives Future Is In Digitalization and New Jobs
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New research from Willis Towers Watson suggests it will be technology that differentiates alternative assets fund managers in the future.
To be sure, there are other ingredients to asset manager success. A strong culture, the ability and the willingness to accept and deal with change and well-positioned business models are among the six attributes that the report -- The asset manager of tomorrow -- says are "critical requirements to asset manager success ...
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Quants, Researchers Are the Most Satisfied
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Smile if you're a quant or a researcher. They're the two most rewarding jobs in finance.
That's the somewhat surprising result of a still ongoing survey by eFinancialCareers. Some other jobs in banking may pay better -- M&A and finance, for instance. But the intellectual stimulation of research more than makes up for any paycheck differences.
According to the survey, satisfaction by quants and researchers reached 6.5 and 6.6 ...
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Fund Managers Forsee Growth In EU Market
Read the rest of this entry »A survey of fund managers from around the world found nearly 7 in 10 expect a greater assignment of assets to AIFMD (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) in the next two years, despite concern over how the regulation is interpreted.
The AIFMD is a European Union (EU) regulation that applies to hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate and certain other funds. It governs their marketing, reporting and related activities ...
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Private Equity: The Only Place to Be In Alternatives?
Read the rest of this entry »Where is the economy headed and what is the outlook for investment funds? Every analyst and fund manager has an opinion, with, perhaps a majority taking a cautious position on the first, and a diversified view for the latter.
Andrew White, CFA, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Awaken Capital, tells EisnerAmper that the economy "will likely remain better than expected in the coming decade, with interim 'bumps.'"
As ...
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2018 Was a Record Year for VC Activity
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When talking about venture capitalists, California and its Silicon Valley may be the first place to come to mind. In 2018 the state accounted for well over half the $130.9 billion invested. Massachusetts and New York were second and third.
Last year was a record-breaker for VC investment. The Pitchbook declared, "2018 ended up being a banner year for the VC industry with $130.9 billion invested across 8 ...
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Alternative Assets Are Going Mainstream
Read the rest of this entry »Alternative investments are going mainstream, at least with institutional investors; 80% of them have allocated funds to at least one asset class that's historically been considered an alternative.
Discussing a report conducted by Preqin and SEI, ValueWalk says the interest by institutional investors is leading to “increasingly diverse and complicated portfolio holdings" for many of them. The growth of alternatives among these investors -- “a growing stream of capital," as ...
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Hedge Fund Outlook: The Challenges Are Many
Read the rest of this entry »Beaten by Index fund returns, outpaced by saavy online fintechs and rebuked for a 2 and 20 fee structure that lets them win even when investors lose, hedge funds have been forced to wonder what their future holds. As a sobering, yet ultimately encouraging new report from the Alternative Investment Management Association says, "The pace of technological change and the rise of artificial intelligence is leading some to question whether ...
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Interest In Alternative Investments Is On the Rise
Read the rest of this entry »Well before the stock market began its seesawing slide, interest in alternative investments was on the rise.
A research report from Cerulli Associates says 40% of financial advisors are including alternatives in their investment mix. Their mean allocations to alternatives last year was 7.2% of assets under management, representing a substantial increase from the 5.7% of the year before.
As quoted on ThinkAdvisor, Cerulli director Michele Giuditta explained ...
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Hedge Fund Jobs Are the Most Competitive In Finance
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Looking to break into hedge funds? It won't be easy, says an Investopedia article.
Competition for even entry-level jobs "is highly competitive and very selective." The high salaries are one reason; an entry-level analyst position can pay as much as $370,000 to start. And that doesn't count bonuses. It's also an exciting, fast-paced world where performance matters and an entry-level person can move up quickly, working on 7 ...
