Trends & Research

Study: Pricing gap between good and bad funds grows

The average high bid price across all strategies was 92 percent of NAV in 1H 2015.

Study: European PE and VC outperforms other regions

<p><span>Euro-denominated European private equity and venture capital funds recorded an internal rate of return of 8.3 percent for the first quarter.</span></p> <p> </p>

Study: More GPs implementing untested expense policies

<p><em>Despite a marked increase in the percentage of private funds with written expense allocation policies, most managers are not testing those policies, an ACA Compliance survey reveals.</em></p>

Study: UK pension funds should tap secondaries for growth

Cambride Associates' report says secondaries can be an attractive sub-strategy due to their accelerated liquidity profile.

Study: 2014 a record year for capital distributions to LPs

Fund managers returned $153.5 billion to their LPs last year, beating the previous record set in 2013 by 14%.

Study: European small and mid-cap buyout is beautiful

<p>Research from Akina Group and private equity scholar Oliver Gottschalg outlines benefits of constructing a portfolio with European lower mid-market to mid-cap funds.</p> <p> </p>

Study: Pantheon says yes, PE delivers

Research conducted by Pantheon found that top quartile buyout funds performed better than S&P 500 and US mutual funds.

Study: Global alternative AUM reaches $6.3 trillion

Private equity fund managers oversee $767 billion globally, behind real estate and hedge funds

Study: US most attractive for PE for “foreseeable future”

The UK climbs to second place in investment attractiveness index.

Study: California, Texas received most PE funding in 2014

Together the two states received over $100 billion from private equity firms last year