Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2017 presents the results of a series of in-depth interviews conducted by Preqin’s analysts with over 500 global institutional investors in alternatives. With the level of participation in alternatives increasing across the globe and significant challe…

Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2017 brings together the results of a series of in-depth interviews conducted by Preqin’s analysts with over 500 institutional investors. With the alternative assets industry larger than ever before, this report aims to provide insight into institution…

The natural resources fundraising landscape remains challenging in Q3 2017. Fewer funds are reaching a final close than in previous years, with the closure of 18 funds in Q3 2017 representing the lowest quarterly number for nearly a decade. However, investor sentiment towards the asset class is impr…

The natural resources sector continued to face fundraising challenges in Q2 2017. Half of all unlisted natural resources funds closed in H1 2017 failed to reach their initial target size. Despite this, the number of funds seeking capital has stayed relatively level since the start of 2017. IRRs of r…

At the end of 2016, investors were bullish on the future performance of their natural resources investments, with 35% of institutional investors surveyed by Preqin expecting the asset class to perform better in 2017 than it did in 2016. Fundraising has started strong in 2017, with the $25bn secured …

With the spate of deals completed in 2017, we take a look at the growing GP-led transactions market. Preqin’s Secondary Market Monitor currently profiles 44 secondary buyers with an interest in such transactions, and 20 intermediaries that advise on them.

Preqin’s final Real Assets Spotlight of 2017 features highlights from key research conducted over the year, collating the key changes and movements within the industry. Featuring data from our Conventional and Renewable Energy and The Natural Resources Top 100 reports, among others, this month’s edi…

Using data from Preqin’s Natural Resources Online, we take a look at capital concentration in the natural resources industry.

In this month’s issue of Real Assets Spotlight we take a look at the primary strategies employed by unlisted infrastructure funds, looking at the current trends and comparing the strategies by aggregate capital raised, assets under management and net cash flow. Also in this issue, we feature an extr…

Using data from Preqin’s Secondary Market Monitor, we take a look at the infrastructure secondary market, including potential buyers and sellers of fund interests, funds in market and sample transactions. 

The alternative investments industry has been growing in leaps and bounds as institutional and other sophisticated investors continue to broaden their exposure to multiple asset classes and seek to reinvest the proceeds arising from years of healthy returns. Yet some investors are frustrated by defi…

Across all private capital and hedge fund industries, women are underrepresented: just one of every five alternative assets professionals is female. As the leading source of intelligence on alternative assets, Preqin has compiled the inaugural Women in Alternative Assets Report using a database of o…

Secondaries fundraising in Q3 2017 reached $5.4bn, meaning 2017 has already matched the amount raised in the record year of 2014, with Q4 still to go. This secondaries quarterly update also showcases the results of Preqin’s survey of secondary buyers in July 2017. Combined, the 32 survey respondents…

The data and analysis contained in this report draws upon the 2017 Preqin Private Capital Fund Terms Advisor. The full-length 318-page book offers the most comprehensive data and intelligence on fund terms and conditions in the industry and aims to reveal the latest trends and current market sentime…

The Q3 2017 Preqin Private Capital Fundraising Update examines fundraising trends across the closed-end alternative assets industry, looks at recent activity in each individual asset class, and presents the outlook for private capital at the start of Q4 2017.

This month’s Real Assets Spotlight features a comprehensive examination of the challenges faced by emerging managers within the infrastructure industry and the outlook for their future. In addition, we look at the Asian infrastructure and natural resources landscapes, alongside global natural resour…

In this exclusive report, Preqin is proud to have collaborated with industry experts to produce a comprehensive overview of the alternative assets industry in Australia and New Zealand. Against a backdrop of a stable and growing economy, major industry developments are taking place in the region, wi…

This month’s Real Asset Spotlight looks at the infrastructure market in North America, including fundraising, deals and investors’ future plans in the asset class. Also this month, we examine the differences in investors’ perception of infrastructure and natural resources. Plus, the latest industry …