With their increasing sophistication, Korean LPs continue to expand their overseas alternatives allocations. The growth of investors’ overseas alternatives allocations is outstripping that of their domestic allocations, fuelled by limited opportunities onshore and increased familiarity with for…

Relatively nascent among alternative asset classes, infrastructure reached $150bn in total assets in 2010. Since then, the industry has gone from strength to strength, with rising investor demand driving fundraising activity, and high capital distributions and positive returns ensuring its place as …

In Q3 2018, 506 infrastructure transactions were completed for an estimated aggregate value of $239bn – as shown in the chart below. The 24% decrease in the number of deals compared with Q2 2018 reflects the ongoing challenge of sourcing attractive infrastructure assets. By contrast, the slight incr…

As the alternative assets industry continues to grow, Preqin is launching an initiative examining the Future of Alternatives. In conjunction with key industry participants, we take a five-year look into the future to see where the market will be, what changes fund managers are planning for and how i…

In our final blog of this series, we share the views on alternative assets expressed by over 500 institutional investors when surveyed in June 2018, as well as their thoughts on how their alternative assets portfolios will perform in the next 12 months. A decade ago, global alternatives assets unde…

As the alternative assets industry continues to grow, Preqin is launching an initiative examining the Future of Alternatives. In conjunction with key industry participants, we take a five-year look into the future to see where the market will be, what changes fund managers are planning for and how i…

To celebrate the launch of The 2018 Preqin Alternative Assets Performance Monitor, we will be releasing a series of blogs to highlight the key findings of the report and shed light on the current performance of the alternative asset industry. Our first blog in this series takes a closer look at the …

As the alternative assets industry continues to grow, Preqin is launching an initiative examining the Future of Alternatives. In conjunction with key industry participants, we take a five-year look into the future to see where the market will be, what changes fund managers are planning for and how i…

This series looks at the tools available on Preqin’s online platform that can to help you to effectively benchmark your funds or portfolio. Part one examined how you can use our market benchmarks and create custom benchmarks to track the funds that are most relevant to you. However, comparing funds …

As the alternative assets industry continues to grow, Preqin is launching an initiative examining the Future of Alternatives. In conjunction with key industry participants, we take a five-year look into the future to see where the market will be, what changes fund managers are planning for and how i…

This is the third series looking at how Preqin helps alternative assets professionals with their key workflows. Series one examined how we can assist fund allocators in choosing the right funds for them, while series two discussed the ways in which we help fund managers in finding and attracting inv…

This is the second series examining how Preqin can help you navigate an increasingly vast and complex alternative assets industry. Following our first series, ‘How Preqin Helps You Select Funds’, this week’s topic looks at how Preqin can assist fund managers looking to raise funds and attract capita…

As the alternative assets industry continues to grow, Preqin is launching an initiative examining the Future of Alternatives. In conjunction with key industry participants, we take a five-year look into the future to see where the market will be, what changes fund managers are planning for and how i…

In parts one and two of this series we looked at how our funds in market data and Fund Terms Calculator help investors streamline their alternative assets fund allocation process. In this final part, we look at how our investor data keeps allocators informed on their peers, helping them ensure they …

Investors know well the challenges they face when searching for new funds. The number of fund managers pitching their vehicle has never been higher, so it is a mounting challenge to distinguish between the next big thing and a flash in the pan. Fund marketing documentation often fails to meet their …

South Korea-based investors have been actively increasing their overseas infrastructure investments; as the country’s economy matures, infrastructure opportunities in the domestic market have become scarce and thus competitive, forcing investors to diversify their geographic scope in search of highe…

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) continue to grow in prominence, with Middle East-based SWFs at the forefront: three of the top five SWFs by AUM are based in this region. According to data from The 2018 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review, the AUM of Middle East-based SWFs stands at $2.4tn, second only…

Infrastructure investments are targeted by the majority (64%) of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), which look to deploy their significant assets under management (AUM) in projects with the aim of stimulating their domestic economies and meeting their development objectives. Furthermore, the inherent lo…