Intensifying fears of a market correction mean hedge fund managers and investors are putting plans on hold. The number of both fund launches and fund searches almost halved in Q3 compared to Q2. Hedge funds may have gained a modest return of +2.14% over the 12 months to September, but the asset clas…

In this Investor Update, we dive into the results of our surveys with 530 institutional investors, as well as use data taken from our award-winning platform, to determine what investors are looking for from alternative assets and how these products are meeting their needs. We also provide an outlook…

Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2018 presents the results of our series of interviews with over 550 global institutional investors in alternatives, conducted at the end of 2017. With the industry going from strength to strength in recent years as investors have allocated heavily to a…

The 2018 Preqin Alternative Assets Performance Monitor compiles the alternative assets industry’s latest performance data and the analysis of more than 28,700 funds.

The 10th edition of the Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review is the most comprehensive guide on sovereign wealth funds and their investment activity.

Hedge funds stumbled again in the third quarter of the year with a return of 0.64% revealing a drop from the previous quarter’s result. Presenting the latest hedge fund performance benchmarks as well as fund searches and launches, we take a detailed look at the quarter in review.

Hedge fund performance has dominated the narrative around the asset class for a number of years and 2018 appears no different. Following the four-year high in annual returns at the end of 2017, investor sentiment with respect to hedge funds seems to be improving. However, relatively poor performance…

2018 started strongly for the hedge fund asset class, recording the 15th consecutive month of positive performance in January (+1.92%). However, many hedge funds were unable to capitalize on growing market volatility over the quarter and February saw losses of 0.92% as equity markets globally experi…

What will the alternative assets industry look like in 2023? In this special report, we turn our attention to the future of the private capital and hedge fund industries. Using our exclusive investor and fund manager survey results, and with the help of a comprehensive roster of industry experts, w…

As market-movers in their home country of Australia, superannuation funds have grown significantly in the past decade to reach AUD 2.7tn in assets. Traditionally heavily weighted towards domestic equities, property and infrastructure assets, there are signs that change is afoot as rising interest ra…

In our latest instalment in the Markets in Focus series, we turn our attention for the first time to the burgeoning alternative assets landscape in South Korea. With the invaluable insight of some key Korean industry participants, we analyze the local market for each alternative asset class, the uni…

In this article, Matthew Beck from Grayscale examines the rise of digital assets, offering insight and commentary into how this industry has grown and the impact it has had on the hedge fund investment landscape as a whole.

In September’s Hedge Fund Spotlight we summarize Q2 2018 asset flows by strategy, fund size and performance. We also feature exclusive commentary from Grayscale Investments, which examines the rise of digital assets and what this means for the industry. Plus, we provide the latest performance benchm…

The influence of sovereign wealth funds is undeniable; with assets reaching $7.45tn, they have reached a size comparable to that of the entire alternative assets industry, which Preqin today estimates at approximately $8.73tn. This report contains key highlights from our main 338-page publication, T…

This month's Hedge Fund Spotlight provides an overview of hedge fund managers and investors based in the US, ranking each state by levels of activity. We also look at hedge fund performance in Q2 and performance benchmarks from July 2018, as well as foundations actively investing in the asset class …

This report, Preqin's first dedicated to alternatives in Israel, provides a valuable snapshot of the growing landscape of active LPs in Israel along with their known private capital investments. We set the Israeli data against a global backdrop, using net performance data for over 9,400 funds and pu…

The US is home to more hedge fund managers, investors and capital than any other region in the world: 72% of total hedge fund industry assets are overseen by managers based in the US. Using the profiles of over 3,400 institutional investors and 3,300 hedge fund managers on Preqin’s online platform, …

In this report, we provide an update of the latest data on the secondary market to Q2 2018, looking in particular at fundraising totals, funds currently in market, expected sellers, transactions and performance.