Singapore-based private equity firm Novo Tellus Capital Partners explores the impact of huge structural change on Southeast Asian opportunities across various verticals including software, hardware and wider manufacturing sectors

According to Preqin’s Private Equity Online, information technology (IT) has accounted for half of the overall committed capital in the North American venture capital industry from 2012-2016, and raised $18bn in 2016, a significant increase from the previous year. Despite the uncertain political cl…

Preqin’s Secondary Market Monitor currently tracks 80 emerging markets-based investors that have an interest in purchasing fund stakes via the secondary market, representing 8% of potential buyers of secondary fund interests globally. Indicative of their appetite, the number of emerging markets-base…

Following poor performance in late 2015 and early 2016, hedge fund industry news has generally been negative. Despite significant improvements over Q2 and Q3, investor sentiment has been difficult to change. Nearly all of the $71.4bn gained in assets in 2015 have been wiped out, with reported outflo…

Methodology The PrEQIn Infrastructure Index captures the average returns earned by investors in their infrastructure portfolios, based on the actual amount of money invested. The PrEQIn Infrastructure and PrEQIn All Private Equity indices are calculated on a quarterly basis using data from Preqin’s…

The 2017 Preqin Private Capital Compensation and Employment Review presents the latest data and trends surrounding compensation and employment within the private capital industry, including – for the first-time – a look into these practises for hedge fund managers. New to the 2017 edition, the Revie…

Venture capital is the most favoured fund type among private equity investors based in Asia-Pacific: 59% of institutions profiled on Preqin’s Private Equity Online have stated a preference for, or have previously invested in, venture capital funds, much more than for growth (42%) and buyout (39%) in…

Competition in accessing top fund managers could push institutional investors towards initiating more relationships with first-time managers. In Preqin Special Report: Making the Case for First-Time Funds, 54% of the 400 institutional investors surveyed in June 2016 stated that they found it more di…

Preqin Quarterly Update: Hedge Funds, Q3 2016 shows how CTAs have struggled to maintain the positive returns generated through H1 2016. The Preqin All-Strategies CTA benchmark has posted a cumulative 2016 year-to-date return of -0.79%, despite the benchmark’s strong start to the year (+2.80% for H1 …

Since the Global Financial Crisis, fund of hedge funds managers have struggled to define their role within the wider hedge fund industry. 2016 has been another difficult year so far, as negative sentiment around hedge funds in general continues to invite further scrutiny of the structure of multi-ma…

As detailed in Preqin Special Report: Alternative Assets in California, the private equity & venture capital industry in California has grown significantly in the past decade, having seen increases in assets under management, average deal size and the number of active investors. The majority of the …

Although historical fund performance may not always be an indication for future success, analysis in the 2016 Preqin Alternative Assets Performance Monitor shows that the majority of buyout fund managers with a top-quartile fund surpass the median benchmark with their next fund in the series. Conver…

According to Preqin’s latest Investor Outlook, as we entered the second half of 2016 institutional hedge fund investors were shying away from event driven strategies. Three percent of respondents to Preqin’s LP survey – the smallest proportion among all top-level hedge fund strategies – indicated th…

While most often recognized for its burgeoning venture capital industry, the Californian private equity* industry has grown considerably in recent years. This blog intends to put this less discussed marketplace in the spotlight by exploring the growth of the industry over time and the fundraising ef…

In Preqin Special Report: Hedge Funds in the US, we took a closer look at hedge fund activity in the country, examining the 10 largest states in the industry. The report found that 41% of all hedge funds managed in the top 10 states followed an equity strategy, the largest proportion of all top-leve…

Preqin’s Private Equity Online tracks 2,927 private capital funds in market globally, collectively targeting over $964bn in institutional capital commitments. Of these vehicles, 51% are seeking to primarily invest in North American opportunities, which is unsurprising given that the region is the la…

In our most recent edition of Preqin Hedge Fund Spotlight, our lead article took a closer look at discretionary and systematic funds to see who is performing better – man or machine? The article reveals a nuanced picture; systematic trading funds - those that rely on quantitative models to make sens…

Preqin’s latest survey of over 490 institutional investors globally shows that while alternative assets remain a crucial component of many portfolios, investors are finding it harder to identify attractive investment opportunities compared to a year ago. With a record-high 2,798 private capital fund…