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Jun
Fund Investor Insights All Eyes on Blackstone: The Public Plans Behind the World's Largest Alternative Asset Manager June 13th, 2019 by Cameron Nicol, Senior Marketing Manager - eVestment Private Markets Blackstone is a firm that is by no means unfamiliar in the media but the headline coverage the firm picked up in the last week [...]
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Jun
Fund Investor InsightsOperations Excellence Will Competition in Private Markets Lead to Return Compression? June 10th, 2019 by Cameron Nicol, Senior Marketing Manager - eVestment Private Markets When asked to indicate their level of concern about the impact of a range of factors on the private markets industry, investor and manager respondents both voiced their highest [...]
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May
Fund Investor InsightsIndustry Insights Chronograph Announces Investment from Carlyle Affiliate, AlpInvest, and Nasdaq Ventures; Strategic Relationship with AlpInvest, eVestment May 28th, 2019 by Cameron Nicol, Senior Marketing Manager - eVestment Private Markets May 23, 2019, New York – Chronograph, a provider of portfolio monitoring and reporting solutions for institutional private capital investors, today announced it [...]
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Apr
Fund Investor Insights New Survey Looks at Key Concerns in Private Markets in 2018 New Survey Looks at Key Concerns in Private Markets in 2018 April 25th, 2018 Valuations of portfolio companies are a top concern among 60% of private equity investors and their consultants this year. Dry powder was the No. 2 top concern, [...]
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Sep
Analytics Best PracticesFund Investor Insights Quantifying the Impact of Investors’ Skill on Private Equity Portfolio Returns Quantifying the Impact of Investors’ Skill on Private Equity Portfolio Returns September 29th, 2017 While all institutional investors strive to predict and select top quartile private equity funds, there is a significant cost of missing out on these funds. [...]
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Aug
US Pensions’ Private Markets Activity – July 2017 – Semi-Annual Program Reports US Pensions’ Private Markets Activity – July 2017 – Semi-Annual Program Reports August 10th, 2017 Derived from the Market Intelligence offered by eVestment Private Markets, this post outlines some of the top news and activities of US public pension plans across their private [...]
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Jul
Fund Investor Insights Fund Terms, Due Diligence and Transparency in a Hot Private Equity Fundraising Market Fund Terms, Due Diligence and Transparency in a Hot Private Equity Fundraising Market July 18th, 2017 The combination of a low interest rate environment and record distributions from private fund managers in recent years has not just piqued institutional [...]
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Mar
Fund Investor Insights Survey: Majority of Investors Still Face Difficulties in Private Markets Due Diligence Survey: Majority of Investors Still Face Difficulties in Private Markets Due Diligence March 23rd, 2017 Despite a modest improvement from 2016, 60% of respondents in the just-released 2017 eVestment Private Markets Investors & Consultants Due Diligence survey stated they still find the [...]
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Mar
Fund Investor Insights Better Leverage Private Equity Performance Analytics Better Leverage Private Equity Performance Analytics March 6th, 2017 As the Chief Financial Officer of a private equity firm, one of your many responsibilities is facilitating the analysis and communication of your funds’ performance. The insights this data can reveal are more important than ever to [...]
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Feb
Fund Investor Insights The Role of Alternatives in Institutional Investor Portfolios The Role of Alternatives in Institutional Investor Portfolios February 9th, 2017 Institutional investors and consultants are struggling to meet historical returns figures through traditional investments such as equity and fixed income and so have increased their allocations to alternatives. According to a 2016 study from Willis [...]