Last week, members of the Nasdaq eVestment team attended The Private Markets Texas Meeting in Austin, Texas. The event brought together over 250 Texas-based LPs and GPs for a series of panels and networking on the allocations, investment opportunities, and performance of private markets strategies in the current economic environment.
This blog post explores key takeaways for fund managers from the event.
Released in August 2022, the US Public Plan Asset Allocation Report from Nasdaq eVestment offers fund managers a detailed look into the demand for specific strategies from US-based public pension plan investors.
Here are three key takeaways for private fund managers from the report.
In this edition of The Top Quartile: In Conversation, Andrés Ramos, content specialist at Nasdaq Private Fund Solutions, is joined by Lisa Calhoun, general partner at Valor Ventures, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm focused on B2B SaaS companies in the United States South.
The Denominator Effect occurs when the value of one portion of portfolio decreases drastically and pulls down the overall value of the portfolio. As a result, any segments of portfolio, which did not decrease in value, now represent a large percent of the overall pie.
In this edition of The Top Quartile: In Conversation, Rory Mabin, Head of Fund Secondaries at Nasdaq Private Fund Solutions, sits down with Mike Arpey, President at Hunter Point Capital, an investment firm focused on minority ownership interests or “GP stakes” in middle-market alternative asset managers.
Nasdaq’s new report, Driving Diversity: A View of DEI Across the Private Markets, presents some of the initial findings of our new private markets DEI data set and features insights from industry leaders.
This blog posts explores three key takeaways from the new report.
One of the driving forces behind the increased interest from pension plans in infrastructure strategies is the advice of their consultants. Find out what three top consultants are saying about the sub-asset class.
Working with private markets consultants undoubtedly adds an extra layer of time and effort to the fundraising process for fund managers, but the fact remains that winning the approval of these gatekeepers is key to cultivating relationships with many of the top institutional investors in the market.
Launching, or closing out a capital raise in the coming year may seem daunting, but with the right insights, preparation, and planning you can maximize the likelihood of success for your firm. This mini-guide is designed to provide key insights on some of the ways an emerging GP can research the investor and consultant market to maximize their chances of closing new commitments.
In this edition of The Top Quartile: In Conversation, Katey Bogue welcomed John Kim of venture capital firm General Catalyst into the studio for a conversation about investor relations, the role of content in venture capital, and the next frontier for LP/GP relations.