Tue, Mar 19, 2024
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS pod
Get FREE trial access to our award winning publications
Alternative Market Briefing

Opalesque Roundup: Majority of institutional investors view hedge funds as top investment strategy: hedge fund news, week 23

Monday, June 13, 2016

In the week ending 10 June, 2016, a study by BNY Mellon has found that institutional investors are planning to boost their allocations to alternative strategies to seek stronger returns.  39% of the respondents said they would increase their allocations to alternative investment types, while just 6% say they will moderately decrease it. Distressed strategies are viewed as the most attractive when it comes to hedge fund allocations, with 68% of investors currently having exposure to them and 58% ranking them as one of the three most attractive strategies for the coming 12 months. A survey by J.P. Morgan also showed that 75% of institutional investors are boosting their allocations to real assets.

David Rubenstein said pension funds have earned nearly 20% annual returns from their billions of investments in Carlyle’s funds over the past three decades.

Other reports said hedge funds could provide an important solution for mounting pension funding deficits. Meanwhile, the Massachusetts state pension fund has hired Contrarian Capital and IPM Informed Portfolio Management; San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System green-lit a $1bn deal with Blackstone Group‘s hedge fund business; a gr......................

To view our full article Click here

Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing

 



  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. KKR raises $6.4bn for the largest pan-Asia infrastructure fund[more]

    Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The New York-based global investment firm KKR has raised a record $6.4bn for its second Asia-focused infrastructure fund, underlining investors' continued appetite for private markets. According to a media release from the alternative assets manager, the figure top

  2. Bucking the trend, top hedge fund makes plans for a second SPAC[more]

    From Institutional Investor: SPACs aren't dead. At least not to the folks at Cormorant Asset Management. The life sciences firm, whose hedge fund topped its peers in 2023, is confident it will match the success of its first blank-check company. Last week, the life sciences and biopharma speciali

  3. Benefit Street Partners closes fifth fund on $4.7 billion[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Benefit Street Partners has closed its fifth flagship direct lending vehicle, BSP Debt Fund V, with $4.7 billion of investable capital across the strategy. Benefit Street invests primarily in privately originated, floating rate, senior secured loans. The fun

  4. 4 hedge fund themes that are working in 2024[more]

    From The Street: A poor earnings report from Tesla (TSLA) has not hurt the indexes on Thursday. The decline in Tesla stock, which is losing its position in the Magnificent Seven pantheon, is more than offset by strong earnings from IBM (IBM) and ServiceNow (NOW) . In addition, the much higher-t

  5. Opalesque Exclusive: A global macro fund eyes opportunities in bonds[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Munich-based ThirdYear Capital rebounded in 2023, following a tough year for global macro. The firm's flagship ART Global Macro strategy finished the year up 1