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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Mandate activity among the largest institutional investors soared in 2021 across private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure, and hedge funds according to research commissioned by Vidrio Financial, a provider of software and integrated data services solutions for institutional alternative allocators globally. The research tracked a total of $130 billion in new capital across more than 900 individual Institutional investor mandates in 2021.
Among the top 10 allocators to alternative investments annualized investment gains spanned 12% to 34%. The new investment commitments put to work, by the largest U.S. public pensions, averaged from $5 billion to $17 billion.
The total new assets put to work in alternatives last year, exceeds that of 2020 by approximately $30 billion.
Private equity remains the most popular alternative asset class among institutional investors with more than 500 funds selected for a total of $64 billion in new capital. Private equity was followed by real estate/infrastructure funds, which attracted $27 billion as did credit funds last year. Hedge funds still lagged behind attracting only $8 billion last year from the largest institutional investors.
Firms that raised the most included Hellman & Friedman; Brookfield Asset Management; Ares Management; and fund of hedge funds K2 Advisors.
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