Private equity proponents argue that one of the asset class’s biggest selling points is its low volatility compared with public equities. But Verdad Advisers founder Dan Rasmussen, a longtime critic ...

Renaissance Technologies is quietly enjoying its best year in recent memory. Although much attention has been paid to the firm’s crumbling asset base and the death of founder James Simons earlier this ...

Inflows into Japanese stocks and bonds surged this year, showing that measures taken by the government to improve the asset management industry are working as planned. The inflows also reflect capital ...

Tiger Cubs and their offspring enjoyed mixed success in March. But they still mostly managed to beat the S&P 500 in what wound up being a losing month for the index. What’s more, most of the felines ...

As GP‑stakes deals spread deeper into the middle market, the challenge is maintaining the high underwriting standards that have defined the strategy so far. The risk isn’t a lack of opportunities, but ...

Nick Liolis came to an uncomfortable conclusion after taking over Guardian Life’s investment portfolio. Even with roughly $85 billion in assets, the insurer was losing ground. As asset managers ...

Following several quarters of consecutive positive returns, core private real estate could deliver long-term returns that could thrive even through the current volatility driven by war and policy ...

Things have been unexpectedly gloomy for private equity exits this year, despite earlier hopes for a resurgence in the first half. But there are signs of optimism creeping back in. The trillions of ...

Asset owners were slow to the AI revolution, not because they lacked interest or intelligence, but because they initially asked the wrong questions. The debate inside most asset owners was about ...

Savvy manager selection and strategic shifts in asset allocation led Harvard's $53.2 billion endowment to generate a 9.6 percent return in fiscal year 2024. In his annual letter to investors and the ...

Carl Icahn’s private hedge fund once again started off the year deep in the red.The long-short portfolio reported an 8.2 percent loss in the first quarter, according to a filing from Icahn Enterprises ...

The BCOM index is a broad-based commodity index representing 24 agricultural, energy and metals products. The last 14 months ...