Hedge Fund vs. Mutual Fund: Key Differences Explained + Investor’s Guide
Knowing the difference between hedge funds and mutual funds is crucial if you want to be a smart investor in today’s market. While hedge funds and mutual funds both use pooled funds to generate returns for investors, there aren’t many other similarities between the...
What Is The Difference Between Private Equity and Venture Capital?
Although they often overlap, private equity and venture capital (VC) are not the same things. Certainly, private equity and VC are both types of financial investing interested in turning a profit by buying at a low price and selling once the asset appreciates....
What Is Private Debt Investing?
Private debt, or private credit, is one of the fastest-growing asset classes for investors. This should come as no surprise given that private credit strategies yield an average of over 8.1 percent internal rate of return (IRR). The high returns generated by private...
Infrastructure, Private Equity and Debt Becoming Institutional Investor Favorites
The report released recently by Prequin shows how institutional investors are increasing their allocations to alternative assets and intend to continue increasing allocations in the future also. Infrastructure, Private Equity and Debt come out as being institutional...
Private Markets Face Big Challenges in 2016
As the global economy changes and shifts, shockwaves are being felt all through the world’s stock markets and much of that volatility is vibrating down to private markets. That’s not to say that there aren’t some significant opportunities in private equity, but the...
Venture Capital is on Controlled Burn
The stock market may be in the midst of a tumble but venture capital is strong. According to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association, 46 venture capital funds in the United States raised over $5 billion in the last quarter of 2015. That means that...
Private Equity Real Estate: Still Looking Up?
An earlier article at Sophisticated Investor, "Dark Clouds Looming for Private Equity," discussed prospects for an industry that makes money by acquiring and selling businesses, usually with the assistance of borrowed money. But there's more to PE investing than...
The Turn in the M&A Tide?
The year isn't over, but the volume of mergers and acquisitions activity in 2015 has already exceeded its 8-year old record. So far, $4.35 trillion worth of deals have been struck worldwide, with a little more than half in the U.S. Interestingly, while private equity...
The Fed Rate and Its Effect on Private Equity
Private equity (PE) makes the business world go ‘round. It is how new companies finance early beginnings, how young companies harness growth opportunities, and can facilitate the dealings of even the largest companies. It is risky because the business may or may not...
Dark Clouds Looming for Private Equity
When it comes to private equity investing, some recent reports tell an upbeat story. According to research firm Preqin, 178 funds reached a final close in the period from July through September, securing an aggregate $137 billion in capital raised, which was "the best...
