US private equity and venture capital funds began 2014 with positive first quarter returns, as indicated by the Cambridge Associates LLC benchmark indexes. Compared to their strong fourth quarter performance, private equity and venture capital fund returns were lower for the quarter, as were public equity returns. For the second quarter in a row the…
Executive Summary Private investments often play an important role in an investor’s portfolio, yet the inconsistent methodologies typically used to evaluate private investment performance and public market performance result in a lack of understanding about true relative performance. The two most common measures of investment performance—time-weighted returns (TWRs) and money-weighted returns, typically an internal rate…
The Cambridge Associates LLC Global ex US Developed Markets Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) Index rose 6.5% in US$ terms in fourth quarter 2013, its sixth consecutive positive quarter, bringing its return for 2013 to 16.3%. The Cambridge Associates LLC Emerging Markets PE/VC Index rose 7.3% in fourth quarter and 13.6% for the year….
Africa’s changing political and economic landscape over recent decades offers investment prospects worthy of consideration. In this report, we address the key opportunities and risks associated with public (long-only and hedge funds) and private market investing in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on Frontier Africa. We find that public markets exhibit attractively low correlations to…
Growth equity has matured and evolved into a distinct asset class with different characteristics from both venture capital and private equity, and may represent an attractive alternative for certain investors. For those old enough to remember the commercials, U.S. growth equity could perhaps be called the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of the private investment world….
This primer discusses the basics of investing in the global mining sector and identifies the key drivers of value and the potential risks associated with investing in the sector.
This paper highlights key provisions of the major U.S. financial act signed into law in July 2010, focusing on issues related to alternative investments and managers. With more than 60 mandated federal studies due over the next several years and at least 200 new regulations that have yet to be written, the final regulatory landscape…
Over the last six years the Chinese private equity market has grown and matured considerably. This paper reviews the private equity landscape in China, discusses the evolution of investment structures, and evaluates the case for private equity investing in China.
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is moving quickly to establish itself as an attractive segment of the global private equity market. This paper provides an overview of the MENA region, the macroeconomic and business landscape, and the landscape for private equity investing.
The current environment provides institutional investors a unique opportunity to bring their alternative asset fund manager relationships into better alignment and this paper presents our perspective on what terms we consider to be reasonable for non-marketable alternative asset strategies and hedge fund strategies.