Michelle Celarier

Despite beliefs to the contrary, liquidity is not a pressing concern for private equity investors, according to Ludovic Phalippou, the University of Oxford Said Business School professor.

Last year private credit secondaries transactions hit $20 billion, almost double the prior year, as investors sought liquidity in an environment marked by longer holding periods, according to a new analysis by Evercore.

With the United States engaged in geopolitical conflicts on three continents around the globe, and U.S. defense spending near its all-time dollar peak, valuations of defense technology startups driven by AI have been soaring.

The Bitcoin treasury deals that dominated the early months of last year's revival of the special purpose acquisition company market have disappeared along with the plunge in Bitcoin prices. Bitcoin peaked in October and has since fallen roughly 50 percent.

Over the past decade, the number of private equity funds has doubled while the number of hedge funds has stayed flat. Yet the reasons for that shift aren't entirely logical, according to Dan Rasmussen, founder of the Verdad Partners hedge fund —

The spike in oil prices after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran may have limited impact on the world economy, according to Michael Cembalest, chairman of market and investment strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

With the markets in turmoil, there may be no better time to launch a dedicated short fund. At least that’s the view of Lakshmi Ganapathi and Robert MacArthur, the husband-and-wife team who run Unicus Research, an independent research firm that offers short-selling ideas.

Three investor advocates are asking the Financial Accounting Standards Board to reconsider guidance that allows private managers to write up the value of the secondaries they purchase, a practice they say may artificially boost reported returns.

Alternative investments don't belong in defined contribution savings plans, argues Jeffrey Hooke, a retired private investment executive, author, and academic, who co-authored a comment letter to the Department of Labor explaining why. The DOL is preparing new rules following an executive order issued by President Trump to allow alternatives in defined contribution plans.

Retired teachers, former public pension board members, state treasurers, a candidate for public office, and a former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney turned whistleblower are among the voices in a new documentary, “Pension Fight Club,” that takes aim at U.S. public pension systems' widespread investments in alternative assets.