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February 9, 2023

Chart of the Month: February 2023

Halftime Adjustments: Taking Stock of Alternative Markets Returns in Q1 & Q2, 2022  Cobalt, a FactSet Company, recently published its…

January 10, 2023

Chart of the Month: January 2023

Alternatives in Private Equity: Examining the Smaller-Exposure Investment Strategies  As institutional investors review portfolio makeups amid tight economies worldwide, we…

December 6, 2022

Chart of the Month: December 2022

The Crypto Winter of Discontent: Examining the Value of Venture Capital Tech over the Past Decade  Cryptocurrency values continue to…

November 2, 2022

Chart of the Month: November 2022

On the World’s Stage: The Middle East & Growth in the 21st century The World Cup is set to kick…

October 4, 2022

Chart of the Month: October 2022

In for a Penny: Comparing FTSE Performance Against Various Private Market Geographies Last month, pundits boldly claimed that the United…

September 4, 2022

Chart of the Month: September 2022

Dialed In: Examining Capital Calls Across Varying Market Conditions As the United States just experienced its second straight quarter of…

August 3, 2022

Chart of the Month: August 2022

From Small Things: North American Venture Capital Compared to the Russell 3000  Last September, we did a study examining buyouts…

July 7, 2022

Chart of the Month: July 2022

MENA Reversion: The Roots of Current and Future Trends in Emerging Markets The recent break in the years-long trend of…

June 1, 2022

Chart of the Month: June 2022

Making Sense of Contrary Indicators in the Developed Credit Market As predictions of contractions in private markets begin to rise,…

May 2, 2022

Portfolio Monitoring Software: Collaboration Offers New Direction

Private market investing is a collaborative enterprise. There’s a lot of information sharing among staff within a general partner and…

May 2, 2022

Chart of the Month: May 2022

The Rolling Stone Gathers Momentum: Resilience and Investor Interest in Eastern European Markets Eastern Europe has come to the forefront…

April 26, 2022

What Every PE Should Know About Portfolio Data Quality

Data, they say, is the new oil. And just like petroleum, raw data needs to be cleaned and refined before…