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Category: Alternative Investments

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Unlocking Profit in Sports: Investment Strategies Revealed

11 Apr 2025April 13, 2025
Sports investing has seen significant growth in recent years as franchises, leagues, media rights, and brand-driven businesses (such as sports apparel and streaming) increase in value. What was once limited…
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Global Macro Hedge Fund Strategies and Forecasting Models

18 Mar 2025March 19, 2025
Global macro investing involves the analysis of macro trends such as economic cycles, central bank policies, geopolitical events, and capital flows to generate alpha across various asset classes. Our approach…
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Transforming European Real Estate: Trends and Investment Insights

4 Mar 2025March 5, 2025
The European real estate investment landscape is rapidly transforming due to the economic conditions, demographic shifts, technological advancements, and sustainability regulations. Key Macroeconomic Factors Influencing the Market: Inflation and Interest…
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Deregulation’s Role in the Growth of Private Credit ETFs

13 Feb 2025February 13, 2025
In 2025, the U.S. administration under President Trump is expected to implement deregulatory measures that may significantly impact the private credit sector. The administration could reconsider existing financial regulations, potentially…
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Innovations Driving the Private Credit Landscape

13 Jan 2025January 13, 2025
The global private credit market is experiencing significant expansion and transformation, creating new investment opportunities while also posing regulatory and risk management challenges that stakeholders must carefully navigate. As of…
Asset Allocation…

CMBS Special Servicing

19 Nov 2024
The special servicing sector of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) is a critical component of the CMBS market. It consists of specialized entities, known as special servicers, responsible for managing and…
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The Cardiac Implant Market

27 Sep 2024September 30, 2024
To effectively track the cardiac implant market, which includes devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, heart valves, and left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), a comprehensive approach is required. This involves combining…
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Post-COD Renewable Energy Assets M&A

12 Aug 2024September 19, 2024
The Commercial Operation Date (COD) is a significant milestone in the lifecycle of renewable energy projects. It marks when a project transitions from the construction phase to becoming operational. On…
Asset Allocation…

Indian Education Market

21 Jun 2024September 19, 2024
The Indian education market offers significant investment opportunities, particularly in the K12 and higher education segments. These segments are considered high-growth areas with substantial long-term potential. K12 Education The K12…
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Tokenization Opportunity for Repos

11 Apr 2024September 19, 2024
Repos, short for repurchase agreements, are a form of short-term borrowing mainly used in the money markets. In repo, one party sells a security to another and agrees to repurchase…
Capital Market…

Banks’ Involvement in Private Credit

29 Mar 2024September 19, 2024
Banks' involvement in private credit has become increasingly significant in recent years as the private credit market has expanded. Some banks have established direct lending platforms, offering loans to private…
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Alternative Credit Strategies

6 Mar 2024September 19, 2024
Alternative credit strategies refer to non-traditional lending and credit investment forms that go beyond standard market instruments like public corporate bonds or government securities. These strategies often aim to generate…
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SEC’s Approval of Bitcoin ETF: Impacts and Opportunities for Asset Managers

7 Feb 2024September 19, 2024
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved listing and trading bitcoin exchange-traded product shares. The approval of bitcoin ETFs is considered historic due to the long-standing pursuit by…
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Current Trends in the Private Credit Market

28 Nov 2023September 19, 2024
The private credit market refers to non-bank lenders providing loans or credit to companies. Unlike traditional bank loans or publicly traded bonds, these credit instruments are not traded on public…
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Industrial Properties and Logistics Real Estate

6 Nov 2023September 19, 2024
The industrial properties and logistics real estate sectors are critical components of the global real estate market. Industrial properties include manufacturing plants, research and development (R&D) facilities, multi-use industrial parks,…
Equity…

Patient Engagement in the Pharmaceutical Industry and Investor Perception

13 Oct 2023September 19, 2024
Patient engagement has become an increasingly important factor in the pharmaceutical industry, influencing various aspects of drug development, marketing, post-market surveillance, risk management, investor perception, cost savings, and regulatory and…
Asset Allocation…

Healthcare Investments in Asia

9 Oct 2023September 19, 2024
The key macro drivers for healthcare investments in various countries in Asia include demographics, economic growth, healthcare infrastructure, government policies and regulations, technological advancements, disease prevalence, insurance penetration, cultural factors,…
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Securities Lending

5 Sep 2023September 19, 2024
Securities lending is a common practice in the financial markets where securities, typically stocks or bonds, are temporarily transferred from one party (the lender) to another (the borrower). At Fundopedia,…
Energy…

Energy Transition Funds

19 Jun 2023September 19, 2024
Early-stage energy transition funds are investment vehicles that focus on financing and supporting early-stage projects in the energy transition sector. These funds aim to drive innovation, accelerate the deployment of…
Alternative Investments…

ESG in the Oil and Gas Industry

11 May 2023September 19, 2024
When investing in oil companies, ESG factors are taken into account to assess the company's sustainability and long-term prospects. Some of the most important ESG-related drivers/indicators for oil companies are:…
Alternative Investments…

Digital Assets for Portfolio Allocation

18 Apr 2023September 19, 2024
Digital assets, also known as cryptocurrencies or virtual currencies, have become an increasingly popular investment option for portfolio allocation due to their potential for high returns and diversification benefits. When…
Alternative Investments…

Investment Portfolios in Pursuit of 1.5-Degree Climate Goal

5 Feb 2023June 27, 2024
Climate issues are among the world’s biggest challenges. Fossil fuel emissions accumulating in the atmosphere and trapping more of the sun's energy are expected to drive global temperatures above 1.5…
Alternative Investments…

Clean Technology Investment Solutions

1 Feb 2023June 27, 2024
Energy consumption is the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. This includes fuel combustion for transportation and the generation of heat and electricity. Therefore, carbon capture has become…
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Investment in Carbon Capture and Storage

10 Aug 2022August 5, 2024
Although carbon emissions occupy a relatively small space on the spectrum of environmental, social and governance issues, as more and more countries and companies commit to Net Zero, they are…
Asset Allocation…

Positioning Portfolios for An Environment of High Inflation

27 Jul 2022August 5, 2024
Investors should adopt inflation protection as inflation shows few signs of moderating anytime soon and central banks are tightening monetary policy aggressively. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) can help position portfolios…
Commodities…

Uncertainty Clouds the Outlook

24 Mar 2022September 18, 2024
An anti-goldilocks economy refers to the global economy where policymakers are confronted with a stagflationary supply shock, which is negative for growth and will tend to push up inflation further.…
Asset Allocation…

Market Recap Monday, December 24, 2018

24 Dec 2018November 5, 2024
On global equities Volatility in global equity markets persisted in November, fears of rising interest rates, multiple trade conflicts, the end of QE, and related uncertainty about the global economic…
Private Equity…

Strategies That Chinese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Use to Attract Venture Capital

24 Jun 2018December 23, 2024
Abstract Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute to China’s economic growth and help maintain social stability. However, SME business leaders have cited access to finance as an obstacle of SMEs’…
Alternative Investments…

Equity Strategies – Updated November 2015

25 Nov 2015November 26, 2015
As global economy converges to more stable rather than rapid growth, debt level and growth dynamics keep interest rates relatively low, and inflation remains muted in developed world, investors are…
Alternative Investments…

Liquid Alternatives

26 Sep 2015
Liquid alternatives are asset classes that exhibit modest to low correlation with traditional equity and fixed income investments. Investors can get exposure to liquid alternatives via broadly available investments that…

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