First and foremost, there is a very close statistical relationship between real interest rates and cap rates or yields for Real Estate. Secondly, cap rates (or yields) are closer in economic terms to real interest rates than to nominal...
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In 2020 VC Investing hit a record $156.2 billion into U.S. startups amid the coronavirus pandemic, marking the first time venture capital investments topped $150 billion, according to a report from REO Capital. That data was among the findings...
Private markets stayed strong in 2019. True, fundraising was down 11 percent. But $778 billion of new capital flowed into these Private Markets. Investors have a new motivation to allocate to private markets: exposure. More investors believe that private...
Business leaders want to buy from people they trust. Sell a few bad deals, and an unsavory reputation will begin to precede you. To become a “Trusted Fund Manager” — as so many thought leaders advocate — a fund...
For emerging managers, the use of Placement Agents to start a capital raise of a fund represents the most significant point for getting off the ground (and early on, scaling a firm). This issue has prevented many aspiring Emerging...
Will Dry Powder chase deals or will it remain on the sidelines? Both scenarios create problems The private equity industry has a problem. A big one. Dry powder, or uninvested cash, at private equity firms, totaled $1.45 trillion at the...
Fundraising is not easy; it is one of the more exhausting, humbling and frustrating processes GPs encounter. In perusing industry periodicals, one might conclude that anyone can raise a private equity fund and it can be done easily. The...