Private assets: the global 2022 results are in. Finally!

It’s the middle of May and the full-year results are in. For publicly listed companies it would be yesterday’s news. Tax filings have been made and many firms even reported their first quarter. But in private equity, with its long-term perspectives, the ‘old’ data still can be worthy of a cover story, certainly when it comes to a year like 2022, marked by war, inflation and surging interest rates. The Q4 2022 Burgiss report shows how the market did.

State Street: Private markets have reached an inflection point

The upcoming arrival of retail investors in private markets, combined with  economic headwinds and the need for technological innovation, have placed all private asset classes at an inflection point from where institutional parties need to make significant investments in efficiency, technology and skills, said a survey released on Monday.

Chart of the Week: Look beyond inflation

The money supply is rapidly shrinking, something that rarely, if ever, happens. In the United States, the money supply is shrinking by more than 4 per cent on an annual basis. And while there is an endless debate whether you should look mainly at the money supply or the money supply, as far as I am concerned, the latter is the most important.

Selling Eltifs to the masses requires distribution adjustments

The launch of the amended Eltif regulation – version 2.0 – fits a narrative in some quarters that the version of Eltif already on the books is some kind of failure. Data nevertheless shows that investment in even the “limited” version of Eltif in place since 2015 is still growing quickly and various projections specify even faster growth. In order for the vehicle to be sold to masses of clients under Eltif 2.0, experts said that consequential adaptations will have to be made to the way such funds are sold and distributed.

Blackstone fund accepts 29% of April redemption requests

The Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, one of the world’s largest property investment funds, in April accepted 29 per cent of 4.5 billion dollars worth in redemption requests. The fund told investors on Monday that it decided to fulfil 1.3 billion, less than a third, of these requests to sell.

Chart of the week: a recession looming?

A recession is what usually concerns many investors, and economists. But exactly how they estimate the probability of a recession is often unclear to me. And sometimes not much of the «approach» is correct either. Given the significant potential impact on different asset classes, it makes sense to attempt to get a grip on it myself.