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Chart of the Month: May 2023
Through the Grapevine: A Hypothesis in North American Infrastructure Trends Q1 2006-Q4 2015 Infrastructure is a vertical we often analyze…
The PE Tech Dilemma That Isn’t
Finding the Best Portfolio Management Software The private equity and venture capital world is divided into two groups of people:…
Chart of the Month: April 2023
March Sadness: Assessing the Growth & Venture Landscape After a Tumultuous First Quarter The first quarter of 2023 has come…
Chart of the Month: March 2023
Ambition and Caution: A Comparison of Buyout and Venture Returns from 1998-2021 Given the wild drawdown in 2022, we analyzed…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…