Laurence Allen

If you expect an economic recession and want to rebalance your alternative fund portfolio to mitigate the damage, here are some lessons from the 2008 recession. Alternative fund strategies worldwide generated negative 1 year median returns in 2008. For perspective, in 2008, the S&P 500 Index returned -35.6%. The 3 best performing alternative fund strategies generated median returns of approximately -6% to -11%: Mezzanine Infrastructure Natural Resources The

Unrealized value in private equity funds was at record levels as of December 31, 2021 exceeding $8.5 trillion worldwide as estimated by NYPPEX. For perspective, this level is more than 102% higher than an estimated $4.2 trillion just 3 years ago as of December 31, 2018. In the first half of 2022, when you consider the following NYPPEX exit estimates: (1) IPO exits comprised less than 1% of