February 11, 2020
4Q 2019 Market Insights
Cobalt Market Insights is just a sample of the intelligence that can be gained from the Market Analysis part of the Cobalt LP platform. Investors are using our comprehensive, accurate, and timely market data to drive portfolio construction and investment selection decisions.
February 3, 2020
Fundraising in the Private Markets
As we reflect back on 2019, one thing that stands out is the strong fundraising seen in the private markets. When we think of fundraising, we measure it in two ways: Looking at total opportunities received by a large institution Understanding the total exposure of the private markets, by strategy[...]
January 28, 2020
2019 Hamilton Lane Market Overview
The Hamilton Lane Market Overview is a global presentation that reviews the trends, challenges and opportunities found in today's global financial and private equity markets. It's a comprehensive and, we believe, unique perspective on the markets that utilizes Hamilton Lane’s industry insights, research capabilities and expansive, proprietary database to identify[...]
January 24, 2020
Chart of the Month: Private Markets Annual Liquidity Ratios
By: Bryan Jenkins, Vice President, Private Market Analytics, Hamilton Lane This chart provides a snapshot of annual liquidity ratios segmented by various private markets strategies. We define the “liquidity ratio” as the ratio of distributions to contributions in a given calendar year. A liquidity ratio above the dashed lined (>[...]
January 7, 2020
Key Considerations for Private Credit Investors
By: Drew Schardt, Head of Private Credit at Hamilton Lane Private credit continues to grow as an asset class within the private markets. When we look at private debt fundraising by year, you can see that the fundraising amounts continue to increase and diversify. As we look at a new[...]
December 20, 2019
Chart of the Month: IRR by Strategy and Time Horizon
Historically, Private Equity has provided the highest returns across all time horizons relative to Private Credit and Real Assets While Private Credit and Real Assets historically generate lower returns than Private Equity, Private Credit provides stable and predictable cashflows. Private Real Assets provides diversification benefits by being less correlated to[...]
December 18, 2019
Trends to Watch in 2020: A Webinar Recap
Last week, our friends at DealCloud hosted a webinar about trends to watch in 2020. This webinar, featuring perspectives from the deal maker, fund manager and technology angle, discussed the factors that will impact the market most heavily. Read on to learn more about our key takeaways from the webinar.[...]
November 22, 2019
Chart of the Month: Dispersion of Returns by Strategy
Each bar represents the dispersion of returns as measured as the difference in IRR between top and bottom quartile funds Historically, the difference in investing with bottom quartile managers instead of those in the top quartile in private markets is approximately 15% The purple dot represents the median IRR for[...]
November 19, 2019
Bridging the Data Gap between GPs and LPs – Key Takeaways
On Wednesday, November 6th, Cobalt & MVision Private Equity Advisers co-hosted an event around how GPs and LPs can bridge the data gap. This event featured Jim Strang, Managing Director and Head of EMEA for Hamilton Lane, and Chris Davison, Partner at Permira, discussing the attraction of European investments, the[…]
November 11, 2019
Market Insights: 3Q 2019
Cobalt Market Insights is just a sample of the intelligence that can be gained from the Market Analysis part of the Cobalt LP platform. Investors are using our comprehensive, accurate, and timely market data to drive portfolio construction and investment selection decisions.
