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CIO’s Transition Manager Survey Open

Our annual online questionnaire seeks to find the year’s most outstanding transition managers.

By Chris Butera

From now through July 28, Chief Investment Officer will be soliciting clients of transition management services to rate the performance of their transition managers over the past year via an online questionnaire.

Respondents can request up to 15 managers at once from a list, and also have the opportunity to write in and rate other managers not listed.

In order to be included on any league table, a provider will at least 10 total responses.

A provider with at least five responses in each of any two regions will be eligible for the global league table.

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Providers qualifying in just one region are considered regional. Six providers qualified for global ratings and four qualified as regional.

Minimum responses needed by region in order for a rating in that region are: United States (10); Canada (5); UK/Europe/MENA (5); and Asia/Pacific (5).

The survey is intended for public and corporate defined benefit plans, endowments & foundations, and other asset owners.

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Preqin: Emerging Market Private Equity Assets Boom to Cross $500 Billion Mark

One-fifth of global investors intend to increase their allocation to private equity in emerging markets in 2017.

By Vishesh Kumar

Emerging markets-focused private equity funds have seen their assets grow at an average annual rate of 21% over the past decade, from $93 billion in December 2006 to $564 billion in September 2016, according to the latest findings by research firm Preqin.

The results come as venture capital investment in Asia through Q2 2017 accounted for almost half the global total invested and outpaced North America.

 Among emerging markets, the majority of activity is focused on Greater China. The region is home to 883 private equity fund managers and 224 investors in the asset class. Funds focused on Greater China have raised $441 billion since the start of 2008, compared to $45 billion for Latin America-focused funds, the second-highest total.

One-fifth of global investors reported that they intended to increase their allocation to private equity in emerging markets in 2017, while only 5% said they wanted to decrease their exposure.

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Despite the strong fundraising by funds in the region, the profits returned to investors have exceeded drawdowns for investment recently.  Distributions to investors exceeded capital calls by $7 billion in 2015, and $13 billion in Q1-Q3 2016.

“Robust performance and recent net capital flows to investors have proved that emerging markets-focused vehicles can offer real returns on investment,” Christopher Elvin, head of private equity products at Preqin, said in a statement.

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