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Supertrends - Investing for the Long Term (Credit Suisse, 2017)

This 97-page report has been produced by Credit Suisse. It analyses the key trends affecting long-term investing, such as geopolitics, demographic shifts, and rapid technology change. These movements provide a tangible link between today’s major developments and portfolios' risk/return profiles in the long run.

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Quantitative Methods
Is Ray Dalio's Commitment To "Radical Transparency" Hurting Bridgewater?

11 Aug 2017

Endowments and Foundations
NEPC: Endowments, foundations upping allocations to marketable alternatives

16 Aug 2017

Regulation and Compliance
Tudor, Brevan Howard Drop MiFID Licenses to Opt Out of New Rules - Bloomberg

15 Aug 2017

Hedge Funds
Hedge Funds See Ninth Consecutive Month of Gains (eVestment, Aug 2017)

15 Aug 2017

Risk and Portfolio Construction
How the Next Quant Fund Crisis Will Unfold (Bloomberg Professional)

17 Aug 2017

Canadian Pension Funds
CPPIB invests $32M for retail development in India

15 Aug 2017

Cleantech Investing
Rise of electric car solves little if driven by fossil fuels, warns windfarm boss

14 Aug 2017

Private Equity and VC
Kalanick Loyalists Move to Force Benchmark Off Uber’s Board

14 Aug 2017

Commercial Real Estate
Allianz buys Italian real estate fund from Blackstone

09 Aug 2017

Farmland and Forestry
Brexit Down on the Farm (Ngaire Woods, Aug 2017)

11 Aug 2017

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Investment Consultants
Investment Management Consultants Association The Evolution of Asset Classes: Lessons from University Endowments (IMCA, 2016)
Institutional Asset Managers
Willis Towers Watson Global Alternatives Survey 2017: Including the top alternative asset manager rankings (Willis Towers Watson)
Currency Management
William Blair The Case for Macro (William Blair, July 2017)
Other Alternative Investments
GMO Global Asset Allocation Insights: Merger Arb and Unicorns (GMO, 2017)
Commercial Real Estate
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Understanding the Surge in U.S. Commercial Real Estate Lending (FRBR, Aug 2017)
Quantitative Methods
Institutional investment professional Quantifying Backtest Overfitting in Alternative Beta Strategies (2017)
Private Equity and VC
Pantheon The Shrinking Public Market and Why it Matters (Pantheon, June 2017)
Hedge Funds
bfinance Sub-Advisor UCITS Fund of Hedge Funds (bfinance, 2017)
Private Equity and VC
CFA Institute Has the Time Arrived for a Venture Market in the United States? (CFA Institute)
Manager Selection & Mandates
The Carlyle Group Skill vs. Luck in Private Equity Investors’ Hunt for Excess Returns (The Carlyle Group, June 2017)
Private Equity and VC
Heidrick & Struggles North American Private Equity: Compensation Survey (Feb 2017)
Infrastructure Investment
Cambridge Associates Digging In: Assessing the Private Infrastructure Opportunity Today (Cambridge Associates, 2017)
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