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Of all private asset strategies, private credit is coming out on top this year, and The City of Phoenix Employees' Retirement System had the top-performing credit portfolio, according to AW Research.

Our analysis of Q3 results shows a rising percentage of assets are going to private credit at the big four private equity firms.

Annuity provider Athene has contributed significantly to Apollo’s fee income and asset growth since its acquisition in January 2022. However, the lion's share of the equity benefit was realized in 2022, providing protection as higher rates hurt equity and traditional ...

Publicly traded alternative investment firms hit another all-time high in AUM, with five of the largest firms accounting for nearly $3 trillion in combined alternative investment assets in the second quarter. What has helped the steady growth has been continued ...

Our analysis of private equity fund performance for the past 12 months shows muted performance among the largest global alternative investment firms, thanks to rising interest rates. Ironically, most large private equity companies’ credit funds have led the Q1 performance ...

Private equity capital deployment has slowed even as dry capital available continues to rise, according to our analysis of first-quarter stats on publicly traded private equity firms.

Our analysis of Blackstone’s Q1 results highlights the company's conservatism in deploying capital and seeking investments that significantly outperform public market returns.

This exclusive AW Research analysis shows the top five public private equity firms have over $500 billion in unallocated dry powder capital raised. Since typical private equity deals involve 2-3 x leverage, that implies $1.5-$2 trillion of fire power to ...

AW Research Investor Compendium tracks $144 billion in alts allocations in 2022 The third annual Alternatives Watch Research Investor Compendium, commissioned by Vidrio Financial, showcases a strong uptick in the amount of alternative investment mandate activity across some of the ...

AW Research is tracking historically high levels of uncalled capital, with five of the largest private equity firms sitting on half of a trillion dollars in capital as of year-end 2022.