Burgiss announces the update of its Burgiss Manager Universe through Q2 2014 and adds Classifications for Developed, Emerging and Frontier Markets
HOBOKEN, N.J., Sept. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Burgiss, a global provider of investment decision support tools for the private capital market, announces that the Burgiss Manager Universe has been updated through the second quarter of 2014 (Q2 2014).
In addition, the Burgiss Manager Universe has also been enhanced to include Development Focus, a new fund attribute that classifies a fund as being focused on investing in one of the following markets:
- Developed
- Emerging
- Frontier
Burgiss Manager Universe has grown to include nearly 5,900 private capital funds representing $3.9 trillion in committed capital.
|
Asset Class |
Sub Asset Class |
Funds |
FoFs* |
Total |
Cap. ($M) | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate Finance |
2,216 |
279 |
2,495 |
2,411,478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Buyout |
1,655 |
1,655 |
1,801,249 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Distressed Securities |
229 |
229 |
265,529 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Mezzanine |
208 |
208 |
113,059 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Special Situations |
124 |
124 |
81,321 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Venture Capital |
1,647 |
132 |
1,779 |
470,539 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Early Stage |
883 |
883 |
177,145 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balanced |
519 |
519 |
162,078 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Late Stage |
245 |
245 |
90,216 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Real Estate |
858 |
39 |
897 |
526,721 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Opportunistic |
466 |
466 |
348,634 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Value-Added |
345 |
345 |
154,492 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Core |
47 |
47 |
13,472 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Real Assets |
446 |
22 |
468 |
392,745 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Energy |
286 |
286 |
243,504 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Infrastructure |
68 |
68 |
107,791 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Timber |
54 |
54 |
14,668 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other |
38 |
38 |
19,639 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Generalist |
232 |
232 |
129,589 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Grand Total |
5,167 |
704 |
5,871 |
$3,931,073 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
*Funds of Funds (FoFs) use a single-tier classification hierarchy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Burgiss Manager Universe is an essential resource for investors to analyze investment behavior, return characteristics, and funding and distribution patterns across the full range of private capital strategies.
It powers Private iQ, a robust decision support and benchmarking tool, and Burgiss Peer Groups - available in Private i and other platforms. The data also underpins sophisticated asset allocation, risk, and liquidity models and supports research by leading academics.
About Burgiss Manager Universe
The Burgiss Manager Universe is a research-quality database that includes the complete transactional history for nearly 5,900 private capital funds. It is representative of actual investor experience because the data is sourced exclusively from limited partners, which eliminates the natural biases introduced by sourcing data from general partners.
About Burgiss
Burgiss is a global provider of investment decision support tools for the private capital market. Founded in 1987, Burgiss is a multidisciplinary team of 140 professionals steeped in the world of private capital. Today our tools support over a thousand clients representing over $2 trillion of committed capital.
Additional information is available at www.burgiss.com.
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