It is noteworthy that Government Pension Investment Fund, Japan (GPIF) is changing their asset allocation, becoming more proactive in investing in
alternative asset management sectors.
Through this partnership (and in collaboration with the Payne Firm, an international environmental consulting firm), Carlyle and EDF jointly developed a new due diligence framework for
the alternative asset management sector called the «EcoValuScreen.»
Too many investors have hated FIG for years now, and in the past year they also started hating the entire
alternative asset management sector... what's it gonna take for shareholders to finally catch a break here?!
Not exact matches
I wrote more on this topic last year in a series on
alternative asset managers — the series focused primarily on my approach to
asset management valuations, the level of balance sheet cash & investments in the
sector, and a brief run - down of the managers themselves (inc. a number of hedge fund managers).
With $ 361 billion in
assets under
management, Blackstone is viewed as a bellwether for the
alternative asset sector given its size and reach across markets.