In this edition of Hedge Fund Spotlight: A look at the growth of investor interest in CTAs and how the CTA industry has performed since its inception.

In this edition of the Private Equity Spotlight, Preqin takes a look at the growth of real estate debt fund market

In this edition of its PE Digest, DealMarket notes at the big increase in IPOs in the US during October, as well as looking at the high cost of going public; the upurge in large buyouts during the last few days of the month, particularly in the US and South Korea; and gives the findings of a poll of 100 PE investors on global economic trends and fundraising.

Stenham examines the effect global events such as the US elections and the eurozone debt crisis have had, and are having, on the investment outlook in general, and its own portfolio strategies in particular.

In this issue of PE Digest, Deal Market puts the spotlight on a M&A trend of buying into luxury, Permira's bet on genealogy website Ancestry.com and a decline in global M&A activity during the third quarter.