In this edition of hedge fund spotlight, Preqin explores how the fund of hedge funds industry has changed over the past year, examines the recent performance of funds of hedge funds and looks at new fund launches and recent mergers and acqusitions.

In its PE digest this week, DealMarket looks at the remarkable performance of private equity during the financial crisis in comparison with other asset classes, the results of an Ernst & Young global survey of 300 institutional investors which shows that this group is increasingly bullish about the IPO market in 2013, and the Heinz mega-buyout, without doubt the deal of the week.

Preqin's latest research shows that large-cap deals in 2013 to date equate to 45 per cent of the aggregate value of large-cap deals that took place in the whole of 2012.

This month’s edition of Preqin's Infrastructure Spotlight explores the increasing prominence of the infrastructure debt market, looking at how the infrastructure debt space has evolved, the growing interest in separate accounts and mandates in the infrastructure debt space and which investors are looking to invest in infrastructure debt.

Preqin's latest research shows 23 per cent of investors are targeting large to mega buyout vehicles in 2013, compared to 9 per cent in 2010.