In this month's Hedge Fund Spotlight, Preqin ranks activity in the US hedge fund industry by state, and examines the make-up of investors and fund managers in the country.

Until recently, GP-led secondary deals have generally been associated with “zombie funds” with lingering, hard-to-sell assets.

In this month's Real Assets Spotlight, we examine investors' expected activity in infrastructure over the next 12 months.

In three decades, private equity has developed from a cottage industry managing an estimated hundred billion of dollars to a fully-fledged asset class with close to three trillion of assets under management. This fast growth has been relatively immune to macroeconomic booms and busts, but it is unclear how long this rapid development can continue.

Mergers & acquisitions as a fast track for accelerating product roadmaps, gaining access to new technologies and markets, and fending off competitors is highlighted in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector.