In this edition of its Real Estate Spotlight, Preqin looks at recent increasing investor appetite for value-added exposure, as well as the value-added fundraising market and the outlook for the sector in the coming year, as well as all the latest industry news.

In its PE digest this week, DealMarket assesses the PE asset class, looks at a report from Bain, which indicates that M&A is about to ride the upside of the latest business cycle, and reports on a rumoured buyout of business software company Compuware.

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.