Preqin's real estate investor outlook for the first half of 2013 shows institutional investors are showing increasing appetite for private real estate, with 53.0 per cent of respondents expecting to make commitments to private real estate funds in 2013 compared with 36.0 per cent of respondents to a similar study carried out a year ago.

Magister Advisors, M&A advisors to the global technology industry, sets out its predictions for the technology industry for the remainder of 2013. Among them: software will dictate success in the mobile industry; this will be Facebook's year; and Amazon will emerge as a force in mobile.

In the latest edition of its digest, DealMarket looks at, among other things: the preference for alternatives and private equity as expressed by pension funds and endowments; Tower Watson's top five predictions for global M&A in 2013; and the potential for India's biotech sector to reach USD 100m in the next 12 years.

In this edition of real estate spotlight, Preqin provides an outlook for the year ahead, looks at assets under management and dry powder, and examines private equity real estate performance.

In this edition of DealMarket's PE Digest: TPG capital in billion dollar exit; Preqin's highs and lows for 2012; what is hot among ultra-wealthy investors; and private equity challenges for 2013.