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1Q 2025As of February 27, 2025
Guide to Alternatives
Designed to simplify the complex world of alternative investments to help make you make more informed decisions.
Global Market Insights Strategy Team

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Earnings/coupon yield and the 60/40
60/40 returns and stock-bond correlation
60/40 portfolio income generation
Portfolio diversification
Alternatives: Correlations, returns and yields
Alternatives and manager selection
Valuations monitor
Public and private market correlations
Yield alternatives
Assets under management
Alternatives fundraising and dry powder
Investor positioning
Alternatives asset class returns vs. selected portfolios
Sources of global private real estate returns
U.S. REITs and direct real estate
Real estate correlation to equities
U.S. real estate, GDP and inflation
U.S. real estate: Transaction volumes
U.S. real estate: Cap rates and property prices
U.S. real estate: Vacancy rate and NOI growth
U.S. real estate: Office leasing activity
U.S. real estate: Office supply
U.S. real estate: Retail
U.S. real estate: Industrial and multifamily
U.S. real estate: Data centers
Europe real estate: Transaction volumes
Europe real estate: Yield and income
Europe real estate: Office vacancy rates
Asia Pacific real estate: Transaction volumes
Asia Pacific real estate: Yields and capital values
Asia Pacific real estate: Japan multifamily
Global real estate: Retail
Commercial mortgage loans
Commercial mortgage maturities and delinquencies
U.S. REITs sector returns
Sources of global infrastructure returns
Global infrastructure investment
Global infrastructure transactions
U.S. utility profitability and consumption
Global warming and greenhouse gases
U.S. electricity generation
U.S. electricity consumption
U.S. timber investments
Global trade
Global shipping: Orders, capacity and age
Global shipping: Pricing and port calls
U.S. public vs. private equity
U.S. business formation
Global private equity fundraising
Global private equity investments and exits
U.S. private equity investments and exits
IPOs by deal value and count
U.S. private equity investments by size and type
U.S. leveraged buyouts
U.S. middle market
Global private equity returns
Global private secondary market
U.S. venture capital
Global mergers and acquisitions
Healthcare dynamics
Global investment in artificial intelligence
Venture investment in artificial intelligence
Cash flows, the J-curve and returns in private equity
Private credit fundraising
Private credit deal activity
U.S. banks and credit market participants
U.S. private credit vs. leveraged loans
Leveraged buyout financing
Sponsored vs. non-sponsored leveraged loans
Lending dynamics
Credit market stress
U.S. distressed loans
Public and private credit returns
Hedge funds and manager selection
Hedge fund strategy returns
Hedge funds and traditional portfolios
Hedge fund performance and volatility
Volatility, rates and hedge fund returns
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Risk & disclosures

Cover Page

1Q 2025As of February 27, 2025
Guide to Alternatives
Designed to simplify the complex world of alternative investments to help make you make more informed decisions.
Global Market Insights Strategy Team

Page reference

Earnings/coupon yield and the 60/40
60/40 returns and stock-bond correlation
60/40 portfolio income generation
Portfolio diversification
Alternatives: Correlations, returns and yields
Alternatives and manager selection
Valuations monitor
Public and private market correlations
Yield alternatives
Assets under management
Alternatives fundraising and dry powder
Investor positioning
Alternatives asset class returns vs. selected portfolios
Sources of global private real estate returns
U.S. REITs and direct real estate
Real estate correlation to equities
U.S. real estate, GDP and inflation
U.S. real estate: Transaction volumes
U.S. real estate: Cap rates and property prices
U.S. real estate: Vacancy rate and NOI growth
U.S. real estate: Office leasing activity
U.S. real estate: Office supply
U.S. real estate: Retail
U.S. real estate: Industrial and multifamily
U.S. real estate: Data centers
Europe real estate: Transaction volumes
Europe real estate: Yield and income
Europe real estate: Office vacancy rates
Asia Pacific real estate: Transaction volumes
Asia Pacific real estate: Yields and capital values
Asia Pacific real estate: Japan multifamily
Global real estate: Retail
Commercial mortgage loans
Commercial mortgage maturities and delinquencies
U.S. REITs sector returns
Sources of global infrastructure returns
Global infrastructure investment
Global infrastructure transactions
U.S. utility profitability and consumption
Global warming and greenhouse gases
U.S. electricity generation
U.S. electricity consumption
U.S. timber investments
Global trade
Global shipping: Orders, capacity and age
Global shipping: Pricing and port calls
U.S. public vs. private equity
U.S. business formation
Global private equity fundraising
Global private equity investments and exits
U.S. private equity investments and exits
IPOs by deal value and count
U.S. private equity investments by size and type
U.S. leveraged buyouts
U.S. middle market
Global private equity returns
Global private secondary market
U.S. venture capital
Global mergers and acquisitions
Healthcare dynamics
Global investment in artificial intelligence
Venture investment in artificial intelligence
Cash flows, the J-curve and returns in private equity
Private credit fundraising
Private credit deal activity
U.S. banks and credit market participants
U.S. private credit vs. leveraged loans
Leveraged buyout financing
Sponsored vs. non-sponsored leveraged loans
Lending dynamics
Credit market stress
U.S. distressed loans
Public and private credit returns
Hedge funds and manager selection
Hedge fund strategy returns
Hedge funds and traditional portfolios
Hedge fund performance and volatility
Volatility, rates and hedge fund returns
Definitions
Definitions

Risk & disclosures
