10 June 2026

Governments are seeking to turn investors' attention closer to home in pursuit of resilience – Germany is at the forefront of efforts to redirect private capital.

• Private Markets
• Real Assets
• Impact
• Real Estate
• Infrastructure

Read more: Infographic: private capital and German ‘place-based investing’

22 May 2026

Since the 2007/08 Global Financial Crisis, aggressive monetary easing, prolonged low interest rates and repeated policy backstops have compressed risk premia – but assessing the potential impact of credit spread normalisation is now critical for investors allocating to credit markets.

• Fixed Income
• Portfolio Design
• Strategic Asset Allocation

Read more: How might a normalisation of credit spreads impact returns?

18 May 2026

Disappointing distributions, weak returns and a softer fundraising climate now appear to be putting real pricing power in investors’ hands. That is a key finding of the bfinance Private Market Fees and Costs 2026 snap poll. A large percentage of investors have observed a recent decline in fees for ‘like-for-like’ private market strategies, according to the survey of 84 LPs from around the globe.

• Private Markets
• Private Equity
• Private Debt
• Real Assets
• Real Estate
• Infrastructure

Read more: bfinance poll: investors gain edge in private market fees

18 May 2026

Private market secondaries are booming – but are they creating a welcome 'layer cake' of liquidity solutions, or a 'traffic jam' that postpones real exits? We explored this question in bfinance's inaugural Allocator Briefing podcast, with four of our senior researchers unpacking what's driving today's surge, where mispricing and misalignment can creep in, and what investors should watch out for.

• Private Markets
• Private Equity
• Private Debt
• Real Assets
• Real Estate
• Infrastructure

Read more: Secondaries under scrutiny: layer cake or traffic jam?