Alternative Investments

Abstract

The Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Frank Russell Capital Inc. survey of alternative investment use by pension funds, foundations, and endowments and are regarded as a major industry source on the changing demand of alternative investments and domestic and international private investments, including but not limited to venture capital, leveraged buyout funds, mezzanine financing, oil and gas properties, timber, and economically targeted situations. Hedge funds and real estate were not considered to be alternative investments in the context of the survey. This article provides a summary of the results of their most recent survey as well as a comment on the importance of various institutional demand in the subsectors of private investment.