In December 2018, Burgiss data classifications will be updated as scheduled to reflect the following taxonomy changes…
Read MoreBurgiss, the global provider of investment decision support tools for private capital, announces that the Burgiss Manager Universe (BMU), has grown to include 8,250 funds representing more than $5.9 trillion in committed capital across the full spectrum of private capital strategies.
Read MoreIf you were to take over the management of a private capital portfolio at a large pension fund and were tasked with maintaining a valuation of about $1B, how would you approach it? At what rate should you commit capital to best achieve this goal? It turns out that this question can be formulated in a number of different ways, each leading to an algorithm that dictates the pace at which commitments should be made…
Read MoreAd hoc reporting is great for one-time tasks, but many organization’s reporting needs run on a schedule. On September 22, we will introduce two key new capabilities that help streamline reporting: Saved Reports and Job Scheduling.
Read MoreWe would like to thank everyone that participated in the recent Fund-Level Debt and Portfolio Exposures policy topic. As a reminder, this policy topic focused on appropriately reflecting portfolio exposures in cases where fund-level debt is used by the General Partner…
Read MoreThank you, clients one and all, for your patience and cooperation. With your help, we met our ambitious goal of moving you onto the new Private i platform in so short a time. This technical feat, years in the planning and execution, was done by our team on many weekends over the past year.
Read MoreIn this research brief, we compared fund ranks produced by these various performance measures:
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Total Value To Paid-In (TVPI)
Kaplan Schoar Public Market Equivalent (KS-PME)
Direct Alpha (DA)
Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR)
Earlier this month, Burgiss released the following Research Reports to clients: For Burgiss Transparency Clients: Q1 2018 Holdings Performance Report for Buyout, Real Estate, and Venture Capital - This report presents aggregated performance based on TVPI (Investment Multiple) of the holdings across funds.
Read MoreThe Burgiss Early Adopter program commenced this month with client participants putting our new Excel Add-in through its paces. Utilizing familiar Excel features such as formulas, pivot tables, and charts, the Add-in lets users develop meaningful Performance Measurement data for their portfolio.
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