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Alternative Investment

Databases | Directories | Journals | Industry Statistics | Internet Resources

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Databases

ABI/Inform Global
Good source for industry publications and dealmakers.

Bloomberg
Business Electronic Resources (In-Library Use Only)
Good resource for information on hedge funds.
Enter HFND and hit the GO key for Bloomberg’s Hedge Fund menu

Business Source Complete
"Full text for scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922."

Capital IQ
Business School students and faculty can now access Capital IQ both on and off campus:  Go to http://my.gsb.columbia.edu/, log in, and then choose the Capital IQ hyperlink on the next page.

Non-Business School affiliates may use Capital IQ in the Business and Economics library. Access is available on 4 library workstations near the circulation desk

**As a reminder, you are allowed to use Capital IQ for academic purposes only.**

Eurekahedge
EurekaHedge provides comprehensive data services on over 20,000 hedge funds and alternative funds worldwide. It covers directory, strategies, assets, industry trends and statistics, and news information on hedge funds, private equity funds, and specialist funds such as real estate funds and Islamic funds, etc. Historical data are available for each fund covered.

Factiva
Good source for industry publications and dealmakers.

Institutional Investor website [includes rankings of hedge funds]

TheDeal Pipeline [includes contents from Bankruptcy Insider and DealFocus]
Integrated access to thedeal.com as well as data on deals, and bankruptcies.

Thomson ONE [includes SDC Platinum]
Click on the Deals tab for access to the full SDC Platinum database.  This database contains data on LBOs as well as M&A and IPOs deals.

VentureXpert via Thomson ONE (click on Private Equity tab)
Historical venture capital and private equity deals and industry statistics.

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Directories

Barclay Hedge Fund Directory
Business Electronic Resources (In-Library Use Only)
A quarterly publication, delivers in-depth analysis on the performance of the more than 2,400 hedge funds and funds of funds.  Statistical data includes rates of return, expected months to new peak and probability of losing, projectability and comparison with benchmarks.

Directory of Alternative Investment Programs
Business Electronic Resources (In-Library Use Only)

Directory of Limited Partners: Investors in Private Equity and Other Alternative Asset Funds
HG4961.D5641 (Business Reference Directories Shelf)

Directory of Registered Investment Advisors
HG4907.D53 (Business Reference Directories Shelf)

Galante’s Venture Capital and Private Equity
Business Electronic Resources (In-Library Use Only)

Global Fund of Hedge Funds Directory (Eurekahedge)
HG4530.G561 (Business Reference Directories Shelf)

Global Private Equity Fund Directory
HG4751.G56 (Business Reference Directories Shelf)

Lipper HedgeWorld Annual Guide
HG4530.H4341 (Business Reference Directories Shelf)

Pratt’s Guide to Private Equity Sources
HG64.P73 (Business Reference Directories Shelf)

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Journals

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Industry Statistics

  • Cambridge Associates: Proprietary Indices and Benchmark Studies
  • Eurekahedge Indices
  • Asia 300: Guide to Venture Capital in Asia
    HG5701.G85 (Business Reference Directories shelf)
  • Investment Benchmarks Report: Buyouts and Other Private Equity (2008)
    HG4961.I58 (Business Reserves)
  • Investment Benchmarks Report: Venture Capital (2008)
    HG4961.V467 (Business Reserves)
  • MoneyTree Survey
    A quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.  This survey is a collaboration between PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association
  • MSCI Hedge Fund Indices
  • National Venture Capital Association Yearbook
    HG4961.N382 (Business Reference)
  • Preqin Global Private Equity Review (2009) (Business Reserves)
    An annual publication that provides an overview and detailed analysis of the global private equity industry, data and statistics on fundraising, performance, and deals data, etc., and reference guides for different aspects of the industry.

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Internet Resources

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