June's Real Estate Spotlight features an exclusive article from PwC, which takes a look at the growing importance of real estate in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and what this means for the global market.

This article provides a global perspective on a provocative issue arising from today’s exhaustive official review process for mergers & acquisitions: What if the review reveals issues that are not specific to the transaction at hand?

Data from eFront, covering 4,000 funds globally, shows that Western European private equity funds showed the best returns globally, at the same time as delivering robust performance on the VC side.

In this month's Hedge Fund Spotlight, Preqin takes a look at the world’s largest hedge fund managers to ascertain the characteristics and influence of the '$1bn Club'.

The authors of this article suggest that a value-creating acquisition typically conforms to at least one of six archetypes.