Arms investors with powerful new tools for measuring and
managing the risks associated with the various illiquid asset
classes

With risk-free interest rates and risk premiums at record lows,
many investors are turning to illiquid assets, such as real estate,
private equity, infrastructure and timber, in search of superior
returns and greater portfolio diversity. But as many analysts,
investors and wealth managers are discovering, such investments
bring with them a unique set of risks that cannot be measured by
standard asset allocation models. Written by a dream team of
globally renowned experts in the field, this book provides a clear,
accessible overview of illiquid fund investments, focusing on what
the main risks of these asset classes are and how to measure those
risks in today's regulatory environment.

* Provides solutions for institutional investors in need of
guidance in today's regulatory environment

* Offers detailed descriptions of risk measurement in illiquid
asset classes, illustrated with real life case studies

* Helps you to develop reliable risk management tools while
complying with the regulations designed to contain the individual
and systemic risks arising from illiquid investments

* Features real-life case studies that capture an array of risk
management scenarios you are likely to encounter

Dr PETER CORNELIUS is heading AlpInvest Partners' economic and strategic research. Prior to his current position, he was the Group Chief Economist of Royal Dutch Shell, chief economist and Director of the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Program, Head of International Economic Research of Deutsche Bank, a senior economist with the International Monetary Fund, and a staff economist of the German Council of Economic Advisors. He is the chairman of EVCA's 'Risk Measurement Guidelines' working group. He has been an adjunct professor at Brandeis University and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and has published widely in leading academic and trade journals and (co)authored several books, including International Investments in Private Equity (Elsevier/Academic Press).

Dr CHRISTIAN DILLER is co-founder of Montana Capital Partners, focused on secondary liquidity in private equity through its own innovative investment product, sophisticated securitizations and risk management services for institutional investors. Previously, he was Head of Solutions at Capital Dynamics leading the structuring and portfolio and risk management activities. Christian advised some of the world's largest investors on portfolio rebalancing and structuring, cash flow planning and risk management in private equity. Prior to that, he worked for Allianz Group and Pioneer Investments. Christian is a member of the EVCA's 'Risk Measurement Guidelines' working group, co-chairman of the 'Technical Working Group on Solvency II & IORP' and lecturer at the CIPEI course held by the Oxford Said Business School. He is author of several articles for practitioners and academics and holds a Dr. rer. pol. in finance specializing on risk-/return characteristics of private equity funds.

Dr DIDIER GUENNOC is co-founder of LDS Partners, specialised in decision systems, program structuring, corporate governance and risk management solutions for institutional investors in private equity. He also acts as the secretary of the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Board (IPEV Board). Previously he worked for Origo Management and advised EVCA, the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association on public affairs, statistics and professional standards. He started his career at Xerfi, the leading French market research company. Didier was a member of the advisory board of the Centre for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (Technische Universität München Germany) and of the private equity subcommittee of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst® Program. Didier holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University Robert Schuman, Strasbourg (France).

Dr THOMAS MEYER is co-founder of LDS Partners, specialised in decision systems, program structuring, corporate governance and risk management solutions for institutional investors in private equity. Previously he was with EVCA, the European Investment Fund and Allianz Asia Pacific. He is a member of the EVCA's 'Risk Measurement Guidelines' working group and of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association's (CAIA©) private equity sub-committee and a Shimomura Fellow of the Development Bank of Japan's Research Institute of Capital Formation. Thomas is co-directing the Certificate in Institutional Private Equity Investing (CIPEI) course held by the Oxford Said Business School's Private Equity Institute and co-authored several books including Beyond the J-Curve and J-Curve Exposure.

Allocations to illiquid investments have grown substantially in recent years as investments in asset classes such as private equity, real estate, infrastructure or timber, are expected to generate superior returns and help investors diversify their portfolios. Their unique characteristics however, require specific tools to measure and manage the risk associated with such investments.

This book focuses primarily on the illiquidity risk premium that structurally illiquid asset classes may offer. In contrast to asset classes that may become illiquid thanks to financial turmoil and heightened risk aversion, investors in structurally illiquid asset classes are aware ex-ante of the risk they take. It is precisely this risk, and more specifically the associated risk premium, that attracts investors to these asset classes. Not all investors are able to harvest this risk premium, however. As a matter of principle, only long term investors can, whose liability profile allows them to lock capital in for a prolonged period of time. Harvesting the illiquidity risk premium requires specific risk management techniques, and these are the subject of this book.

Mastering Illiquidity: Risk Management for Portfolios of Limited Partnership Funds provides a clear and accessible overview of the particularities of illiquid fund investments, what the main risks of these asset classes are and how risks are measured in the new regulatory environment. It provides solutions for institutional investors who are searching for guidance in the new era of regulation and offers detailed descriptions of risk measurement in illiquid asset classes which are illustrated with real life case studies. This book helps readers to develop appropriate risk management tools while complying with new regulations which have been put in place to contain individual as well as systemic risks arising from illiquid investments.

With risk-free interest rates and risk premiums at record lows, many investors are turning to illiquid assets, such as real estate, private equity, infrastructure and timber, in search of superior returns and greater portfolio diversity. But as many analysts, investors and wealth managers are discovering, such investments bring with them a unique set of risks that cannot be measured by standard asset allocation models. Written by a dream team of globally renowned experts in the field, this book provides a clear, accessible overview of illiquid fund investments, focusing on what the main risks of these asset classes are and how to measure those risks in today's regulatory environment.

• Provides solutions for institutional investors in need of guidance in today's regulatory environment
• Offers detailed des…