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This presentation for 2015 provides an overview of the private equity market that includes:

Wealthy American investors should welcome a rational conversation on the real benefit of gold as foreigners understand, particularly in China, Asia, the Mideast, Russia and most of the developing world. Gold is beautifully uncorrelated to the dollar.

Investors have several decisions to make when investing outside of the United States. Some of those questions include which countries they want to be exposed to and whether they want to be exposed to equity or debt instruments within those countries. This white paper provides insight into the currency decision as it relates to investing in global fixed income.

Global technological advances could signal the dawn of a robot revolution as automated mobile machines move beyond the factory floor into our everyday lives. This white paper discusses the financial and social benefits advanced robotics could bring to the global economy.

Russia is becoming a very attractive destination for Chinese investors primarily due to its natural resources and the capacity of the domestic market. However, there is a significant disconnect between the attractiveness of the Russian market and hands-on knowledge of it: 91% of major Chinese businesses find the Russian market attractive, but less than a quarter of them know enough about it, and what's worse, none believe they have good understanding of Russian legislation.

According to a Norwegian linguist, the Sami people living in northern Russia and Scandinavia have 180 words for snow and ice. It seems that there are nearly as many terms for investment strategies designed specifically for societal impact. A few of the terms being used today include: “socially responsible investing,” “ESG investing,” and “mission‐related investing,” etc. Unlike the Sami’s 180 terms, each of which has a very specific meaning, there are no widely accepted definitions for impact investing and no dictionary to guide us.

In this market forecast, Atlantic Trust discusses presents the issues that will have the most impact on the financial markets over the next 12 months, including: The EconomyU.S.

Altantic Trust Private Wealth Management provides insight into the financial markets in its Economic and Investment Overview for the second quarter of 2014, some highlights include:

This paper discusses the current global market conditions and provides insight into the best approach to navigating the current volatile market, while identifying the latest market movers and shakers, and assessing the next move for investors in the equities, currencies, fixed income and oil markets.

This thoughtful paper provides a historical perspective of the Hedge Fund markets performance in varying economic clients and relates what has been learned in the past to the current market conditions since the Recession of 2008.