Investors crank up private market assets in class-allocation evolution
Private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure are becoming mainstream investments, writes Rudigor Kleyn
26 August 2019 - 05:03
Private market assets such as private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure are becoming mainstream investments with global institutional investors as they search for return in a sustained period of low stock market returns.
Private market assets refer to those not traded on a public exchange. In the past they were considered too hard to access, opaque or a niche for a particular kind of investor, but now they are accepted as an attractive means to diversify portfolios, often achieving better long-term returns than traditional listed markets. ..
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