Retail Investors

The platform joins the likes of Cambridge Associates, Blackstone and Credit Suisse in attempting to capture Asia’s burgeoning HNWI opportunity.

GPs will do well to heed calls for the PE industry to adapt to the shifting needs of institutional investors sooner rather than later.

Andrew McCaffery, chief investment officer at the $706.3bn asset management giant, says there's traction around the democratisation of the asset class.

The firm, which wants to raise more than $100bn by next year, has staffed up to focus more on individual investors, according to its co-president and co-COO.

2021 marks the year products aimed at tapping the defined contribution market see the light of day. Increased interest in such vehicles suggests more are soon to come.

The firm's multi-strategy fund is the latest example of managers seeking to expand access to private markets for individual investors.

In June the US Department of Labor gave the green light for the incorporation of private equity into 401(k) plans. Don’t expect a rush of capital just yet.

The pandemic has upended high-net-worth investors in the region’s near- to medium-term appetite for alternative asset classes.

UBS clients will be able to invest a minimum of €20,000 in Partners Group's European Long-Term Investment Fund, which will invest across private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

The ground being laid in the US to welcome retail investors into alternatives is rocky. Where mid-market managers fit is an open question.