Manager strategy

Private markets M&A continues to gather pace as asset management mega-platforms attempt to meet all their investors’ needs.

For borrowers and their sponsors, SLLs are a direct way of ensuring ESG integration is a lever for financial value.

The firm appointed Benjamin Cordonnier as CEO and co-managing partner, and Judith Charpentier as co-managing partner in May.

Further technology advances are required to truly unlock the potential of the private wealth market.

With the retailisation of alternatives set to transform the industry, building brand awareness with individual investors has become a priority for managers.

Opening up alternative assets to non-institutional investors, from HNWIs to 401(k) account holders, represents up to $80trn. It's an alluring pot of capital for an industry with flatlining annual fundraising figures in some asset classes. And yet, multiple headwinds exist, making the journey towards increasing democratisation far from straightforward.

As PE’s leading operational professionals prepare to gather in New York, AI’s potential role in everything from due diligence to forecasting looks set to dominate conversations.

Financial advisers must decide what’s best for their clients, rather than choosing between public markets and so-called alternatives, according to the asset manager's chief executive.

The industry needs to work alongside regulators to come up with parameters for the more efficient set-up of semi-liquid funds, according to ALFI conference panellists.

The unit will sit within the firm's $280bn private wealth business and will focus on broadening retirement savers’ access to private markets.