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The alternatives giant this week outlined an ambitious four-year plan to grow its $246bn business across strategies including private equity, credit and secondaries.

PEI caught up with Tony Morgan, head of private equity and corporate debt at CDC Group, to discuss the firm’s expansion into South Asian and African venture capital.

About one-third of T Capital VI was committed by 11 international LPs, managing partner Koji Sasaki tells Private Equity International.

Credit Suisse’s head of private banking for Asia, François Monnet, has said the firm recommends UHNWIs allocate up to 25% to alternative asset classes.

A survey from BlackRock finds family offices embracing alternative assets, despite many showing a reluctance to make big changes to their overall allocations.

The A$49bn institution has ‘a lot of money’ invested across Chinese private equity and venture capital, PE head Neil Stanford tells delegates at a virtual conference.

The Berlin fintech last month snapped up Winson Ng, former head of UBS Wealth Management’s PE team, and Sweta Chattopadhyay, former head of PE at bfinance.

The country's largest public pension has been exploring how it could increase its private equity exposure and begin committing to other asset classes, according to head of alternatives Per Olofsson.

The $41.9bn endowment has made progress in growing its private equity portfolio while shedding older illiquid assets that have weighed on performance.

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