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An increase in interest rates in the near term would have a 'positive impact' on the asset manager's business, according to chief executive and CIO Benoît Durteste.

The data from Burgiss Group looks at 11,000 private capital funds representing more than $8.1trn in committed capital.

Technology leaders at TPG, Global Infrastructure Partners and The Carlyle Group discussed the importance of good data management during an online panel hosted on Wednesday.

The private fund model needs to be disrupted to allow defined contribution plans access to the asset class, says the investment consultant’s head of private equity research.

Investor interest for all funds is 'stronger than we’ve ever seen', said chief executive Bruce Flatt on Thursday's Q1 earnings call, 'and we expect these funds to be larger than their predecessors'.

Swensen had run the $31bn Yale endowment's investments since 1985, and was a pioneer of the the 'Yale model' that focused heavily on alternative investments, including private equity.

Staff has discussed a 'benchmarking anomaly' that wreaked havoc with its reported returns during the height of the covid market chaos last year.

Apollo's Fund VIII returned to paying carry after recovering from the 21.6% devaluation of its private equity portfolio in the first quarter of last year.

The advisory firm looks to bolster its ranks in a competitive skilled labour pool in key sectors and geographies to capitalise on continued covid recovery momentum.

The alternatives asset manager had one of its strongest quarters, with total AUM rising 21% year-on-year to $649bn.