
Future Fund stresses risk-reward balance in private market strategies

Institutional investors “should be thoughtful about balancing risk and reward” as they deploy more capital into private markets that present liquidity and valuation challenges, according to the deputy CIO of Australia’s Future Fund.
LPs that have more capital to invest but fewer attractive opportunities to invest in are naturally drawn to the potentially higher returns of private markets, Wendy Norris told the Australian Investment...
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