Australian HNWIs want more PE exposure, but obstacles remain - AVCJ Forum
Private equity may not be proven in the eyes of Australia’s high net worth investors, most of whom haven’t been exposed to the asset class across multiple cycles, but it earned wider recognition last year as public equities and fixed income struggled.
“Many clients are coming to alternatives – private equity, venture capital, and real assets – for the first time in an investment context, so having gone through that experience, having seen the...
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