BlackRock: 70% of wealth investors to hold up to a fifth in private assets by 2030
‘The era of no allocation to private markets will come to an end’ as wealth investors up their exposure over the next five years
Private Equity
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IFA M&A boom expected to continue
Underpinned by regulatory pressures and retirements
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Professional investors targeting risk-on assets to meet retirement needs
Only 60% of investors surveyed said they are prepared financially for longer life cycles
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Aegon AM enters LTAF market with private credit vehicle
It provides ease of access to asset classes previously off limits to most investors amid growing demand for private markets
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Apax Funds to buy Evelyn Partners’ accountancy and advisory business
Will become a stand-alone business rebranded as S&W
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Fidelity to add private assets to £16.9bn pension scheme strategy
Investments will be made via Fidelity’s first Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF)
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Future Growth Capital to boost UK private markets with new LTAFs
Its aim is to ‘promote the UK’s private markets ecosystem, further enhancing the UK as an attractive destination for international investors’
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Schroders: Global equities and private equity favoured despite election-heavy year
Global investors are looking through the ‘short-term noise’
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HL takeover approved by Swiss Competition Commission
Private equity takeover moves closer to completion
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MSCI: Private credit continues to outperform private equity in Q2
Venture capital dips into the red for Q2
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Schroders receives approval for LTAF aimed at UK wealth market
Schroders Capital Wealth Solutions LTAF will be available as an OEIC
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Hargreaves Lansdown accepts £5.4bn private equity takeover
Deal expected to close in first quarter of 2025