One small step for funds, working hours in the real world, DBS vs Stan Chart, terrifying Chinese charts, worst stock performer ever?abrdn follows Schroders, Electoral musing and much more.

One small step for funds, working hours in the real world, DBS vs Stan Chart, terrifying Chinese charts, worst stock performer ever?abrdn follows Schroders, Electoral musing and much more.
As part of FSA’s head-to-head series, we compare the Hamilton Lane Global Private Assets and the Partners Group Global Value funds.
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The themes of decarbonisation, reshoring and the 5G evolution should support global listed infrastructure assets going forward.
Schroders’ Nils Rode favours a selective approach when it comes to investing in private markets.
The alternatives data provider’s report shows a dispersion in planned allocations to alternatives depending on the asset class.
High fees and poor performance have been linked to hedge funds, but James Cheo, Bank of Singapore’s investment strategist, believes that’s about to change.
Family offices and HNWIs are increasingly investing in private equity, according to Preqin.
Private equity fundraising continued its momentum in 2014 with 977 funds raising a total of $486bn, but the capital commitments were spread across the lowest number of funds in any year since 2009, according to Preqin.
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