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Private capital

Telcos, Media & Tech

Meta, Blue Owl seal US$30 billion private capital deal for AI

MSCI used their newly launched Private Assets Classification Standards (PACS) in this quarter's analysis of private market performance.
Companies & Markets

Private capital roars back in Q2 with strongest returns since 2021: MSCI

Wen Ting Geok, head of private equity of Asia at Mercer Alternatives, believes secondary private equity markets and co-investments can provide a boost to portfolios and enhance returns.
Companies & Markets

Investors urged to ‘recalibrate’ return expectations for private markets

Many private-market investments are still managed on disconnected and inflexible systems, propped up by costly manual data collection. Standardising both data sets and APIs are critical to enabling automation, reducing operational friction and building scalable solutions. 
Wealth & Investing

How collaborative technology is democratising private-markets investing

Retail investors venturing into alternative assets need to be clear about their investment timeframe and liquidity needs, wealth managers say.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Navigating alternative assets – how retail investors can build their private-market portfolios

Asian private banking clients are allocating more of their portfolios to alternative assets, a trend that could continue in the next few years as they seek diversification.
Banking & Finance

Shifting appetite among Asia’s rich could lift investments in alternative assets

Almost every institutional and individual investor believes private markets offer a foolproof way to enhance returns and/or reduce portfolio risk. This is despite mounting evidence that it is unlikely to be true in the future.
Wealth & Investing
INSIGHTS FROM CFA SOCIETY SINGAPORE

Buyer beware: 7 red flags signal a reckoning in private markets

If the mechanisms are cryptocurrency tokens or private contracts, the retail investor capital flowing to private entities is invisible to regulators.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

The public stock market isn’t enough anymore

India's positive economic growth trajectory, together with its large working population, will sustain the heightened activity in private markets, industry experts say.
Global Enterprise

No let-up in India’s private market boom as investors continue to shun China

eSIM platform Airalo says it will use the new capital to speed up growth and develop new products, including in-app features.
Companies & Markets

eSIM platform Airalo raises US$220 million in new funding round, lifts valuation past US$1 billion

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