Rebranding private equity

Natasha Browne explores whether private equity needs to take up more space in investment portfolios to become mainstream

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Property, hedge funds, commodities and private equity are often described as ‘alternative' asset classes but is this really the case for the latter?

North American pension funds are no strangers to private equity, with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board committing $3.99bn (£2.56bn) to private equity funds between March 2012 and February 2...

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