Unlocking the DC illiquidity enigma

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Private markets are becoming more accessible to DC schemes. Alastair O'Dell asks if platform-based funds can really capture the illiquidity premium.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have long enjoyed the illiquidity premium paid for the long-term commitment of capital. But despite an often even longer time horizon, defined contribution (DC)...

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