Industry rejects increased allocation to private markets

Market uncertainty and liquidity concerns cited as reasons to not increase allocations

Martin Richmond
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Industry rejects increased allocation to private markets

A majority of schemes currently have no intention to increase their allocations to private markets, according to a Professional Pensions poll.

Results from last week's Pensions Buzz survey revealed that 68% of respondents are not looking to increase their scheme's private market allocations, with 17% indicating that they would favour an i...

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