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Alternate assets: The new cash cow for financial corporates

Even as private equity funds struggle to raise money, financial services firms—backed by their wealth management business and distribution strength—are growing their alternative asset management aggressively

03/09/18

Pooja Sarkar

Financial services firms are leveraging their wealth management business to raise capital for their alternate asset funds

These funds are launching new strategies at a rapid rate to raise capital from domestic and offshore investors

FinServ firms are now moving away from pure lending to fund strategies as it directly adds to their return on equity and increases profitability

With the rise of the alternate asset businesses of financial corporates, the lines are blurring for what constitutes a private equity fund business

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