Asset Allocation and Private Markets: A Guide to Investing With Private Equity, Private Debt and Private Real Assets

The comprehensive guide to private market asset allocation

Asset Allocation and Private Markets provides institutional investors, such as pension funds, insurance groups and family offices, with a single-volume authoritative resource on including private markets in strategic asset allocation. Written by four academic and practitioner specialists, this book provides the background knowledge investors need, coupled with practical advice from experts in the field.

The discussion focuses on private equity, private debt and private real assets, and their correlation with other asset classes to establish optimized investment portfolios. Armed with the grounded and critical perspectives provided in this book, investors can tailor their portfolio and effectively allocate assets to traditional and private markets in their best interest.

In-depth discussion of return, risks, liquidity and other factors of asset allocation takes a more practical turn with guidance on allocation construction and capital deployment, the "endowment model," and hedging -- or lack thereof. Unique in the depth and breadth of information on this increasingly attractive asset class, this book is an invaluable resource for investors seeking new strategies.

• Discover alternative solutions to traditional asset allocation strategies
• Consider attractive returns of private markets
• Delve into private equity, private debt and private real assets

• Gain expert perspectives on correlation, risk, liquidity, and portfolio construction

Private markets represent a substantial proportion of global wealth. Amidst disappointing returns from stocks and bonds, investors are increasingly looking to revitalise traditional asset allocation strategies by weighting private market structures more heavily in their portfolios. Pension fund and other long-term asset managers need deeper information than is typically provided in tangential reference in broader asset allocation literature; Asset Allocation and Private Markets fills the gap, with comprehensive information and practical guidance.

Cyril Demaria is the Executive Director, Private Markets Analyst (Chief Investment Office) at UBS. Cyril specializes in private equity and combines practical and entrepreneurial experience, academic knowledge and lecturing experience. Prior to founding and managing Pilot Fish, a series of private equity funds, he was Chief Investment Officer of Tiaré Investment Management AG (Zurich). He previously created a multi-strategy fund of funds focused on environment (Pionat Viable Investments). Prior to that, he was an Investment Associate in a Swiss private equity fund of funds; a Portfolio Manager responsible for private equity funds investments for a French insurance group; and Head of Corporate Development of a French IT firm in charge of acquisitions and financing. He started his career in an American hybrid venture capital and fund of funds firm.

Maurice Pedergnana is the General Secretary of SECA (the representative body for Switzerland private equity) he is a lecturer and professor for banking and finance at the Institute of Finance Services in Zug as well as the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. He is the chief economist at Zugerberg Finanz AG and a former member of the BoD of Zurich Cantonal Bank as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.