In an interview for Hedgeweek's Guernsey Fund
Services 2019 Special Report, TMF Group (Guernsey)
Director Mark Hooton discusses the recent trends in Guernsey's
private equity industry.
The last two years have been a boon for global private equity
managers. In 2017, total net new assets reached $552 billion
according to Preqin, and although slightly down in 2018, the asset
class still attracted $426 billion. With close to $1 trillion in
net inflows, it seems investors can't allocate to private
equity fast enough, snapping up co-investment and secondary
opportunities to supplement their primary allocations as they seek
to maintain healthy long-term returns in what remains a low-rate,
low-return environment.
