The Changing Face Of Alternatives: Structural Innovation On The Horizon

The global alternatives sector is being challenged like never before by technology, investor behaviors and a complex fundraising environment and, as Peggy Gielen, senior legal and technical manager for funds at Jersey Finance explains in this series, that dynamic is driving 'under the bonnet' structural innovation too...

There's no doubt about it – private equity structuring is changing.

Managers are diversifying away from their traditional institutional investor base to look to new audiences – including family offices and the broader high-net worth market. Research from JP Morgan & Bain, for example, finds that 53% of the high-net worth investor market plan to raise their allocations to the alternatives sector in the coming years.