GIC looks to PE to drive returns amid rising inflation
Singapore’s GIC is increasing its private equity allocation as part of a broader alternatives-oriented effort to ensure that returns keep pace with elevated inflation.
The sovereign wealth fund, which claims to have invested well over USD 100bn while independent assessments put its wealth at more than USD 300bn, had 17% of its assets in private equity as of March 2022,...
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