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Opalesque Roundup: Liquid alternatives need to fill education gap to capture massive growth opportunities in retirement market: hedge fund news, week 14

Monday, March 30, 2015

In the week ending 27 March, 2015, a white paper by Pershing Prime Services has predicted that the retirement market may be the next frontier for the growth of liquid alternatives. Since liquid alternatives are relatively new and don't come with a decades-long benchmarking history, fact-based education and training would play a central role in their adoption by DC plan fiduciaries, advisors and participants, according to Pershing. Education should focus on both the benefits and risks of these investments in a portfolio. Please also refer to the Opalesque Liquid Alts Roundtable which you can download here: www.opalesque.com/RT/LiquidAlternativesRoundtable.html

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