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Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Family offices are reducing their holdings in hedge funds and adding private equity. A study by UBS Group AG in tandem with London-based research firm Campden Wealth has found that private equity investments have become even more central to family offices over the past year and now represent close to a quarter of the average overall portfolio.

Multi-year participants have recorded a 2.3 percentage point increase in holdings of private equity investments to 22.1%. Meanwhile, the average family office reduced its holdings in hedge funds from 9 percent to 8.1% last year amid concerns about performance and fees.

UBS vice chairman of Global Family Office Group Philip Higson, commented, "Most family offices can trace their roots back to the growth and success of a single business, and as a consequence you will often find an emotional desire to back entrepreneurs and ideas they believe in. Strong performance from private equity over the last five years has only served to strengthen this natural affiliation."

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