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Investors, asset managers need 'collaborative partnership' for transparency in alternative assets

Friday, October 20, 2017

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

A white paper released by wealth management provider Northern Trust calls for a "collaborative partnership between the buy and sell sides" to develop industry standards, and says a "more nuanced conversation about transparency" between asset managers and investors can lead to an increasingly strategic approach for achieving transparency objectives.

The paper entitled, Alts Transparency: Finding the Right Balance, is a follow-up to an industry-wide survey conducted earlier this year by The Economist Intelligence Unit for Northern Trust, which confirmed that transparency remains a top priority among alternative investors. The paper sets out examples from industry stakeholders and profiles the extent of transparency demands from the investor and manager perspective, to illustrate the complexity facing participants.

"A decade after the global financial crisis highlighted the risks of large allocations to opaque, illiquid assets, the industry continues to struggle with standards of transparency in alternative investments," said Pete Cherecwich, president of Corporate and Institutional Services at Northern Trust. "Our white paper explores the issues faced by both asset managers and asset owners and offers practic......................

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