Rise of the Private Equity Type Unit Trust
With Japanese Government bonds yields stuck at around 0% as part of the Japanese Government's Abenomics policies, traditionally risk averse Japanese investors are rebalancing their portfolios and moving into alternative investments at record rates in the search for yield. Private debt, infrastructure and private equity are some of the asset classes currently proving popular with Japanese investors, largely due to the higher yields offered. In a recent Preqin study of Japanese institutional investors, 42% of investors indicated they would increase allocations to private debt, 39% indicated they would increase allocations to infrastructure and 37% indicated they would increase allocations to private equity (collectively "Private Equity") in 2019.18 Mar 2019
