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Corporate Partner Rajib Chanda was quoted in an article in FundFire, a Financial Times publication, titled, “Apollo, Partners, KKR Lead Pack in Tally of Alts Products for Advisors.” The article explored the ways in which alternative investment products designed specifically for financial advisors to recommend to individual investors have undergone a major transformation over the past seven years from a niche marketplace into a hotbed of product development. Rajib observed that there is a recent emphasis on vehicles that go beyond standard models or that mix and match across existing formats to shape new hybrids. “What we’re seeing for the foreseeable future is less of a cookie-cutter approach,” he said. Looking ahead, Rajib explained that having products in multiple asset classes makes sense for managers from a cost perspective, and allows sales teams to always have some entry in the roster that can be in favor regardless of market environment.

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