Dash for private assets sparks supply worries

Institutional demand for alternative investments has swelled in Asia Pacific in the past year or so, with asset owners keen to know how best to access private markets in particular, say fund-servicing executives. But the sheer amount of capital set to flow into such assets has larger investors worried about whether there will be a sufficient supply. Kevin Wong, Asia-Pacific head of sector solutions at State Street, told AsianInvestor: “We have spent the better part of last year an…