FWD Hong Kong targets PE in pivot to alternatives

Private equity is set to enjoy the most rapid growth in life insurer portfolios over the coming few years as the organisations raise their general exposure to alternative asset classes, predicts Jethro Goodchild, Hong Kong chief investment officer of FWD. Lifers are also set to raise their interest in environmental, social and governance principles and look more to infrastructure debt, noted other insurance executives.  "The pure play and high-returning attractiveness of private…