Weekly Digest: APG keen to allocate more to India, Asia; Maharlika to make first investment soon

TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK APG is keen to allocate more funds to India and Asia,  preferring private deals in infrastructure and real estate than public market investments in equities and even bonds. The equity market is “relatively expensive” whereas the private route is cheaper and less susceptible to “follies,” CEO Thijs Aaten said. The advantage of private assets is that they're a lot less volatile, and, given the size of APG’s investments, it can set its own governance structu…