Written for AOX, a Financial Times publication

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Explore the articles I write for MandateWire's AOX, a Financial Times publication that reports on the activities of institutional investors and asset owners.

Regulators are loosening the rules on crypto. Are asset owners interested?

If you’re an asset owner who values financially-lucrative investments then chances are you have weighed the benefits – and drawbacks – of crypto. Why wouldn’t you? After all, with great risk also comes great opportunity and if there’s one thing we know about crypto, it’s an extremely risky asset with the potential to either burn or make an investor’s returns.Earlier this year Donald Trump passed an executive order enabling 401k savings plans to invest in a range of alternative assets, including...

Rachel Reeves wants more pension schemes to invest in UK private assets. Can she succeed?

On the one hand, jumping on the private markets bandwagon may seem a sound investment decision. Private equity and private credit can both offer higher returns. As a result, the asset class has grown exponentially in the past decade. Consultants at Bain and Company predicted last year that private market assets under management would increase at more than twice the rate of public assets to reach as much as $65tn by 2032. There is also an increasingly large number of vehicles to give investors acce...