The importance of liquid assets

Failure of private equity firms to return cash to investors is blocking institutions from backing hedge funds.

Last year assets in the global private capital industry ballooned to $14.5tn, according to the Bain & Co report, more than treble the $4tn it managed a decade earlier. In contrast, inflows to hedge funds have been muted for the past decade, with investors pulling cash on a net basis in five years out of the last 10, according to Hedge Fund Research.

Source: FT