'Traditional asset classes cannot be relied upon to provide enough diversification in multi-asset portfolios'

Fund managers from Investment Week's Alternatives Breakfast Briefing discuss how their varied strategies can help clients against a challenging market backdrop.

Partner insight Richard Hickman, director of investment and operations, HarbourVest Global Private Equity Ltd Can you give a brief overview of your fund and how it may work in a client's portfolio? HarbourVest Global Private Equity (ticker: HVPE, FTSE 250) provides shareholders with access to a portfolio of private companies - ie those companies that are not available to public market investors.  These investments are well-diversified by geography, stage of investment, year and industry. The portfolio is constructed by investing in and alongside HarbourVest-managed funds; th...