Ex-ASI pair launch private markets investment firm

Alex Barr and James Witter co-founders

James Baxter-Derrington
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Former Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) private equity heads Alex Barr and James Witter have launched Bread Street Capital Partners, a global private markets investment house.

Bread Street will offer investors access to a range of private markets portfolios delivering responsible thematic, financing stage of manager exposures, with an initial focus on a series of listed private markets funds. 'Unwarranted' private equity trust discounts set to narrow further The firm will provide "complete private markets solutions" to asset managers, including investment advisory, legacy portfolio rationalisation, operating framework design and risk oversight services. Barr and Witter, who bring over 60 years' investment and capital markets experience to the firm, will ...

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