The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published proposed rules on cryptoassets which it says are the most comprehensive regime globally

The growing need for green infrastructure in the UK and across Europe is driving large-scale investors like Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global and the Australian-owned IFM Investors into projects - with family offices also joining the party

Appetite for hedge funds has been strongest among European asset owners, so far in 2025, while those in other regions seem less keen

Many US asset owners are crowding into sectors which have seen strong demand: medical offices, self-storage and care homes and are wary of traditional office space

Many asset owners are casting their eyes over private credit, as they see a public market increasingly dominated by AI companies and nascent companies increasingly reluctant to float. But the very public collapse of First Brands also brought the opaque private credit market into the spotlight. Has this meant asset owners across the globe are becoming suspicious of the asset class?

Insurers are increasingly keen to invest in private markets, but the lack of opportunities which match their risk profile requirements means their options are limited

Family offices are using the blockchain to tokenise art works, meaning investors can now own small parts of a single piece of art

Novo Holdings’ managing partner for principal investments Christoffer Søderberg tells AOX that retail investors will help drive appetite for private markets.

Multi-family office GACS believes it is well-positioned to meet the increasing demand for investing in India

Goldman Sachs’ Family Office Investment Insights report reveals that demand for public equities has risen on 2023 levels

Rachel Elwell, chief executive of Border to Coast, raises the prospect that the long-awaited pension dashboard might encourage savers to question how much exposure they have to private assets

Torsten Bell told the Pensions UK conference he does not believe he will need to use the powers given to him by the pension schemes bill to force funds to invest in UK assets

Morningstar has long had a policy of not using alternatives in its portfolios, preferring instead to use a simple equities and bonds mix. But now this has changed.

Moves in the US are afoot to make it easier for pensions to invest in crypto - with Harvard’s endowment a prominent asset owner to do so. But is a similar trend in play on this side of the Atlantic?

Inflows to private credit have increased in recent years, along with the number of managers offering such investments. But the Bank of England is concerned. Should asset owners be as well?

Last year a host of asset owners terminated mandates with hedge fund managers but the tide may have turned.

Charities are finding themselves strapped for resources, so are shifting the allocations of their investment portfolios to achieve their philanthropic goals

Demand for equities rose, with the asset class accounting for more than a third of all expressions of interest and investments

Paul Maia, a partner at McKinsey, explains how family offices and pension funds are changing their behaviour towards private equity.

What are the challenges facing the chancellor and are British pension schemes really are laggards compared to Canadian ones, when it comes to investing in private assets?