{
  "id": 12582455,
  "title": "Family offices branch out into private equity, infrastructure and alternative investments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/family-offices-branch-out-into-private-equity-infrastructure-and",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T08:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Business",
    "slug": "scmp-business",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/native/business/topics/fostering-future-innovators/article/3369878/family-offices-branch-out-private-equity-infrastructure-and-alternative-investments"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Family offices across Asia are expanding their investment portfolios to include private equity, infrastructure, and alternative investments, according to recent reports. Rather than abandoning traditional strategies, these investors are adapting to new opportunities and seeking a balanced approach between risk and reward. Sueann Yeo, managing director of EQT, a prominent private markets firm, notes that younger generations within family offices are increasingly considering these alternative investment options, alongside property, equities, and direct business holdings. The shift towards international diversification, flexible structures, and active ownership is particularly evident in the growing emphasis on secondary market investments. EQT's private wealth strategies feature a mix of primary funds, co-investment deals, and a cash portion with a soft lock period, offering investors immediate deployment and exposure to a diversified portfolio without the operational complexity of traditional closed-end structures. The trend towards evergreen structures mirrors that of classic closed-end private equity for institutional investors, but with greater flexibility. Furthermore, EQT's private equity investments in Asia are growing, given that the region's GDP growth accounts for more than 60% of global growth, while buyout assets under management in Asia are estimated at less than 10%. EQT's family offices engage with early-stage entrepreneurs through the EQT Impact Challenge, a pitch competition that highlights Asia's potential in private equity investments.",
  "summary": "Some financial analysts and wealth managers in recent years have suggested that the second- and third-generation leaders of family offices in Asia are moving away from the basic principles that helped to create and accumulate their existing assets, but that is not strictly accurate. Rather, just as the founding generation did, these investors look to assess available opportunities and adapt to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}