KKR has launched a new digital global education platform designed to help financial advisers and individual investors to better understand the alternatives-investing landscape.
Even though 81 percent of financial professionals agree that offering opportunities in alternatives investment is a competitive differentiator, only 1.4 percent of the estimated $192 trillion in the wealth sector globally was allocated to alternative-asset classes in 2022, according to KKR. Perceived inaccessibility and complexity of the asset class are creating challenges for wider adoption.
The platform, dubbed KKR Alternatives Unlocked, features a variety of content, including macroeconomic insights, investment perspectives and educational content across private equity, infrastructure, real estate and credit asset classes.
“The knowledge gap around the alternatives landscape has long served as a barrier for individuals’ access to private markets,” said Eric Mogelof, partner and g
