Via Path, they can curate a diversified portfolio of private market funds spanning private equity, credit, infrastructure and real estate, which are largely available only to institutional investors.
Even as private assets gain traction among investors, many investors lack a systematic portfolio approach often due to limited access to top-tier funds and the resources needed for rigorous due diligence, reads a joint release. “DBS Private Bank clients can enjoy a best-of-both-worlds approach: they gain access to Hamilton Lane’s expertise and fund selection through Path, without losing sight of their overall portfolio asset allocation.”
Shee Tse Koon, group head of consumer banking and wealth management at DBS Bank, says he has seen a “nearly five-fold increase” in DBS clients’ assets under management in private assets over the past five years. This reflects “growing appetite for resilient, long-term investment opportunities beyond public markets”.
Since its launch “some weeks ago”, Path has garnered “strong interest” among the bank’s clients, says Shee. “In fact, we recently closed a mandate with a family office client who saw tremendous value in Path complementing his alternatives allocation, while remaining aligned with his investment profile and long-term wealth planning objectives.”
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James Martin, head of global client solutions at Hamilton Lane, says Asia’s private wealth investors are among “the most sophisticated in the world”. “In an increasingly complex trade environment with uncertainties around tariff and capital market volatility, we believe diversification of asset types and access to high-growth, privately held firms is paramount.”
As at March 31, Hamilton Lane manages and supervises approximately US$958 billion ($1.224 trillion) in assets globally. The firm claims to have 34 years of private markets expertise and access to proprietary data through Cobalt — one of the industry’s largest databases with insights on over 64,070 funds and 164,490 portfolio companies.
