Sovereign funds are building the operating capability they used to rent
Direct investing at scale requires portfolio operations, and the hiring is now visible.
Capital DeskPublished 27 days ago
The move from fund investing to direct and co-investment was a fee decision. Sustaining it is an operating decision, and that is where the current build-out is concentrated.
The mandates being filled are sector operating partners, portfolio finance directors and integration specialists — the unglamorous machinery of ownership rather than allocation.
Funds that made the strategic shift without the operating hire are the ones now reporting the widest dispersion in outcomes.
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