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Important considerations in portfolio allocation to private equity06/10/2004. Source: Fort Washington Capital Partners Group. 
 There are two primary reasons for financial investors to invest in private equity. First, private equity returns have historically outperformed those of public equities. And secondly, private equity is not highly correlated to public equities, making it an excellent diversifier when added to a portfolio of stocks and bonds, according to Fort Washington Capital Partners Group.
However, private equity is not for everyone and the liquidity risk and inability to access the best managers may be limiting for some investors. Using an experienced, effective manager through a fund of funds vehicle is an efficient way to achieve diversification, leveraging the necessary expertise to build, manage and monitor the private equity portfolio.
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Fort Washington Capital Partners, LLC ('FWCP'), a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. ('FWIA'), is the General Partner of FWIA's fund-of-funds offerings.
Founded in 1990, FWIA and its subsidiaries manage over $24 billion in assets, including $675 million of private equity commitments. FWIA's team includes 34 investment professionals and 72 associates. FWIA offers money management expertise for a broad array of institutional and high net worth individual clients. FWIA has advised its Affiliates in private equity investments since July 1994. For the period 1985-1994, the portfolio managers responsible for private equity research and management were employees of FWIA's parent company, The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company and are currently employees of FWIA. For more information please visit www.fortwashington.com
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