Apollo, State Street Strive to Prove Private-Debt ETFs Can Work

  • New fund looks to hold public and private credit investments
  • Questions remain around liquidity risks and valuations
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In the race to open up the multitrillion-dollar private-asset market to retail investors, Apollo Global Management and State Street Global Advisors appear to have jumped ahead of rivals with their breakthrough plan for a new credit ETF.

Now, industry participants are left wondering exactly how the institutional big guns will pull off the feat of marrying famously illiquid holdings with a tradeable investment for the masses.