“Canada is a long way from an end-to-end adoption in the power of alternatives.”

That’s according to Westcourt Capital founder & CEO, David Kaufman, who specializes in advising ultra-high-net-worth clients in choosing alternative investments such as private equity.

He explains how the big banks concentration of retail investor money puts the country behind Europe and the U.S. in adopting alternative assets on a wider scale.

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