As private markets expand across institutional and wealth channels, managers need operating models that can keep pace with portfolios, deeper reporting demands and higher investor expectations, write Joep Hamers, Head of Real Assets, and Tim Harvey, Head of Client Service, Private Assets at Citco.
Bev Shah at City Hive writes that as policymakers and industry push for greater allocation to private markets – including UK initiatives such as the Mansion House Accord – distribution is expanding into wealth and platform channels.
Dewi Habraken, Senior Director, Institutional Capital Services, JTC Group writes that global demand for private market strategies, such as private equity and real estate, remains strong, as the asset class has not only delivered above average historical performance, but is also well-positioned to navigate the current macro and geopolitical headwinds.
Private markets assets managed on behalf of insurers have more than doubled in the past five years, according to research by Clearwater Analytics.
MSCI Inc has unveiled its inaugural State of Private Markets 2026 report, described as a comprehensive analysis of the current investment landscape and the structural shifts reshaping private markets as the asset class expands across institutional and wealth portfolios.
APAC insurers are planning to significantly increase private market and hedge fund holdings, from 20 per cent to 33 per cent of portfolios within five years but face significant operational challenges that could determine competitive winners and losers, new research from Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) shows.
Matt Pells, Product Manager, Transfer Agency, Bravura Solutions, writes that investor appetite for private credit, infrastructure and real estate is accelerating, driving rapid uptake of hybrid and interval fund structures.
Substantive Research, the research and market data discovery and pricing analytics provider, has published its latest market data pricing study, using the recently expanded universe of market data vendors, which Substantive Research now benchmarks.
As regulators consider opening private markets to a broader investor audience – including retail – the thorny issue of fees has started to resurface, with research suggesting institutions are overpaying for their illiquid allocations.
The Investment Association (IA) has launched its Foundations of Growth report, setting out how Europe can harness private markets to deliver long-term growth, innovation, and resilience.
