the growth in PRIVATE MARKETS

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​Private markets exposure is growing in terms of both assets and popularity and offers potential for “true active” returns.  We explore why and how advisers get access to this trend.
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Why private markets are in demand
Private markets – incorporating private equity, private debt (direct lending), private real estate, unlisted infrastructure, unlisted natural resources – are characterised by attributes traditionally at odds with retail investing. Opacity, illiquidity, lengthy lock-up periods to name a few, and for that reason have largely been the domain of the institutional investor. But the growth in volume of private market strategies has become hard to ignore, as have the increasingly eye-watering returns enjoyed by private market managers.
Overall private market AUM has increased from US$2.7tr in 2010 to US$7.2tr in 2020 and is expected to grow to US$12.9tr by 2025[1], with the majority of this in private equity.

How can advisers access private market trends for their clients?
In our white paper, we explore:

• Why private markets are in demand
• The "illiquidity premium"
• How to access to private markets exposure

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Register for our Introduction to Private Markets webinar

[1] Preqin estimates, 2021