Real Assets

Manulife buying infra CVs, secondaries to address low DPI

Rising retail flows offer a new exit route for infra assets, but they also create their own issues, infrastructure fund investment head Kate Roscoe tells Secondaries Investor.

How we conducted Secondaries Investor’s Global Market Survey

Our inaugural survey takes the temperature of LP, GP, buyer and provider attitudes towards this fast-growing market.

Download Secondaries Investor’s Global Market Survey

Secondaries Investor’s inaugural survey of LPs, secondaries buyers, GPs and advisers offers a complete view of the market and the direction it’s heading in. Conducted in partnership with Goodwin.

Secondaries Investor’s Annual Dinner 2026 in pictures

Secondaries Investor congratulated the winners of our Americas Awards at an invite-only dinner held at PEI’s NEXUS conference last week, supported by Kirkland & Ellis and StepStone.

Younger, high-quality portfolios gain ground in LP-led market – NEXUS

‘Today’s market for secondaries has evolved to a market of asset selection and cherry picking,’ Ardian’s Wilfred Small told attendees at PEI’s conference.

MainePERS considers secondaries sales for its natural resources portfolio

The pension plans to streamline its real asset portfolio and aims to meaningfully reduce its GP relationships over the next three years.

Palladio’s Baumbach questions secondaries market view on infra pricing

The real asset veteran, a keen buyer of infrastructure secondaries, says she is ‘cautious’ about touted pricing for infra secondaries transactions.

Deglobalisation: Alternative assets in a less integrated world

With globalisation in retreat, the implications for private investment are complex. In areas like manufacturing, the push is toward reshoring of portfolio company operations. In risk management, many investors see diversifying their global exposure as key.

Navigating national security concerns

Will the Trump administration’s America First Investment Policy fundamentally change global capital flows?

Is deglobalisation the new globalisation?

A new world order is expected to reshape the private markets opportunity set over the next five years.