Private Wealth

Scale has become a competitive edge in a rapidly expanding secondaries market.

The rapid growth of the secondaries market has led to suggestions that it could see transaction volumes of $500bn – or even $1trn – by 2030. Just four years out from this deadline, are such predictions realistic?

Examiners ask about funds by name in opening requests. Enforcement has picked up the scent, too, affiliate title Private Funds CFO has learned.

Four of the firm’s cornerstone evergreen products are heavily weighted to secondaries investments.

Chief investment officer Vishnu Amble is keen on selling private equity fund stakes bilaterally as the family office pares its exposure to illiquid assets.

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.

Pantheon has been given the regulatory green light for its evergreen Global Infrastructure Secondaries Fund, while Ardian has launched an evergreen feeder fund to tap Australian wholesale investors.

Yonatan Puterman will head Coller’s equity division with its co-head of investments François Aguerre stepping into a senior adviser role, Secondaries Investor has learned.

The asset manager’s investment chief cites ‘weird time arbitrage’ that the practice causes for evergreen investors who buy into vehicles at similar points.

The secondaries market remains ‘undercapitalised’ despite the influx of private wealth capital, Ardian’s Ava Mallin said at NEXUS 2026.