Investing in private markets remains a prevalent strategy for institutional asset owners, and one that has demonstrated resilience even through the duration of the first quarter of this year as the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the globe. This is not to say private markets investment has been without issue, in the early months of the pandemic investing capital proved problematic in part because businesses were under financial pressure, and in part that funds were unable to access financing.
This report brings together UK and Wider Europe based Investment Actuaries, Heads of Insurance Asset Management, Investment Managers, Head of Investments and Senior Specialist. We explore regulatory improvements, investigate the due diligence that investing in private markets requires, dissect the information disadvantage, evaluate diversification as a key benefit, discuss the supply and demand imbalance, and address the increased role of climate positive and infrastructure related investments.