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Opalesque Industry Update - UK private market fund managers are focused on rapid retail market expansion with nearly nine out of 10 having launched or planning to launch semi-liquid funds, new research from Wealth Club, the UK's largest non-advisory investment service for tax-efficient and private market investments shows.
Its study with UK private market fund managers managing assets of around £2.365 trillion across private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate in the UK found 86% have launched or plan to launch semi-liquid funds targeting individual investors. Around 28% of respondents have already launched funds, with a further 58% saying they plan to do so. More than four out of five (81%) of those planning to launch funds will do so within two years. Just 14% questioned ruled out launching semi-liquid funds, the study for Wealth Club, which launched the UK's first investment fund supermarket for semi-liquid private markets funds targeting sophisticated individual investors last November, found. Private market fund managers planning to target sophisticated individual investors are confident about expansion - on average they expect inflows from to be around 6% in five years time with one in five (20%) forecasting inflows of 7% or more. Nearly three out of four (74%) say they expect the amount of individual investors' money held in private market funds to increase by 25% or more in the next two years and all private market fund managers questioned expect growth of 10% or more.
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Industry Updates
UK based private market fund managers target rapid retail expansion
Wednesday, July 09, 2025
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