Acceleration of Trends

Fundraising in the private markets is an area that tends to be light on data, but long on anecdote. So we turned to the data to support our hypothesis on the latest trend in the fundraising market.

One of the key features of the private markets’ evolution has been the increasing optionality available to investors, with the opportunity set effectively doubling over the past decade. So, what 3 main areas are investors most focused on today?

In the first of a series on the acceleration of trends brought on by the pandemic, Head of Investments Brian Gildea shares his take on SPACs, GP-leds, and implications of longer hold periods.