{"id":21191,"date":"2021-02-23T18:09:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T18:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/private-markets-investors\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:49:57","slug":"private-markets-investors","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/private-markets-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Markets Investors: Are You Being Served?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With ever growing exposure to non-public market assets, institutional investors are increasingly demanding better and consistent data and servicing solutions across their whole asset base \u2013 but with a continuing dichotomy between the specialist private markets and mainstream public markets service providers there is no easy answer. <\/strong><\/p>\n

We are seeing increasing industry challenges and demands \u2013 but to what extent are these being addressed? <\/strong><\/p>\n

The search for alpha has created significant tailwind for growth in private markets investments. Asset managers are increasingly exploring ways to scale their presence, whilst asset owners continue to grow their allocation to private assets.<\/p>\n

For both, the challenge of better understanding and governing their private markets exposures \u2013 whether in terms of suitability, risks, performance and costs, and in conjunction and consistently with their public markets exposures, is growing and demanding more attention. Seeking help through outsourcing is well established across public markets \u2013 but it\u2019s not so straightforward when seeking to include and consolidate private markets activities too.<\/p>\n

Asset managers and asset owners are looking for partners to help them solve a broad set of growing pains around this rapidly evolving area of their business:<\/p>\n

Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n