Private markets have been a prime focus of institutional investors for several years. However, there is now a growing desire, particularly within Europe, to widen its access to a broader array of investors.

Life insurance is currently French people’s favourite type of investment, with more than €2,000* billion in savings. This investment vehicle finances the economy to a significant extent by allocating these funds to various assets: shares and bonds of listed and unlisted companies, corporate debt, government bonds.

The world faces a significant infrastructure investment gap. According to the G20’s Global Infrastructure Outlook projection there is a US 15 trillion difference between the current investment trend and the investments needed by 2040. Government funds are increasingly squeezed to pay for things like healthcare and education and can simply not bear the...

The rise of semi-liquid funds and liquidity mechanisms, with the introduction of ELTIF 2.0, is transforming access to private markets. Pierre Monteillard, Co-Founder of Frame, and Armand Affortit, Senior Manager at Frame, delve into the liquidity challenge in private markets. They emphasise the importance for retail investors to fully understand the potential...

This paper explores the evolving landscape of Responsible Investment (RI) in Private Equity (PE), building on prior research and enriched by a comprehensive survey of industry participants - both General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs)(1).

Ghana had gone through a challenging period in the last few years.

How Azimut is reshaping access to private markets through product innovation and distribution intelligence.

The private equity market, historically reserved for institutional clients through closed funds with high entrance fees (>€1m), is seeking to democratise access in order to target more private investors.

In a constantly evolving financial environment, asset management companies are facing unprecedented challenges. Digitalisation, technological innovation, and changing customer expectations are redefining the contours of their business. At the heart of this transformation, platformisation emerges as an essential strategy, but also as a major challenge.

David Zerbib, Head of Private Wealth France at Partners Group, answers questions about the rise of the private investor in private markets.

AXA IM Alts is a global leader in alternative investments with €186 billion of assets under management (1) comprising over €93 billion (2) of Private Debt and alternative credit.

Addressing market challenges, liquidity risks and establishing an appropriate deployment roadmap: Europe's post-trading agenda.

The multiple strategies of the unlisted market are attracting all types of investors seeking to diversify their portfolios. Once considered a niche activity, as new players emerge, the unlisted market has begun the shift towards consolidation and normalisation.

Financial intermediation by Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) has always been popular with general public investors in France.

At the request of the management company Ofi Invest AM and the insurer Generali France, Societe Generale participated, from April to November 2024, in the projects led by the Banque de France and the European Central Bank (ECB) concerning the use of a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC), i.e. “exploratory” euro cash tokens, for the settlement of...