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By Dennis Scharf, managing director, secondary investments, Hamilton Lane

Infrastructure investors are increasingly targeting batteries, heat pumps and data centres as volatile power markets, electrification and rising digital demand reshape the infrastructure landscape.

Institutional investors remain committed to private credit despite mounting scrutiny of the asset class, but are becoming more selective around underwriting standards and manager quality.

Private credit continues to offer attractive risk-adjusted returns, but manager selection and underwriting discipline will become increasingly important.

GP-led continuation vehicles are emerging as an increasingly mainstream solution for private equity firms seeking to hold prized assets for longer while returning capital to investors. But as volumes rise, so do questions around pricing, governance and alignment.

The Q2 2026 issue of Private Markets Profile is now live.

Pensions UK says the focus must now shift from headline commitments to the practical mechanics of deploying long-term capital into UK venture, infrastructure and…

After deciding to commit to the accord, the harder question is where to allocate capital, says Steven King.

As Brunel Pension Partnership prepares to disband, private markets portfolio manager Jaime Alvarez-Dominguez reflects on the challenges it faced, what it achieved and lessons for the next phase of LGPS consolidation.

UK housing offers one of the clearest routes to deploy surpluses at scale while meeting both financial and political expectations

The rise of dual-use technologies is blurring the line between commercial and defence markets, creating new growth pathways for UK SMEs and a broader opportunity set for investors, say Andy Bloxam and Matt Smith of Foresight.

New operator joins a growing cohort including the London Stock Exchange and JP Jenkins as the UK’s intermittent private markets framework takes shape.