Private Markets

Power through every market cycle.

What is private markets investing?

Private markets refers to the investment in the capital of privately-owned companies versus publicly-traded companies.

Public investing involves trading securities on public exchanges, providing liquidity and transparency, while private investing entails investing directly in private companies, offering the potential for high returns but with greater risk and less liquidity. Both play important roles in diversifying portfolios and achieving financial goals, appealing to investors with varying risk appetites and strategies.

Our commingled solutions help drive performance and diversification benefits to support investors' total portfolio objectives. For over 50 years, we have successfully integrated private asset funds into some of the world's largest institutional investor portfolios.

From helping pension plans close funding gaps to developing new products for banks, financial advisers and their underlying clients, we continue to create tailored solutions to help clients achieve their goals.

Private investment asset class solutions

private credit

Private credit

Includes private lending and special situations.

Our evergreen solution offers access to attractive and complementary private credit and related investment opportunities with an emphasis on senior debt and diversified across geography and collateral type

Private equity

Private equity

Includes buyouts, secondaries, and growth equity.

Our private equity growth series provides a diversified investment strategy with a core satellite approach, offering access to specialised managers across private assets.

venture capital

Venture capital

Includes early- and late-stage financing.

Private infrastructure

Private infrastructure

Includes brownfield investments and greenfield investments.

Our global unlisted infrastructure solution offers a single access point to a complete infrastructure asset class allocation with a global portfolio in a user-friendly evergreen structure.

Private Real estate

Private real estate

Includes core, value-added, and opportunistic.

Diversify portfolios and avoid potential for inflation protection using:

  • Core income
  • Core-plus income and growth
  • Value-added growth
  • Opportunistic development
  • Alternative sectors

impact investing

Impact investing

Includes agriculture and timber, and mining and materials.

Our impact investing addresses global challenges by investing in line with the United Nations SDGs. Our solution includes a majority allocation to sustainable sectors: Financial inclusion, healthcare, and climate.

Why choose Russell Investments for private assets?

A trusted adviser

We work with clients to capture a deep understanding of their frameworks and processes to support confident decision-making. Our strong governance culture and fiduciary mindset deliver solutions to address our client's needs and reduce the resource burden for their board and internal teams.

A-Z private markets access

Access a wide range of market opportunities including through primaries, secondaries, and co-investment vehicles. We conduct detailed research to identify niche exposures within strategies like venture capital, growth, and buyouts. This helps to offset fees, accelerate returns, and provide additional diversification benefits.

Open architecture design

When investing in private market solutions, active management and management selection are essential. Our portfolios are designed to deliver differentiated returns and minimise downside risk, by sourcing managers with a unique strategy. As your portfolio needs to change over time, we support you with the right response through commingled or fund-to-one.

$23 B

Alternatives assets under management

50+

Years of experience in private markets

29

Investment professionals

8,980

Private markets products monitored

Data as of March 31, 2025

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