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Asset Manager NewsActis consolidates India roads portfolio under NXT-Infra Trust, creating a scaled-up and diversified roads platform spanning over 3,000 lane km
Actis, a leading growth market investor in sustainable infrastructure, today announced the consolidation of its Indian road portfolios into a single new platform – NXT-Infra Trust – consisting of 11 road assets spanning over 3,000 lane km.
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White papersWhy Private Markets Have a Role in Portfolios
Investors continue to raise their private markets allocations, and the evidence suggests good reasons for doing so. Headlines have focused on slower exits and on private equity trailing the largest public indices, yet a closer look at the data points to a more constructive picture.
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White papersInvesting, reimagined
At UBS’s Unified Global Alternatives (UGA), we cater to growing client demand for multi-alternative solutions. So what are these solutions, and why are they becoming increasingly prominent in client portfolios?
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Asset Manager NewsActis launches fourth Indian renewables platform, Leo Energies, targeting 3GW+ capacity
Actis, a leading growth market investor in sustainable infrastructure, today announced the launch of Leo Energies, its next-generation renewable energy business in India. The platform, which will target a portfolio of over 3GW of onshore wind, solar and battery storage assets, represents the fourth iteration of Actis’ demonstrated buy-and-build strategy in the Indian renewables market – a strategy that has previously delivered Ostro Energy, Sprng Energy and which continues to scale current platform BluPine Energy, which has already surpassed 3GW of capacity since its launch in 2022.
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White papersClimate investing in a constrained world
How structural bottlenecks are expanding the opportunity beyond cleantech to modernize systems running the physical economy.
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White papersWhat unicorns reveal about future investment risk
Private market investments are now a mainstay of institutional portfolios. Yet while allocations have grown, the information available to investors has not kept pace.
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White papersThe evolving role of secondaries: PEI interview exploring the growth of secondaries and the key industry shifts
The secondaries market continues to gain importance as a liquidity solution within private markets, supported by evolving investor needs, increasing market participation and technological advancement. Recent years have seen transaction volumes reach new highs as investors sought to rebalance portfolios, adjust strategic exposures and manage the impact of a more uncertain macroeconomic environment.
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VideoNAV Loans: From Fund Finance to Investment Opportunity
Net asset value (NAV) loans may offer solutions for private equity and benefits for insurers.
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White papersMarkets look past the noise
The investment environment in 2026 continues to be shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, evolving inflation dynamics and the accelerating impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Renewed tensions in the Middle East have reintroduced inflation risks through higher energy prices, while AI-related spending is creating upward pressure on inflation in some sectors. As a result, central banks are expected to maintain restrictive policy settings for longer than previously anticipated.
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VideoNeuberger Private Markets: Q2 2026 Preliminary Valuation Summary & Analysis
Doug Manor, Managing Director, Neuberger Private Markets, provides an overview of private equity markets and an outlook based on trends in the marketplace.
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White papersHarvesting the Valuation Gap: The Strategic Role of Crossover Equity
Promising companies are choosing to fund their explosive growth in the private markets, creating a potentially attractive arbitrage for experienced “crossover equity” investors.
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Asset Manager NewsHidden Hill Capital Invests in CorePilot with Strategic Support from HKIC
Shanghai and Singapore, 25 August 2026 – GLP’s Hidden Hill Capital (“Hidden Hill”) in its capacity as general partner (GP) and fund manager of its growth investment focused limited partnership fund (LPF) with the Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC), has completed an investment in CorePilot (启芯领航), a leading China-based Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company headquartered in Shanghai.
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PodcastOuterblue Talks Research - The Lifecycle Remix - How the Glidepath Fits into Retirement Solutions
Retirement investing is changing as individuals take on more responsibility for their long-term outcomes, especially in defined contribution pension plans and personal savings. In this episode of Outerblue Talks Research, host Swaha Pattanaik speaks with Dominic Byrne, Global Head of Retirement Solutions at Amundi, about how lifecycle investing is evolving to include glidepath strategies.
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White papersManaging private asset allocations in open-ended funds Gilles-David
With their potential to enhance returns, diversify portfolios and capture an illiquidity premium, private assets have become increasingly attractive to institutional investors. Yet integrating private equity and private debt into open-ended funds available to retail clients remains far from straightforward. Even though a fund may offer investors periodic subscriptions and redemptions, the underlying private assets generate cash only gradually and with uncertain frequency. They also require liquidity to meet unpredictable capital calls.
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White papersCutting through the noise: Why lower and core middle market direct lending still delivers value in clients’ portfolios
Private credit has become one of the most discussed corners of institutional investing — and one of the most misunderstood. Daily headlines about troubled borrowers, struggling business development companies (BDCs), redemption pressure, and concentrated software exposure have created the impression of a market under stress. But beneath the noise, the lower and core middle market direct lending segment that has historically powered investor outcomes is performing well, behaving as designed, and, in our view, is about to deliver one of its most attractive vintages in years.
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White papersLooking beyond mega-caps
AI-focused capital flows are reshaping private markets, concentrating capital, and creating consensus exposure. We believe this dynamic has contributed to a growing divide between large-and mega-cap (predominantly) AI companies and perhaps overlooked small- and mid-cap opportunities often found in sectors outside of AI.
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White papersFrom invention to investment: The case for UK venture capital
Britain is one of the world’s great originators of ideas, yet too many of its most promising companies have had to look abroad for the capital to grow. Institutional investors have a rare chance to fund the next stage of that growth story and capture compelling long-run return streams.
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White papersPrivate Equity: Distributions Are Bouncing Back
Global private equity exits are on track for yet another robust year, potentially extending the year-on-year recovery in divestment activity and investor distributions since 2024. While sales to strategic or corporate buyers and sponsor to sponsor deals continue to dominate…
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White papersPrivate Credit: An Emerging Silver Lining
Careful deal selection and attention to risk can help investors capitalize on recent market turbulence.
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White papersOpen for business: Evergreens and the transformation of access to private markets
Until recently, investing in private markets meant accepting a deal: hand over your capital, wait several years, repeat. Evergreen vehicles offer a more efficient option.
