Strategies Primary Fund Investments

High-quality primary fund investments with often hard-to-access general partners

Primary fund investments offer investors the ability to gain exposure to portfolios of private markets companies. Through our deep industry relationships, robust due diligence process and selective investment approach, we seek to identify and access high-quality primary opportunities including buyout, credit, growth equity, and venture capital across various fund sizes and geographies on behalf of our clients, building portfolios according to their unique investment objectives.

  • Opportunity to invest with well-aligned managers with established track records in their core areas of expertise, and leverage our broad institutional capabilities and industry best practices in an effort to mitigate risk and optimize portfolio construction
  • Deep roster of industry-leading general partners with a focus on finding emerging managers and compelling new opportunities
  • Long-tenured relationships with general partners allow us to offer our investors access to often over-subscribed funds
  • Viewed as a long-term, strategic partner to GPs thanks to the breadth of our platform and experience
$24.4B+

Allocated in 2024

1030+

Opportunities Reviewed in 2024

21

Average Years of IC Member Experience

As of 12/31/2024

Read our take on the current Fund Investments landscape
Our unique market position, deep industry relationships, robust due diligence process and selective investment approach help to give our clients highly customized access to high-quality primary fund investments.
John Stake
Co-Head Strategic Partner Group

Technology Offers a Broad Scope of Advantages

The benefits of our technological resources span the entire investment lifecycle from fund diligence to allocation to monitoring and reporting. We believe that technology not only enables us to achieve better investment outcomes, but also promotes an enhanced client experience, one that is characterized by insight, convenience and transparency.

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