Hamilton Lane Private Wealth Survey Insights 2025: 94% Advisors Allocate to Private Markets, Top 5 Clients Allocation to Private Markets Sectors are Private Equity, Private Credit, Private Real Estate, Secondaries & Private Infrastructure, Top 5 Sectors to Increase Private Markets Allocation in 2025 are Private Infrastructure, Private Equity, Private Credit, Secondaries & Private Real Estate, Top 2 Reasons Why Clients are Interested in Private Markets are Performance & Diversification
13th February 2025 | Hong Kong
Hamilton Lane has released the Private Wealth Survey Insights 2025, providing key insights on private markets allocation from 320 respondents in private wealth firms, RIAs (Registered Investment Adviser), family offices and advisor professionals globally. In 2024, Advisors allocating assets to private markets – 94%. Advisors allocating > 10% AUM to private markets in 2025 – 59%. Advisors to increase private markets allocation in 2025 – 56%. Top 5 Clients current allocation to private markets sectors – Private equity, Private credit, Private real estate, Secondaries, Private infrastructure. Top 5 Sectors to increase private markets allocation in 2025 – Private infrastructure 48%, Private equity 45%, Private credit 39%, Secondaries 34%, Private real estate 28%. Clients very interested / invested in private markets – 47%. Top 2 Reasons why clients are interested in private markets – Performance, Diversification. Clients on risk / reward of private markets vs public equities or bonds – 76% Higher reward. Clients very interested on private markets by Region – APAC 51%, Americas 48%, Europe & MENA 34%. Top 3 Reasons why advisors offer private market opportunities to clients – Deepen relationships with current clients, Respond to demand from current clients, Attract new clients. See below for key findings & summary | View report here
“ Hamilton Lane Private Wealth Survey Insights 2025: 94% Advisors Allocate to Private Markets, Top 5 Clients Allocation to Private Markets Sectors are Private Equity, Private Credit, Private Real Estate, Secondaries & Private Infrastructure, Top 5 Sectors to Increase Private Markets Allocation in 2025 are Private Infrastructure, Private Equity, Private Credit, Secondaries & Private Real Estate, Top 2 Reasons Why Clients are Interested in Private Markets are Performance & Diversification “
Steve Brennan, Head of Private Wealth Solutions at Hamilton Lane: “This year, our survey results showed a growing enthusiasm around and appreciation for the diversification and performance benefits the private markets can provide. Just a few years ago, we would never have expected to see nearly 60% of advisors planning to allocate 10% or more of clients’ portfolios to this asset class in the coming year. To us, this reinforces the growing understanding of the wealth creation opportunities within the private markets. As we look ahead, we expect interest in the infrastructure space to continue to grow, and hope to see investors who describe their knowledge of the private markets as ‘advanced’ tick up even further. At Hamilton Lane, we continue to be focused on bringing high-quality private markets investment opportunities to advisors and their clients while expanding investor access and knowledge of this asset class.”
Hamilton Lane Private Wealth Survey Insights 2025: 94% Advisors Allocate to Private Markets, Top 5 Clients Allocation to Private Markets Sectors are Private Equity, Private Credit, Private Real Estate, Secondaries & Private Infrastructure, Top 5 Sectors to Increase Private Markets Allocation in 2025 are Private Infrastructure, Private Equity, Private Credit, Secondaries & Private Real Estate, Top 2 Reasons Why Clients are Interested in Private Markets are Performance & Diversification
Hamilton Lane has released the Private Wealth Survey Insights 2025, providing key insights on private markets allocation from 320 respondents in private wealth firms, RIAs (Registered Investment Adviser), family offices and advisor professionals globally. See below for key findings & summary | View report here
Hamilton Lane Private Wealth Survey Insights 2025:
Summary
- Advisors allocating assets to private markets – 94%
- Advisors allocating > 10% AUM to private markets in 2025 – 59%
- Advisors to increase private markets allocation in 2025 – 56%
- Top 5 Clients current allocation to private markets sectors – Private equity, Private credit, Private real estate, Secondaries, Private infrastructure
- Top 5 Sectors to increase private markets allocation in 2025 – Private infrastructure 48%, Private equity 45%, Private credit 39%, Secondaries 34%, Private real estate 28%
- Clients very interested / invested in private markets – 47%
- Top 2 Reasons why clients are interested in private markets – Performance, Diversification
- Clients on risk / reward of private markets vs public equities or bonds – 76% Higher reward
- Clients very interested on private markets by Region – APAC 51%, Americas 48%, Europe & MENA 34%
- Top 3 Reasons why advisors offer private market opportunities to clients – Deepen relationships with current clients, Respond to demand from current clients, Attract new clients
Hamilton Lane Private Wealth Survey Insights 2025
1) Private Markets Allocation
Advisors allocating assets to private markets:
- Yes – 94%
- No – 6%
Advisors AUM private markets allocation in 2025:
- 0% to 5% allocation – 16%
- 5% to 10% allocation – 25%
- 10% to 20% allocation – 29%
- More than 20% allocation – 30%
Advisors AUM change in private markets allocation in 2025:
- Increase – 56%
- Same – 42%
- Decrease – 2%
Top 6 Clients current allocation to private markets sectors:
- Private equity – 94%
- Private credit – 85%
- Private real estate – 64%
- Secondaries – 54%
- Private infrastructure – 51%
- Venture capital – 36%
Top 6 Sectors to increase private markets allocation in 2025:
- Private infrastructure – 48%
- Private equity 45%
- Private credit – 39%
- Secondaries – 34%
- Private real estate – 28%
- Venture capital – 20%
2) Clients Insights
Clients response to private markets discussion:
- Very interested / Currently invested – 47%
- Interested / No interest – 53%
Clients very interested / invested in private markets:
- 2025 – 41%
- 2025 – 47%
Top 3 Reasons why clients are interested in private markets:
- Performance – 41%
- Diversification – 40%
- Sector Exposure – 12%
Clients on risk / reward of private markets vs public equities or bonds:
- Higher reward – 76%
- Same – 20%
- Lower reward – 1%
- Not sure – 3%
Clients interested on private markets by Age group:
- Below Age 30 – 59%
- Age 30 to 45 – 89%
- Age 45 to 60 – 94%
- Age 60 to 75 – 77%
- Above Age 75 – 43%
Clients very interested on private markets by Region:
- APAC – 51%
- Americas – 48%
- Europe & MENA – 34%
3) Advisors Insights
Top 3 Reasons why advisors offer private market opportunities to clients:
- Deepen relationships with current clients – 70%
- Respond to demand from current clients – 61%
- Attract new clients – 58%
- Other – 33%
Hamilton Lane Private Wealth Survey Insights 2025
Survey Methodology – The online survey was conducted from October 29 to December 4, 2024. The 320 global respondents included private wealth firms, RIAs, family offices and other advisor professionals from APAC, Canada, EMEA, LatAm, the Middle East and the U.S.
Hamilton Lane – Hamilton Lane is one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, providing innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world. Dedicated exclusively to private markets investing for more than 30 years, the firm currently employs approximately 730 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Hamilton Lane has more than $947 billion in assets under management and supervision, composed of more than $131 billion in discretionary assets and approximately $816 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of September 30, 2024. Hamilton Lane specializes in building flexible investment programs that provide clients access to the full spectrum of private markets strategies, sectors and geographies.
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