Partner Insight: Is the illiquidity premium a growing attraction of private markets?

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Partner Insight: Is the illiquidity premium a growing attraction of private markets?

With institutional investors increasingly gravitating towards private markets, a recent Aviva Investors survey sheds light on their motivations.

A survey of 500 institutional investors finds recognition of the illiquidity premium often attached to these assets is gaining traction and now rising in importance.

The survey found 40% of investors see this as the main reason for a private market allocation, up from a quarter the year before. At the same time, 47% of investors expect the illiquidity premium to eventually become the key reason for allocating to private markets over the next two years, as it overtakes long-term and inflation-linked income as a motivation.

Investors' attraction to private market assets' illiquidity premium aligns with a growing expectation for better returns over the long term. Over one year, 46% of respondents believed private markets would outperform their public counterparts, with 27% expecting a similar performance between private and public markets.

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