Are you missing opportunities in private markets?
There has been a dramatic evolution in private markets in recent years, with a significant growth in asset classes like private equity and real assets, including real estate, infrastructure and impact-focused investments.
Private debt has also moved from the margins to the mainstream of investment allocations, as one of the fastest-growing areas in private markets today. It is increasingly becoming a staple in client portfolios.
Investing in the best private markets opportunities can be both complex and competitive, while committing capital for a decade demands confidence. Depending on your specific needs, there are different private markets investments that can help you achieve your objectives.
Our team of dedicated alternative investment professionals is here to help you identify and access the opportunities in private markets that suit your unique investment objectives.
Watch our video to learn how we can help simplify the process and help you navigate this exciting landscape.
At Mercer, our team of alternative investments specialists can help create an alternative investment strategy that fits your organization’s investment objectives. We have significant knowledge, deep expertise, and global scale and resources – available to help you access all types of alternative investments, tailored to your needs.
Contact a Mercer consultant today to get started building a private markets investment strategy that fits your investment objectives.
Our alternative investments approach can flex to suit you
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Client-centric flexible approach
Our work begins with the knowledge that no two clients are the same. Whether it’s cash-flow, targeted returns or familiarity with private markets, each organization has its own unique requirements. We know that pension providers, endowment funds, insurance companies and wealth management firms will all have different approaches and needs. Our flexible services allow us to meet these requirements. -
Extensive research platform
We construct flexible private markets solutions across all asset classes. These are designed to help meet each client’s particular needs, objectives and appetite for risk. We offer a range of services, from liquidity budgeting and strategy design to in-depth operational due diligence and standardized reporting. Our dedicated, experienced teams streamline even the most complex of processes to make our clients’ lives easier. -
Global reach, local resources
Our fund selection process is rigorous. Mercer typically reviews more than 2,000 fund offerings each year. Following this global review process, we perform due diligence, assign ratings and make recommendations for investments. These are based on each client’s unique portfolio objectives, cash-flow requirements and risk tolerance.
Our experience in alternative investments
US$182 billion1 in global alternatives assets under advisement
US$34 billion1 in global alternatives under management
2602 alternatives professionals
30 years experience in private markets
312 offices globally
18 years track record managing hedge fund portfolios
1 June 30, 2023
2 December 31, 2023
Alternative investment strategies
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Co-investments
Co-investments have the potential to deliver greater diversification, lower fees and higher net returns and, provide a more tailored exposure set. -
Impact investing
Impact investments have the potential to help you find an optimal balance between making a positive change and delivering better returns. -
Infrastructure
Infrastructure investments have the potential to deliver greater diversification, inflation protection and longer-term sustainability. -
Private debt and credit
Private debt strategies have the potential to deliver a higher-yield than listed bonds and retain the potential for capital growth. -
Private equity
Private equity strategies leverage opportunities from the vast number of companies listed under private ownership. -
Real-estate
Investing in real-estate is linked to important sectors of the real economy, including long-term trends such as population shifts.