The Retail Shift Reshaping Private Markets: 84% of Firms Move in, but Scale Brings New Strain, State Street Survey Shows
State Street's 2026 Private Markets Survey indicates that 84% of asset and wealth managers are now offering or planning to offer private markets strategies to individual investors, marking a structural shift in the industry. Despite market volatility, demand remains resilient with only 7% of firms expecting to reduce allocations, while AI and infrastructure emerge as the leading investment themes.
Key figures
- Assets under custody
- $54.5 trillion
- Assets under management
- $5.6 trillion
- Firms reducing allocations
- 7%
- Private market adoption rate
- 84%
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