European institutions are increasingly pushing into private markets to help mitigate “a new regime of higher volatility”, BlackRock has said, as it rapidly expands its own activity in the sector. The amount raised from institutions in this region increased by more than 50% in absolute terms from 2024, in a sign of the fast-growing adoption of private assets in this market.
“European institutions are allocating more to private markets as they recognise that we are in a new regime with higher volatility and different correlations between bonds and equities,” he told...
