Deutsche Bank will launch a new private markets fund in collaboration with DWS and Partners Group, available for subscription in third quarter 2025. It will be accessible exclusively to the bank’s qualified private clients, focused on clients in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, with a low minimum investment. Clients can access the new offering via their advisory relationship.
The fund will be offered in an evergreen format under the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) 2.0 regulation. This format aims to provide private clients with simplified access to private markets by offering more flexibility than traditional closed-ended private markets solutions, and thus may cater more toward private clients, due to its regular entry and exit options under normal market conditions, subject to an initial holding period and notice period.
Partners Group will be the strategic partner and portfolio manager of the new fund. Having launched one of the private