In 2026, private wealth investors plan to increase allocations to private market investments, according to insights from 390 advisers surveyed in leading global private markets firm Hamilton Lane’s 2026 Global Private Wealth Survey.
The survey found that 86 percent of private wealth professionals plan to increase private market investments this year, with portfolio optimization being the top motivator. Currently, 97 percent of private wealth professionals surveyed allocate between 1 percent to 20 percent of their book of business to private markets, and the majority expect those allocations to grow in 2026. Within this allocation, respondents reported an even spread across private markets strategies, with private equity at 19 percent, private real estate at 18 percent, private credit at 16 percent, venture capital and growth at 16 percent and private infrastructure at 15 percent.
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