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Secondaries market: Once viewed as a source of liquidity, the market is evolving into a portfolio management and capital deployment strategy
- September 1, 2026: Vol. 38, Number 8

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Secondaries market: Once viewed as a source of liquidity, the market is evolving into a portfolio management and capital deployment strategy

by Henrik Orrbeck

There is strong investor interest across the broader real estate secondaries market. Appetite is robust, and institutional investors are allocating with conviction. The first close of Partners Group’s fifth real estate secondaries program reflects that demand, securing more than $650 million toward its $1.5 billion target in June 2026. The program will focus on investing in quality, income-producing assets by providing liquidity to both GPs and LPs through GP-led secondaries, LP-led secondaries and other liquidity solutions. The fund is seeded with an LP-led secondary portfolio that comprises three global real estate funds with investments across the residential, industrial and hospitality sectors.

More broadly, the real estate secondaries market has matured into a strategic allocation

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