As the world’s capital seeks resilience in a changing global economy, private markets hold the key to many pressing challenges and opportunities. In 2026, they have the potential to redefine the ways states and corporations build infrastructure, how businesses finance their growth, and how investors build diversified portfolios.

Europe has entered a period defined by turbulence. Within only a few years, the continent has endured a pandemic, war on its borders, energy price shocks, and geopolitical realignments that are reshaping global trade and capital flows.

After decades of fraught relationships between the nuclear industry and communities in many parts of the United States, building nuclear microreactors requires reckoning with the complex history of nuclear technology and rebuilding public trust.

In the face of global uncertainty, the Vietnamese economy has continued to demonstrate resilience and growth. And the country has not shied away from infrastructure development either.

Private equity infrastructure fundraising is having a moment. According to Institutional Real Estate, Inc.’s infrastructure database, 13 funds reached a final closing with an aggregate total of $32.9 billion in the third quarter of 2025, bringing the total for the year to date to $141.3 billion.

A new report from Institutional Real Estate, Inc. — 2025 Investment Management Best Practices — distills candid insights from interviews with leading real assets investment consultants and senior officers at major pension funds and insurance companies.