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Last updated: April 24, 2026, 5:30 PM ET

Private Markets & Fundraising Concentration

Fundraising activity across private markets remains heavily skewed toward established managers, with the top 10 funds raising a combined $403 billion between 2021 and 2025, accounting for over 40% of total capital inflows. This concentration contrasts with the ongoing push for tangible results from newer institutional backers, such as Altérra, the UAE-backed LP, whose CEO stressed that the firm deploys "catalytic capital," not concessional money, indicating high expectations for returns from its infrastructure commitments. Amid these capital flows, Basalt achieved a $1.5 billion first close for its fifth infrastructure fund, reaching half of its $3 billion goal within eight months of launch, demonstrating sustained appetite for core assets despite broader economic pressures.

Real Estate Strategy Amid Capital Cost Headwinds

Market participants are currently grappling with rising costs of capital which are straining both the ability to finance new deals and the need to rework existing capital stacks due to geopolitical risk volatility. Reacting to this environment, Australia's Qualitas is expanding its direct real estate capabilities by appointing Jesse Curtis to lead an in-house asset management platform focused on sourcing stable, income-producing investments, signaling a strategic pivot by some managers toward controlling yields in an uncertain rate environment.