Secondary funds as a strategic portfolio tool
中文标题
二级基金作为战略性投资组合工具
Core conclusion · Tlines extraction
State Street argues secondary funds have evolved from a niche liquidity venue into a strategic portfolio tool for institutional investors. The secondaries market reached an estimated $230bn of transaction volume in 2025, over 40% above the prior year and a record, with AUM across secondary strategies projected to more than double by 2030. Secondary funds may help investors diversify, deploy capital faster, manage pacing and concentration, and access mature assets, managers and strategies. Implementation should begin with a detailed review of existing exposures.
- Institution
- State Street
- Published
- 09/14/2026
- Research topic
- Inflation
- Time horizon
- 2030 · short-term
Key arguments
- The secondaries market has moved from a distressed/forced-seller venue to a strategic tool for rebalancing, cash-flow management and allocation decisions.
- Secondary funds can complement primary commitments, manage vintage exposure and potentially reduce concentration to individual managers, sectors and vintages.
- Secondary funds often accommodate larger average commitments while maintaining diversification and enabling faster capital deployment.
- Implementation should start with a detailed portfolio review by strategy, vintage, manager, geography and liquidity profile to identify specific gaps.
Key numbers
- 2025 secondaries transaction volume (estimated)
- $230 billion
- Year-on-year growth in 2025 volume
- more than 40%
- Projected AUM growth for secondary strategies by 2030
- more than double
- GP-led share of transaction volume
- almost half
- Institutional investors citing liquidity/exit routes as leading concern
- 80%
Main risks
- Private funds are not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, so investors do not receive its regulatory protections.
- Benefits cited primarily refer to allocations to, or investments in, secondary funds, and may not apply to other private-market vehicles.
- Valuation considerations and broader portfolio-management needs are cited alongside liquidity as leading investor concerns.
Corresponding source evidence
This momentum is expected to continue, with assets under management across secondary strategies projected to more than double by 2030.
· 2030The expansion of the secondaries market historically has been driven in part by a more challenging exit environment across private markets, with liquidity and limited exit routes cited as the leading concern by 80% of institutional investors, alongside asset-valuation considerations and broader portfolio-management needs.
4 This could make secondaries a useful complement to traditional primary commitments for allocators seeking to build more balanced and resilient private-markets portfolios over time.
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