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 are shifting from a liquidity backstop to a strategic private-markets tool. Transaction volume reached an estimated $230 billion in 2025, over 40% above the prior year, with secondary-strategy AUM projected to more than double by 2030. GP-led deals now represent almost half of volume, and credit, infrastructure and venture secondaries are emerging. Benefits cited include faster deployment, vintage and manager diversification, and different cash-flow profiles; 80% of institutional investors name liquidity and limited exit routes as their leading concern.
- Institution
- State Street
- Published
- 09/14/2026
- Research topic
- Inflation
- Time horizon
- 2030 · short-term
Key arguments
- The secondaries market has scaled from a distressed-seller venue to a strategic tool for rebalancing, cash-flow management and allocation decisions.
- Secondary funds can complement primaries by increasing exposure to mature assets, managing vintage and manager concentration, and accelerating deployment.
- GP-led transactions now represent almost half of transaction volume, and credit, infrastructure and venture secondary strategies are emerging.
- Implementation requires portfolio review by strategy, vintage, manager, geography and liquidity, plus manager diligence on track record, pricing discipline and operational infrastructure.
Key numbers
- 2025 secondaries transaction volume
- ~$230 billion, a record
- Year-over-year volume growth
- more than 40% above prior year
- Projected secondary-strategy AUM growth
- more than double by 2030
- GP-led share of transaction volume
- almost half
- Investors citing liquidity/exit routes as leading concern
- 80%
Main risks
- Secondary funds are not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, so investors lack its regulatory protections.
- The paper's projected growth in secondary-strategy AUM and portfolio benefits are forward-looking and may not materialize.
- Valuation, pricing and operational complexity in an increasingly specialized secondaries market may challenge execution.
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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