Private Markets Investment Outlook Q4 2025: Five takeaways for wealth investors

Private markets continue to offer resilience and diversification as investors look to navigate an uncertain global landscape.

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Schroders Capital receives £500m from Nest for further private equity investment

Nest, the pension scheme representing a third of the UK workforce, has provided Schroders Capital, the $111 billion private markets business of Schroders, with a further £500 million to be invested through its private equity mandate.

Weathering market cyclicality and volatility with infrastructure debt

Infrastructure debt has been established as an asset class for some time and is considered an alternative investment offering stable cash flows and often lower correlation with traditional markets. How has the asset class evolved, what role can it play in investors’ portfolios and what is its outlook?

Future Growth Capital

Future Growth Capital has been designed to deliver improved outcomes for long-term savers by enabling efficient access to private markets investments and their potential for delivering higher long-term investment returns. Phoenix Group, the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business and Schroders, the UK’s largest listed asset manager have agreed to form a Joint Venture (JV), subject to EU Anti-Trust Approval.
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    At Schroders Capital, where we go, we lead.

    We harness our pioneering track record and specialist, expert edge to identify and transform areas of structural inefficiency and opportunity across global private markets. Through our focus on value creation, and enabled by our specialised mid-market expertise and global network, we unlock opportunities and deliver superior risk-adjusted returns at scale in the most attractive and high-growth segments of this evolving investment universe.

    Underpinning everything we do is the strength and stability of Schroders Group, drawing on more than 220 years of heritage to provide enduring partnerships and confidence to help our clients reach their financial goals.

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    Data as per 30 June 2025

    $111 bn

    assets under management

    725+

    employees worldwide

    400+

    investment professionals

    25

    locations around the world

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