Private Markets Investing

About private markets

Private markets — including infrastructure, real estate and private credit — provide access to opportunities beyond traditional asset classes, delivering potential for long-term growth, diversification and portfolio resilience.

Private markets have become central to strategic asset allocations, offering the potential for enhanced return, diversification and stable long-term income. As public markets shrink and more companies are remaining private for longer, private markets are now an increasingly important source of long-term growth opportunity, well positioned to capitalise on structural trends that are changing the world.

Why invest in private markets?

Long-term growth

Private markets offer exposure to structural themes such as digitalisation, demographic shifts and decarbonisation — areas often underrepresented in public markets.

Diversification

With lower correlations to traditional asset classes and a wider opportunity set, private markets can strengthen portfolio diversification and reduce reliance on public equities and bonds.

Portfolio resilience

Infrastructure, real estate and private credit can provide income, inflation-linked cashflows and contractual revenues, helping support portfolio resilience across market cycles.

Tom Frost

Head of Real Assets Investment Specialists, UK Client Group

"Private markets can offer the growth and income potential investors are looking for, while at the same time anchoring portfolios through periods of uncertainty. That combination has never been more important as investors look to build toward a more confident financial future."

Tom Frost

Head of Real Assets Investment Specialists, UK Client Group

Why Aberdeen Investments for private markets?

Global scale with local insight

We combine the scale of a global platform with specialist teams on the ground in key regions. This supports early access to proprietary opportunities across infrastructure, real estate and private credit, underpinned by deep, long-standing relationships.

Disciplined risk management

Disciplined risk management Our heritage as a long-term active investor shapes a conservative, research-driven approach. We emphasise careful manager and asset selection, prudent use of leverage and strong downside awareness — qualities that have proven valuable across market cycles.

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Sustainability and stewardship

Sustainability is embedded throughout our investment process. We focus on real-world outcomes, active ownership and measurable progress, reflecting the importance of ESG within private markets.