Since 1987, Campden Wealth has provided unrivalled proprietary intelligence directly from the world wealthiest families to facilitate peer-to-peer learning.
Now, in partnership with Campden, we are pleased to bring you the inaugural Ultra-High Net Worth Private Equity Investing Report 2023. This report has been meticulously crafted and has no equivalent in the market. It contains valuable insights from 120 Ultra-High Net Worth (UHNW) investors, detailing motivations for turning to private equity, the challenges faced, and investment processes adopted. It conducts a deep dive into UHNW private equity portfolios, assessing investor sentiment across sub-asset classes, strategies, geographies and sectors.
Source: Pitchbook. As of Q1 2024.
Key findings include
- The vast majority of ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) investors are engaged in private equity investing, with 84% currently invested and an additional 10% actively interested.
- The most significant barriers to private equity investing are illiquidity and high risk of capital loss - with 36% and 24% citing these as their number-one barrier, respectively.
- The average UHNW investor allocates 20% of their overall portfolio to private equity, divided between direct investments (52% of the average private equity portfolio) and fund investments (48%).
- There has been remarkable growth in private equity investing. For many, allocations had doubled over the past two years, and investors are looking to continue increasing their private markets exposure as a key driver of long-term performance. It is clear that appetite for the asset class, along with investor sophistication, is increasing at a rapid pace.
Source: Campden Wealth / Titanbay, The Ultra-High Net Worth Private Equity Investing Report 2023. Note: Figures may not sum exactly to 100% due to rounding.
- On average, investors plan to increase their private equity allocation by an additional three percentage points (to 23%) and tilt their private equity portfolios further towards direct investments (+4pp to 56%).
- Sixty-four per cent of participants with private equity allocations currently hold direct deals and an additional 14% are actively interested.
- Technology (70%) and healthcare (67%) are the most popular sectors, with investors prioritising smaller funds.
- On average, UHNW investors allocate 21% of their private equity portfolios to venture capital, 28% to growth equity, 26% to buyouts, 11% to special situations and 14% to other strategies.
Source: Campden Wealth / Titanbay, The Ultra-High Net Worth Private Equity Investing Report 2023. Note: Figures may not sum exactly to 100% due to rounding.
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Investments in private placements and private equity investments via feeder funds in particular, are complex, highly illiquid and speculative in nature and involve a high degree of risk. The value of an investment may go down as well as up, and investors may not get back their money originally invested. Investors who cannot afford to lose their entire investment should not invest. Past performance, including simulated performance, is not a reliable indicator of future performance. For private equity investments via feeder funds, investors will typically receive illiquid and/or restricted membership interests that may be subject to holding period requirements and/or liquidity concerns. Investors who cannot hold an investment for the long term (at least 10 years) should not invest.
