Pantheon, a specialist global private markets investor, and iCapital, the global fintech platform, have announced a global partnership to distribute Pantheon open-ended products in the wealth management channel.
With a 40-year track record for innovation and value creation in private markets, Pantheon writes that it invests across the full lifecycle of investments through secondary, direct co-investment and primary fund commitments, with specialist capabilities and expertise spanning private equity, real assets and private credit. Since launching its first listed private markets fund in 1987, Pantheon writes that it has been at the forefront of opening access to private markets to a wider range of investors, and it now offers a range of evergreen solutions with a combined USD7 billion in assets under management.
Providing a complete suite of technology and structuring capabilities, iCapital writes that it will help deliver enhanced access to Pantheon’s evergreen offerings globally, including the firm’s first open-ended, semi-liquid private equity offering available outside of the US, targeting markets with growing demand across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.
Victor Mayer, Head of International Private Wealth at Pantheon, says: “iCapital’s global leadership in expanding the alternative investment marketplace makes it an excellent partner to bring our suite of products, providing access to high-quality, hard-to-access assets and fund managers, to a wider range of international investors. We look forward to working with iCapital to continue to bring the power of private markets and our unique expertise to help more people build secure financial futures.”
“We are very pleased to partner with Pantheon and support them in their mission to make their suite of evergreen private markets investment products available to the wealth management channel,” says Marco Bizzozero, Head of International at iCapital. “With wealth managers globally increasingly making private markets a strategic priority as they seek enhanced diversification and superior returns for their clients’ portfolios, iCapital is the trusted technology partner to asset managers expanding their offering to the growing pool of private wealth.”
