Private-Market Solutions for Wealth Management Clients

UBP is taking a three-pronged approach to elevate its private market business as the Swiss bank seeks to deliver a high-quality experience in the increasingly competitive alternatives space, where virtually all private banks are now offering access to differentiated private market investments.

In New York as well as other major metro areas, once-bustling corporate offices are now quieter, leading companies to adjust to a new reality: remote working is no longer a temporary solution but rather a structural shift. Consequently, corporates are actively reducing their office space footprints, significantly increasing vacancies in the sector.

UBP’s Deputy Head of Private Markets Group, Gaetan Aversano, recently took part in a compelling discussion at the IPEM Cannes 2025 conference. The session, titled ‘What wealth clients really want: surprising lessons learned from the field,’ delved into the evolving preferences and needs of wealthy clients, particularly in the realm of private markets.

Looking at 2025, macroeconomic shifts and evolving investment strategies are reshaping the outlook for private markets.

As the year draws to a close, private markets are benefitting from growing demand from investors. However, each category has its own unique characteristics. Brice Thionnet, UBP’s Global Head of Private Markets, and Hippolyte Abriol, Senior Investment Manager – Private Equity & Mandates, spoke to Allnews.

Infrastructure assets provide essential services to communities, facilitating the transport of people, data, and energy.

The Fed’s long-awaited rate cut in September marks the start of a new easing cycle. With the end of the higher-for-longer narrative, investor expectations have shifted, prompting portfolio adjustments and risk premia arbitrage.

Direct lending, the biggest segment in private debt, is now accessible to a broader range of investors and seeing increasing demand, boosted by its superior risk-adjusted returns and attractive features that include speed and certainty of execution.

With a rise in popularity of alternative investments in recent years, UBP is tapping the private market space with a mixture of specialist in-house expertise and a highly selective approach to third-party manager solutions.