The growing opportunity in private markets
Blue Owl Capital | 01 September 2025 | 0.25 CE
Less than 5% of individual portfolios are allocated to alternative investments.1
Yet, private markets have outperformed their public counterparts over the long term. For instance, over the last 20 years, private equity has beaten the annual return of the S&P 500 16 times.2 By limiting themselves to public markets, investors may risk missing out on an opportunity to invest in large, growing, and highly successful businesses. Investments in private market assets have long been utilized by large institutions for their potential portfolio-enhancing attributes. With the advent of new structures ...