Wealth Club, a UK non-advised investment service for high net worth individuals, has announced a period of rapid expansion for its private markets platform, with more funds and managers.
Wealth Club has
announced that as well as the 16 private markets fund managers
currently offering funds via Wealth Club, four more are
about to join. Eight private markets funds are also set to launch
on the Wealth Club platform taking the total number to 27.
Since launching its private funds supermarket in November 2024,
the company said it has more than doubled its range of funds.
Last month. it opened the first Private Markets SIPP – which it
said marks a significant inflection point in the democratisation
of alternative investments in the UK.
The platform”s expansion is underpinned by a surge in
institutional interest in the sophisticated individual investor
channel. Twelve months ago, Wealth Club offered clients
access to seven private markets funds. Today, that figure has
climbed to 19, and it has announced that a further nine funds are
currently in the final stages of onboarding.
The centrepiece of Wealth Club’s expansion into private markets
is last month’s launch of its Private Markets SIPP. This
vehicle allows sophisticated investors to hold a range of
semi-liquid private markets funds managed by global firms
including ARK, Brookfield, CVC, EQT, and StepStone, within a
tax-efficient pension wrapper. It is the first pension of its
kind in the UK, the firm said in a statement.
For decades, private markets funds were the exclusive preserve of
institutional investors and the ultra-wealthy. Wealth Club’s new
SIPP lowers the barrier to entry, allowing UK individuals to
participate in these strategies from a minimum investment of
£10,000 ($13,610).
“Private markets deserve a place in every well-constructed
pension. They offer long-term growth potential, strong historical
performance, and valuable diversification – yet until now,
access within a pension has been extremely limited for most
investors,” Alex Davies, founder and CEO of Wealth Club, said.
“With the launch of our Private Markets SIPP, we’re opening the
door to an asset class that has traditionally been out of reach.
Investors have largely missed out on opportunities across
infrastructure, private equity and credit, and secondaries
– areas that can play a powerful role in long-term wealth
building,” Davies continued. “For the right, more sophisticated
investor, an allocation to private markets could reasonably grow
to 20 to 30 per cent of a portfolio over time.”
A
recent survey by alternative assets firm Blackstone covering
more than 200 financial advisors across the US, EMEA and APAC
also shows that 90 per cent of surveyed advisors are either
increasing or maintaining their private equity allocations. The
resilience suggests continued interest in diversifying portfolios
with private assets that can offer differentiated return
potential and long-term growth that may be less tied to
short-term public market volatility. California-headquartered
investment manager Franklin
Templeton also sees attractive
opportunities globally within private markets in 2026.