Private Markets In Plain Sight: A New Lens on Risk and Return

Private market allocations in Australia run deep, from long-held infrastructure and real estate to increasing flows into private equity and private credit as superannuation funds expand their unlisted exposures. Yet investors still face fragmented data, evolving benchmarks and the challenge of integrating private assets into total portfolio measurement and reporting. Adding to this complexity, what were once technical challenges are now under increasing regulatory focus on valuation governance, liquidity management and transparency. 

Whether you're managing an established allocation or building one, the same questions apply. How do you assess valuations without a liquid market to reference? Where does liquidity actually sit? And as portfolios become more multi-asset, how do you consistently track risk and returns across public and private exposures? MSCI is pleased to host this discussion in collaboration with Goldman Sachs Asset Management to help investors measure private market performance, benchmark exposures and better manage risk across the total portfolio.

What you’ll takeaway:

• Key trends shaping private capital and what they mean for portfolio construction in Australia. 

• The latest indexes, data and total-portfolio analytics that can clarify private-asset behavior and support more informed portfolio decisions.

• A practical framework for benchmarking private equity: What is can — and cannot do — and how a credible benchmark changes the way allocators size, compare and explain private market positions.  

• Where private market indexing may be heading and what it means for investors to access, measure and govern the asset class.