Private Market Investing
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Private market investing is reshaping how capital flows and value is created. To keep up, investors and professionals need sharper skills, stronger insights, and strategies that work in real time.
Private equity, private credit, venture debt, and other alternatives are no longer niche—they’re core to modern portfolios. They offer the potential for high returns and diversification, but also bring challenges: opaque structures, limited liquidity, higher fees and different governance standards.
CFA Institute Research and Policy Center provides research, learning pathways, and policy guidance to help professionals navigate this complex environment. Our global surveys and governance research highlight best practices and emerging risks. And our critical reviews of private equity and alternative credit help make clear the opportunities and the trade-offs.
Alternative Credit: The Rise of Consumer Lending
By Patrizia Lando, and Alfonso Ricciardelli, CFA
Continuation Funds: Ethics in Private Markets, Part I
By Stephen Deane, CFA, and Ken Robinson, CFA, CIPM
Continuation Funds: Ethics in Private Markets
Speakers: John Bradley, Stephen Deane, CFA, and Immanuel Rubin. Moderated by Ken Robinson, CFA
Private Markets Certificates
Comment Letter to FAF on the Review of the Private Company Council
By CFA Institute
Capital Formation in Africa: A Case for Private Markets
By Olivier Fines, CFA, and Phoebe Chan
Private Markets: Guardians at the Gate?
By Sebastien Canderle
The Innovation Advantage: Private Market Investing
By Cynthia Harrington, CFA, and Zach Ellison, CFA
Private Markets: Governance Issues Rise to the Fore
An Introduction to Alternative Credit
The Economics of Private Equity: A Critical Review
