Welcome to the Secondaries Institute

Gain the knowledge and insights you need to navigate the secondaries market with confidence.

Jeremy Collers smiles whilst standing on a running track in an athletics stadium.

Jeremy Coller, CIO and Managing Partner, breaks down the power of secondaries investing - highlighting how greater visibility, diversification, and shorter timelines make it a compelling alternative to traditional private equity.

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If you wanted to predict who was going to win a race, would you want to do so before it started? Before you even knew who was taking part?

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Or would you rather wait until the halfway point when the athletes are already in full flow? When you can see who’s performing well, who’s falling behind.

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That’s what makes secondaries so different to traditional private equity. With secondaries you’re investing in portfolios that have already been built, already delivering returns.

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When you see how the race is unfolding, it’s so much easier to pick the winners and avoid the losers. When you can see who’s carrying an injury, you minimize your risk of backing the wrong runner. And it’s not just this race you’re looking at.

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A secondaries portfolio contains literally thousands of underlying companies. From different sectors, different geographies, it’s seriously diversified, which generally means lower risk for investors.

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That’s why institutions like the world’s largest pension plans and sovereign wealth funds have invested in secondaries for decades. An opportunity that’s now available to select individual investors.

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Many of your existing investments are probably secondaries, even if you don’t call them that. The shares you buy on the stock market, the home you live in. They’re mostly secondary transactions.

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At Coller Capital, secondaries is all we do. It’s all we’ve ever done right from the start. Some might even say we invented it. We’re the specialists, the innovators, the only dedicated firm of our kind focused exclusively on secondaries. We are Coller Capital and we are First in Secondaries.

Why secondaries for private wealth investors?

Private markets are playing an increasingly critical role in modern portfolios, and secondaries are at the centre of this evolution. As individual investors seek diversification, return potential, and resilience beyond the traditional 60/40 model, financial advisors must be equipped to guide them through the growing array of opportunities.

 

That’s why we created the Secondaries Institute – to help advisors lead the conversation, better serve their clients, and unlock new opportunities in the private markets.

 

Understanding secondaries – how they work, where they fit, and why they matter – is essential for building long-term success in this space. At Coller Capital, we’ve spent decades at the forefront of secondaries. Now we’re putting that experience to work for you, because better outcomes start with better understanding.

 

Jake Elmhirst
Partner and Head of Private Wealth Secondaries Solutions

Jake Elmhirst