Ardian, a global private investment firm with $180bn in assets under management & supervision across its private equity, real assets, and private credit platforms, today announced the launch of Ardian Access SICAV-RAIF²  (“Ardian Access” or “the Fund”), an evergreen³ vehicle domiciled in Luxembourg. The Fund will be available around the world¹ to professional investors only.

Ardian Access is a differentiated solution for investors looking to access private markets and diversify their existing exposure. The Fund will seek to leverage a highly diversified, global portfolio of private assets managed by GPs across sectors, geographies, and company sizes, aiming to generate long-term value whilst mitigating risk and J-Curve effects.

Through Ardian Access, investors now have flexible access to Ardian’s secondaries, primaries and direct co-investment platforms, which collectively manage close to $110bn in assets under management. Ardian’s secondaries team has executed more than $40bn in secondary transaction volume in the past four years, while its co-investment team has invested alongside sponsors in more than 140 selected portfolio companies to date. Additionally, both teams have managed consecutive generations of diversified portfolios.

Through Ardian Access investors gain exposure to:

• Ardian’s established secondaries and co-investment strategies, underpinned by a “buy what we know” investment approach focusing on high-quality sponsors and assets, as well as its comprehensive proprietary database spanning more than 650 GPs, 1,600 funds, and 10,000 portfolio companies, which enables Ardian to identify and assess potential opportunities.
• Ardian’s global secondaries and co-investment teams comprising more than 125 professionals in 20 offices across the globe, which have built robust and trusted partnerships with a broad network of GPs, LPs, and portfolio company management teams.
• Accessible investment minimums of €100,000 and immediate capital deployment from day one, aiming to maximize compounding and limit cash drag.

Ardian launched the fund in partnership with iCapital, the global fintech platform shaping the future of investing. Ardian will leverage iCapital’s full suite of servicing and technology solutions for evergreen funds to provide wealth managers and their clients with efficient access to alternative investment opportunities via Ardian Access.

“Private clients are an important and fast‑growing group of investors that account for more than half of Ardian’s LPs by number. Ardian Access represents our continued commitment to providing private investors with scalable investment solutions that allow them to take advantage of Ardian’s market leading strategies. Our Private Wealth Solutions team is experiencing significant growth as private investors and wealth managers seek greater exposure to the private markets, and we expect this will continue to grow in the coming years.”  Jan Philipp Schmitz, Executive Vice-President, Ardian

“Secondaries are well suited to private wealth because they provide investors with wide diversification and can generate returns and cash flow quickly given their maturity. We have the world’s largest Secondaries & Primaries platform, run alongside a significant co-investment offer, and this means we can execute the largest and most complex transactions with the highest quality GPs and underlying investments. Over 20% of our latest Secondaries fundraise came through private wealth channels, and we are delighted to be opening up our strategy to even more private investors through Ardian Access.” Marie-Victoire Rozé, Deputy Co-Head of Secondaries & Primaries and Senior Managing Director, Ardian

“We are at an inflection point for private capital, with significant numbers of private investors now able to access private capital to diversify their portfolios and generate attractive, long-term returns. In line with this megatrend, the Ardian Access platform provides private investors with access to the same deals that Ardian has sourced for institutional investors since its inception almost 30 years ago. This marks a significant step to opening our deal flow to more investors.” Erwan Paugam, Head of Private Wealth Solutions and Managing Director, Ardian

Ardian is well known for a leading position in secondaries and direct investments. The continued roll-out of the Ardian Access platform alongside other Private Wealth initiatives represents a new chapter for Ardian. Until recently, the many opportunities that the Ardian team identified were reserved for institutional investors and the wealthiest families. Now, these funds are opening the doors to private markets for large groups of private investors. Ardian Access SICAV RAIF is part of the Ardian Access platform with local & thematic solutions globally. Ardian successfully launched Ardian Access Solution FCPR in 2023, its first evergreen solution, a regulated fund with a similar investment strategy, marketed exclusively in France.

NB: Investments in private equity involve a risk of total or partial loss of capital. Investors should consult the fund’s legal documentation and the fund’s marketing materials before making any final investment decision.

¹Terms such as global investors and around the world are generic descriptors for investors across multiple jurisdictions. Ardian Access SICAV-RAIF will be marketed only in jurisdictions where it is duly registered, notified, or otherwise authorised under local laws and regulations.
²The Fund is managed by Carne Global Fund Managers (Luxembourg) S.A., with Ardian acting as delegated portfolio manager.
³with a term of 99 years.