Private markets education

Private markets are a vast investible universe that includes private equity, private credit and real market assets, such as infrastructure. Discover how they work and why you should consider them for your portfolios.

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The time is ripe for private equity

With the potential for high returns and lower portfolio volatility relative to public stocks, you can’t ignore private equity. 

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How can private equity fit into your portfolio?

Find out why adding private equity to a portfolio can provide opportunity for growth.

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How can private infrastructure fit into your portfolio?

Find out how adding private infrastructure can increase portfolio resilience, while offering potential for income and growth.

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How can private credit fit in your portfolio?

Find out what makes private credit a unique asset class and how it can be incorporated into your portfolio.

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How do private markets fit in your portfolio?

Private markets are a group of diverse assets that can strengthen a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds.

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Beyond the numbers: Delivering private credit’s advantages

David Ross explains how Northleaf uncovers private credit opportunities and aims to deliver attractive yields with relatively low volatility for individual investors.

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How big are private markets?

You might be surprised to learn how much larger the private equity universe is than its publicly traded counterpart.

 

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An ideal time for infrastructure

Find out how private infrastructure can reduce the impact of inflation and help protect capital in recession-induced bear markets.

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How the illiquidity premium can enhance portfolios

Discover the advantages of the illiquidity premium, which offers the potential for higher returns by investing in private assets.

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What makes private infrastructure unique

A look at private infrastructure’s attractive returns, low volatility and low correlation to traditional assets.

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What is the interval fund

Find out how our interval fund — the first of its kind in Canada — offer virtually every investor access to private credit markets.

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Your guide to investing in private equity

Take a deeper dive into private equity to find out what it is, how it works and how it could enhance your clients’ portfolios.

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Your guide to investing in private credit

Take a deeper dive into private credit to find out what it is, how it works and how it could enhance your clients’ portfolios.

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Jamie Storrow on private infrastructure investing

In this episode, host Matt Schnurr speaks with Jamie Storrow, Managing Director and Co-Head of Infrastructure at Northleaf Capital Partners, to share his team's approach to private infrastructure investing. He goes over how they source deals, work with management teams, and their exit strategies.

Mackenzie Northleaf Case for the Space

Who would invest in private infrastructure?

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