S64, the global private markets fintech and solutions partner to the wealth management industry, has announced a strategic partnership with Ardian, a global private investment firm with US$200 billion in assets under management and supervision across private equity, real assets and private credit platforms.
Under the partnership, S64 and Ardian will launch the S64 Ardian Access Infrastructure Fund (“The Fund”), an evergreen Australian Unit Trust. The collaboration will unlock access for Australia’s wealth management industry to Ardian’s infrastructure strategies through the S64 Australian Unit Trust Platform.
The Fund is a differentiated solution for investors looking to access private infrastructure through both Ardian’s infrastructure and infrastructure secondaries platforms. Ardian’s infrastructure platform manages $47 billion AUM with a track record that spans more than 20 years. The secondaries platform, one of the largest in the industry, has $102 billion in AUM. Through this partnership, the Australian wealth market can now access Ardian’s Institutional-quality strategies via a modern, advisor-friendly solution.
The evergreen structure aims to offer monthly subscriptions with quarterly liquidity, providing immediate capital deployment into a global infrastructure portfolio. S64’s Australian Unit Trust Platform empowers financial intermediaries to distribute private markets and listed alternatives opportunities to wholesale and advised retail clients through product manufacturing solutions and end-to-end digital lifecycle management.
Jan Philipp Schmitz, Executive Vice President, Head of Investor Relations, and Deputy Co-Head of Secondaries and Primaries at Ardian, said:
"Ardian’s Access Infrastructure strategy enables private wealth investors to tap into one of the most resilient and attractive asset classes in private markets. Infrastructure offers recurring cash yield, inflation protection, and historically lower volatility, making it a powerful addition to investor portfolios. By combining the value creation potential of direct investments with the diversification and J-curve mitigation of secondaries, and leveraging one of the world’s largest secondary platforms supported, Ardian provides unparalleled access to high-quality, diversified assets aligned with global trends such as digitalisation, energy transition, and infrastructure modernisation."
Matt Stovold, Head of Australia & New Zealand, added: " We are proud to partner with Ardian to bring institutional-quality infrastructure investing to Australia’s wealth market. Through the S64 Australian Unit Trust Platform, advisers and their clients gain a seamless, technology-enabled gateway to a globally CONFIDENTIAL
diversified infrastructure portfolio managed by one of the world’s foremost private markets asset managers."
About S64
S64 is a leading global alternatives and technology solutions business bridging the opportunity in private markets. It works with the world’s first-class asset managers and private banks across private equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure and impact to develop innovative solutions for private banks and wealth managers. S64’s innovative technology platform offers the full lifecycle management of alternative assets — from structuring and distribution to financing, as well as secondary market capabilities meeting complex regulatory and cross border jurisdictional requirements across Europe and Asia. S64’s team draws on an award-winning legacy in fund and product solutions, digital innovation and international distribution, having pioneered alternative investment platforms for more than a decade. As the leading manufacturer of evergreen semi-liquid funds, ELTIFs and feeders, S64 is trusted to deliver products, solutions and market leading technology to the world’s leading GPs, asset managers, and private banks.
About Ardian
In a world of constant evolution, Ardian stands out for its ability to anticipate, adapt, and turn challenges into opportunities. As a global, diversified private markets firm with 22 offices and more than 370 investment professionals worldwide, we provide investment and customised solutions that reflect new economic dynamics and help our clients remain resilient in a changing world.
We deliver multi-local expertise and long-term performance for our investors and partners as well as shared value for the broader society. Since Ardian’s inception in 1996, our pioneering approach to diversification and our ability to offer tailor-made solutions at scale have remained at the heart of our strategy.
Through commitment, knowledge and technology, we bring lasting value to our companies and contribute positively to the whole industry.
Ardian currently manages or advises $200bn for more than 1,920 clients worldwide across Private Equity, Real Assets, and Credit.
Ardian. Mastering change for lasting value.
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S64: Josh Salisbury Senior Director, Citigate Dewe Rogerson (external media enquiries)
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