Archive · 27 Oct 2025
Goldman Sachs Survey: Private Market Optimism Rises in 2025
Imagine a big survey where people who invest in private markets, like real estate or infrastructure, were asked about the future.
Goldman Sachs did this, and most people are feeling good about it!
They think it will be easier to sell investments and make money.
People are optimistic about areas like real estate, and infrastructure, which is like building roads and bridges.
Investors are looking at different ways to sell their investments.
Even though selling investments has been a bit slow lately, investors plan to keep investing in 2025.
Goldman Sachs survey shows private market investors are optimistic about the future.
Sentiment is steady or improved across asset classes, with real assets leading the optimism.
Managers expect a pickup in exits through various methods.
LPs are using secondary markets to manage liquidity and rebalance portfolios.
Infrastructure and real estate show growing optimism due to structural tailwinds and stabilizing valuations.
- Who
- Goldman Sachs surveyed General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs).
- What
- The survey assessed the outlook for private market investments.
- When
- The survey reflects the outlook for 2025.
- Where
- Global
- Why
- To gauge investor sentiment and expectations in the private market.
- Survey Author
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Survey Focus
- Private Market Investment Environment
- Participants
- Over 250 GPs and LPs
- Optimism Level
- Steady or improved across asset classes
- Areas of Optimism
- Real Assets, Infrastructure, and Real Estate
- Expected Exit Routes
- Strategic sales, sponsor-to-sponsor deals, and IPOs