With private markets expected to grow this year, Swiss private bank J Safra Sarasin and Golding Capital Partners have launched a private markets partnership for the Swiss institutional market.

Bank J Safra Sarasin and Munich-based asset manager Golding Capital Partners have established a partnership in the private markets sector, focusing on the Swiss institutional market.

Under this agreement, Golding's private markets solutions will be distributed through Bank J Safra Sarasin’s Swiss network with Golding acting as a private markets partner for the bank's institutional clients in Switzerland. This collaboration will enable the bank to expand its alternative investments offering, providing its institutional clients with access to a broadly diversified portfolio across various asset classes, including selective opportunities in co-investments and secondaries.

Golding has expertise in building and managing private markets investments across various asset classes and increasing offers to investors of co-investments and secondaries. This will be blended with Bank J Safra Sarasin’s market position and network of institutional investors.

The primary focus is on pension funds, family offices, and insurance companies.

The move comes after a report by US-listed alternative asset manager Blackstone’s Private Wealth group shows that nearly three quarters (75 per cent) of surveyed advisors expect that private markets will see the most substantial growth this year – evidence that the sector has recovered some of its vigour after the blows caused by the pandemic and spikes in interest rates.

A number of managers, such as California-headquartered investment manager Franklin Templeton see attractive opportunities within private markets globally in 2026. Hamilton Lane, a US private markets investment firm with $1.0 trillion in assets under management and supervision, also expects private markets to outperform public ones over the next few years, with infrastructure playing an important role, as covered here.

“With Golding Capital Partners, we are expanding our expertise in the private markets sector and opening up access for our clients to a broad spectrum of investment solutions, including selective co-investments and secondary opportunities,” Daniel Graf, head institutional clients Switzerland at Bank J Safra Sarasin, said.

“The partnership with Bank J Safra Sarasin underscores the strategic importance of the Swiss market for Golding. Together, we are laying the groundwork for a long-term collaboration and even closer support for institutional investors,” Hubertus Theile-Ochel, managing director at Golding Capital Partners, added.

J Safra Sarasin Group, which has banks in more than 35 locations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, manages total client assets of over $460 billion.