Summary of the panel “Unlocking the Potential of Private Assets” featuring Rafał Lis, Managing Partner at CVI, held during Fund Forum 2025.

• The private assets market is growing at an impressive pace. An increasing share of this growth is driven by individual investors, who by 2032 may account for as much as 22% of total assets.
• Private assets help stabilize portfolios by offering low correlation with public markets and a more attractive risk-return profile. For many investors, they have become the key to achieving long-term balance between security and return.
• Private debt is emerging as one of the pillars of this market — combining stability and predictable cash flows with a tangible impact on financing the real economy.
• Regulators in both the U.S. and Europe recognize the need to open this asset class to individual investors, accelerating the democratization of private markets.
• In Poland, the private assets market is still developing, but the growing interest among investors shows that the question is no longer “if” but “in what proportion” to include them in portfolios.