Global asset manager Nuveen has further unlocked access to its US$300 billion alternatives platform with the introduction of two in-demand private market strategies to qualified individual investors in Europe and Asia.

The strategies will be available through select intermediary platforms, providing exposure to Nuveen’s US$142 billion real estate and US$80 billion private credit platforms.

Its global cities real estate strategy invests in commercial real estate properties and aims to provide investors with income and growth from the world's most dynamic cities. 

Its European private credit direct lending strategy seeks to capitalize on a consolidating lending market and bank retrenchment by sourcing high-quality mid-market opportunities across a diverse and underpenetrated region. This strategy is being implemented in collaboration with Arcmont Asset Management, a private debt asset management firm based in London.

Aside from these two strategies, Nuveen had earlier made exposure to farmland and agricultural assets, collaterialized loan obligations, and US middle-market private capital available to qualified individual wealth investors.

"These launches directly address the surging appetite of individual investors for private markets strategies, which is a trend we’re seeing globally," says Jeff Carlin, head of global wealth advisory services at Nuveen. “They come at a transformative moment when the wealth management industry is fundamentally reimagining portfolio construction – incorporating alternatives that may offer investors an opportunity to enhance resilience and pursue compelling risk-adjusted returns amid today's unprecedented market complexity.”

Arcmont chief executive officer Anthony Fobel adds: “As demand for differentiated income and diversification grows, our role is to facilitate access while helping broaden participation in this asset class. We see ourselves not just as providers, but as a pioneer in the market – shaping how private capital connects with a new generation of investors."