Key Takeaways
- • Channel Capital has entered a strategic partnership with Coller EQT to provide distribution, marketing and investor services for the Coller Private Equity Secondaries Fund and Coller Private Credit Secondaries Fund.
- • The partnership targets rising demand for private markets solutions from Australian wholesale investors.
- • Channel Capital's Luke Mandekic cited global secondaries transaction volume of US$226 billion in 2025 as evidence of the asset class's maturing appeal.
- • The deal follows Coller Capital's combination with EQT AB in August, which EQT executives present as a basis for expanding secondaries access into wealth channels.
Summary
Channel Capital has secured a strategic partnership with Coller EQT, the private markets secondaries specialist, to provide distribution, marketing and investor services for two of its flagship funds: the Coller Private Equity Secondaries Fund and the Coller Private Credit Secondaries Fund. The arrangement is aimed at meeting growing demand for sophisticated private markets solutions among Australian wholesale investors.
The private equity secondaries fund offers diversified exposure to private equity assets through the acquisition of interests in existing private equity funds and portfolios. The private credit secondaries fund invests across private credit portfolios and transactions, providing access to seasoned credit exposures with the potential for income and diversification.
Luke Mandekic, Co-Head of Distribution at Channel Capital, said global secondaries continues to establish itself as an attractive asset class, recording US$226 billion in transaction volumes in 2025. He said advisers are moving toward a more sophisticated approach to private markets, combining complementary strategies to build more diversified portfolios.
The deal follows Coller Capital's combination with EQT AB in August. Sueann Yeo, Head of Global Wealth Solutions APAC at EQT, said growing recognition of the role secondaries can play alongside traditional private market investments is evident globally, and described Channel's position in the Australian market as valuable for building awareness and access to secondaries strategies. David Hallifax, Director, Global Wealth Solutions APAC at EQT, said the growing alignment between institutional and wealth portfolios is one of the most significant shifts in the market, with advisers seeking the diversification benefits long used by institutional investors across assets, vintages, sectors and geographies.
The private equity secondaries fund offers diversified exposure to private equity assets through the acquisition of interests in existing private equity funds and portfolios. The private credit secondaries fund invests across private credit portfolios and transactions, providing access to seasoned credit exposures with the potential for income and diversification.
Luke Mandekic, Co-Head of Distribution at Channel Capital, said global secondaries continues to establish itself as an attractive asset class, recording US$226 billion in transaction volumes in 2025. He said advisers are moving toward a more sophisticated approach to private markets, combining complementary strategies to build more diversified portfolios.
The deal follows Coller Capital's combination with EQT AB in August. Sueann Yeo, Head of Global Wealth Solutions APAC at EQT, said growing recognition of the role secondaries can play alongside traditional private market investments is evident globally, and described Channel's position in the Australian market as valuable for building awareness and access to secondaries strategies. David Hallifax, Director, Global Wealth Solutions APAC at EQT, said the growing alignment between institutional and wealth portfolios is one of the most significant shifts in the market, with advisers seeking the diversification benefits long used by institutional investors across assets, vintages, sectors and geographies.
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