Key Takeaways
- • Channel Capital, an Australian investment management support business, has partnered with Coller EQT to distribute the Coller Private Equity Secondaries Fund and Coller Private Credit Secondaries Fund to Australian wholesale investors.
- • Channel Capital will provide marketing and investor servicing support for both funds, targeting private equity and private credit secondaries exposure.
- • Coller EQT, formed through the 2026 combination of Coller Capital and EQT, oversees approximately US$55 billion across PE, PC and other private market strategies (as at 31 March 2026).
- • Global secondaries volumes reached a record US$226 billion (about $322 billion, per Channel Capital) in 2025.
- • Channel Capital's merger with Fidante was cleared by the ACCC on 20 October, creating a group supporting more than $150 billion in assets.
Summary
Channel Capital and Coller EQT have agreed a partnership aimed at widening access to global private market secondaries for Australian wholesale investors. Channel Capital, described as an Australian-based investment management support business, will distribute two funds from Coller EQT, a global private markets secondaries platform: the Coller Private Equity Secondaries Fund, which acquires interests in existing private equity funds and portfolios, and the Coller Private Credit Secondaries Fund, which invests in private credit portfolios and transactions to provide credit exposure and potential income and diversification. Channel Capital will also supply marketing and investor servicing support for the funds.
According to Channel Capital, global secondaries transaction activity has momentum, with volumes reaching a record US$226 billion ($322 billion) in 2025. The firm said the asset class plays a growing role in helping investors manage diversification and liquidity and gain access to mature underlying assets. EQT's head of global wealth solutions APAC, Sueann Yeo, said Channel's position in the Australian market makes it a valued partner in building awareness and supporting education, access and long-term adoption of secondaries strategies. David Hallifax, EQT's global wealth solutions director APAC, said one of the most significant shifts is the growing alignment between institutional and wealth portfolios.
Coller EQT has invested in secondaries for 36 years and oversees approximately US$55 billion across private equity, private credit and other private market strategies globally, as at 31 March 2026. Luke Mandekic, co-head of distribution at Channel Capital, said advisers increasingly combine complementary strategies to build more diversified client portfolios.
Separately, on 20 October, Channel Capital confirmed that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had cleared its merger with Fidante. The combined group would be one of Australia's largest investment platform and services businesses, supporting more than $150 billion in assets with over 240 professionals across 11 global offices.
According to Channel Capital, global secondaries transaction activity has momentum, with volumes reaching a record US$226 billion ($322 billion) in 2025. The firm said the asset class plays a growing role in helping investors manage diversification and liquidity and gain access to mature underlying assets. EQT's head of global wealth solutions APAC, Sueann Yeo, said Channel's position in the Australian market makes it a valued partner in building awareness and supporting education, access and long-term adoption of secondaries strategies. David Hallifax, EQT's global wealth solutions director APAC, said one of the most significant shifts is the growing alignment between institutional and wealth portfolios.
Coller EQT has invested in secondaries for 36 years and oversees approximately US$55 billion across private equity, private credit and other private market strategies globally, as at 31 March 2026. Luke Mandekic, co-head of distribution at Channel Capital, said advisers increasingly combine complementary strategies to build more diversified client portfolios.
Separately, on 20 October, Channel Capital confirmed that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had cleared its merger with Fidante. The combined group would be one of Australia's largest investment platform and services businesses, supporting more than $150 billion in assets with over 240 professionals across 11 global offices.
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