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June 03, 2026

Private Market Secondaries: The $225 Billion Market Many Wealth Investors Overlook

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As traditional private equity strategies face longer holding periods, a record exit backlog and slower distributions, secondaries are becoming an increasingly relevant complement.

On this episode of The View From Apollo’s Allocation Insights series, Alex Wright and Diana Sands are joined by Partner and Co-Head of Apollo's Sponsor & Secondary Solutions (S3) business Steve Lessar to discuss how private market secondaries have evolved from a niche liquidity tool to a core allocation of modern private market portfolios, which can offer immediate exposure to mature assets and attractive risk-adjusted return potential.

The View from Apollo features conversations with thought leaders across Apollo and portfolio companies of funds managed by Apollo, each bringing their unique perspectives on current macroeconomic trends, the impact to various businesses and what it can mean for investors.

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S3: Sponsor and Secondary Solutions

S3 is Apollo’s Sponsor and Secondary Solutions business, providing a holistic set of financing and liquidity solutions across the yield, hybrid and equity spectrum to asset managers and limited partners. S3 is a natural extension of Apollo’s global investment platform, offering partner-oriented capital across asset classes including private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate.

Our flexible solutions help private market participants meet their strategic goals at a wide range of capital costs. S3 brings scale, speed and flexibility to private markets secondaries.

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