Titanbay joins the Platform Association to support platforms entering private markets
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Titanbay has joined the Platform Association to help investment platforms navigate private markets. A new working group will focus on the technology, operations, and education platforms need to scale private markets through wealth channels.
Investment platforms sit at the centre of one of the biggest shifts in wealth management. Client demand for private equity and other private market strategies is growing, and platforms are increasingly expected to deliver that access alongside their public markets offering. The challenge is that most platform operating models were not designed for the complexity that private markets bring.
Today, we're pleased to share that Titanbay has joined the Platform Association, underlining our strategic focus on supporting investment platforms as they explore and expand access to private markets.
Why this matters
Private markets operate on different rules to public markets. Fund structures are more complex, liquidity mechanics are fundamentally different, and the operational and regulatory requirements sit well beyond what most platform technology was originally built to support. For platforms to deliver private markets responsibly and at scale, education and infrastructure have to move together.
As Europe's leading private markets infrastructure provider, Titanbay will be among the organisations bringing a private markets perspective to the Association, helping platform members address the operational, structural, and educational considerations of delivering private market investments through wealth channels.
A dedicated Private Markets working group
As part of our involvement, Titanbay will support the formation of a dedicated Private Markets working group within the Platform Association. The group will focus on education and shared industry learning, helping platforms build confidence and capability as they assess their approach to private markets.
The working group will cover everything from fund structures and liquidity mechanics through to the technology and operations required to support private markets at scale.
What leadership says
"We're incredibly excited to be working with the Platform Association," said Ossama Soliman, Co-CEO, Titanbay. "Platforms are at different stages of their private markets journey, but education and infrastructure are critical foundations. Titanbay is delighted to be part of the Private Markets working group as we help the industry build a clearer, more practical understanding of what it takes to deliver private markets responsibly and at scale."
Keith Phillips, CEO of the Platform Association, added: “The role of investment platforms is continually evolving as client demand broadens significantly into areas such as private markets. We are confident that bringing together platform operators and specialist providers like Titanbay through a dedicated working group will be instrumental in supporting informed discussion, shared learning, and the development of robust best practice across the industry.”
What this means for platforms
Platforms don't need to rebuild their infrastructure from scratch to offer private markets. They do need a clear view of what's required, how to sequence it, and where the right partners fit. That's what this working group, and our wider involvement with the Platform Association, is designed to support.
Private markets is one of the most significant growth opportunities for wealth platforms over the coming decade. The operational foundations built today will determine who scales it well.
If you're a platform exploring how to deliver private markets to your clients, we'd love to talk.
