Goldman Sachs launches private markets platform for wealthy clients

Goldman Sachs unveiled a new Alternative Investments Platform that combines its existing alternatives business with two dedicated teams to provide wealthy clients and family offices direct stakes in individual late-stage private companies and related liquidity services, underscoring a shift toward private markets. The firm is also launching a proprietary public-markets platform for upper-HNW clients to consolidate and optimize public-market strategies, signaling a broader push to offer integrated solutions across both private and public markets.