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Adams Street Partners
Chicago-headquartered Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with more than $62 billion in assets under management, has just launched the Adams Street Advisor Academy, a private markets educational resource for wealth advisors. The library provides diverse content, including a guide to navigating private investing and access to the firm’s strategies equipping financial advisors with useful and timely information for their clients.

“The Advisor Academy provides core educational content for advisors seeking to better understand private markets,” said Jim Walker, partner and global head of wealth.

The Advisor Academy, which is located within Adams Street’s private wealth solutions website, provides insights into foundational private market concepts, common private markets investment strategies, and industry terminology.

“As Adams Street partners with more financial advisors, the Advisor Academy acts as an educational resource for leveraging the unique advantages of private markets investing,” Jeffrey Diehl, managing partner and head of investments, said. “Private wealth is a growing segment at Adams Street, and we are committed to providing institutional-quality private market solutions that help financial advisors grow and protect client wealth.”

The firm, which was founded over 50 years ago, manages over $62 billion for clients across private equity and venture capital funds, secondary, growth equity, buyout and venture co-investments, and private credit strategies. It has offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto.