Wilshire Indexes and GCM Grosvenor Launch Private Market Infrastructure Index, Laying Foundation for Broader Strategic Alliance
GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ: GCMG) and Wilshire Indexes have announced the launch of the FT Wilshire Private Markets Infrastructure Index, a pioneering benchmark for infrastructure investments. The index addresses a significant market gap by providing a transparent reference point based on open-ended infrastructure funds performance.
GCM Grosvenor, with its $82 billion alternative investments platform, will develop investable vehicles to track the index, expected to launch in the coming months. The partnership leverages Wilshire's index methodology expertise and GCM Grosvenor's private market insights. North Dakota Trust Lands supported the initiative as a key collaborator.
The collaboration extends beyond this initial launch, with plans to develop additional alternative investment indices and products across the alternative investments landscape.
GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ: GCMG) e Wilshire Indexes hanno annunciato il lancio del FT Wilshire Private Markets Infrastructure Index, un indice innovativo per gli investimenti infrastrutturali. Questo indice colma una lacuna di mercato offrendo un punto di riferimento trasparente basato sulle performance dei fondi infrastrutturali a capitale aperto.
GCM Grosvenor, con la sua piattaforma di investimenti alternativi da 82 miliardi di dollari, svilupperà veicoli investibili per replicare l'indice, il cui lancio è previsto nei prossimi mesi. La partnership sfrutta l'esperienza di Wilshire nella metodologia degli indici e le approfondite conoscenze di mercato privato di GCM Grosvenor. North Dakota Trust Lands ha supportato l'iniziativa come collaboratore chiave.
La collaborazione andrà oltre questo primo lancio, con piani per sviluppare ulteriori indici e prodotti di investimento alternativi nell'ambito degli investimenti alternativi.
GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ: GCMG) y Wilshire Indexes han anunciado el lanzamiento del FT Wilshire Private Markets Infrastructure Index, un índice pionero para inversiones en infraestructura. Este índice cubre una importante brecha en el mercado al proporcionar un punto de referencia transparente basado en el desempeño de fondos de infraestructura de capital abierto.
GCM Grosvenor, con su plataforma de inversiones alternativas de 82 mil millones de dólares, desarrollará vehículos invertibles para seguir el índice, cuyo lanzamiento está previsto en los próximos meses. La asociación aprovecha la experiencia de Wilshire en metodologías de índices y el conocimiento de mercados privados de GCM Grosvenor. North Dakota Trust Lands apoyó esta iniciativa como colaborador clave.
La colaboración va más allá de este lanzamiento inicial, con planes para desarrollar índices y productos adicionales de inversión alternativa en el ámbito de las inversiones alternativas.
GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ: GCMG)와 Wilshire Indexes가 인프라 투자에 대한 선구적인 벤치마크인 FT Wilshire Private Markets Infrastructure Index를 출시했다고 발표했습니다. 이 지수는 개방형 인프라 펀드 성과를 기반으로 투명한 기준점을 제공하여 시장의 중요한 공백을 메우고 있습니다.
82억 달러 규모의 대체 투자 플랫폼을 보유한 GCM Grosvenor는 향후 몇 달 내에 출시될 예정인 이 지수를 추적하는 투자 가능한 상품을 개발할 예정입니다. 이번 파트너십은 Wilshire의 지수 방법론 전문성과 GCM Grosvenor의 사모시장 통찰력을 결합합니다. North Dakota Trust Lands가 주요 협력자로 이 이니셔티브를 지원했습니다.
이번 협력은 초기 출시에 그치지 않고, 대체 투자 분야에서 추가적인 대체 투자 지수 및 상품 개발 계획을 포함하고 있습니다.
GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ : GCMG) et Wilshire Indexes ont annoncé le lancement du FT Wilshire Private Markets Infrastructure Index, un indice innovant pour les investissements dans les infrastructures. Cet indice comble une lacune importante du marché en offrant un point de référence transparent basé sur la performance des fonds d'infrastructure à capital ouvert.
GCM Grosvenor, avec sa plateforme d'investissements alternatifs de 82 milliards de dollars, développera des véhicules investissables pour suivre cet indice, dont le lancement est prévu dans les mois à venir. Ce partenariat s'appuie sur l'expertise méthodologique des indices de Wilshire et les connaissances approfondies des marchés privés de GCM Grosvenor. North Dakota Trust Lands a soutenu cette initiative en tant que collaborateur clé.
La collaboration ne s'arrête pas à ce lancement initial, avec des projets de développement d'indices et de produits supplémentaires dans le domaine des investissements alternatifs.
GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ: GCMG) und Wilshire Indexes haben die Einführung des FT Wilshire Private Markets Infrastructure Index bekannt gegeben, einem wegweisenden Benchmark für Infrastrukturinvestitionen. Der Index schließt eine bedeutende Marktlücke, indem er einen transparenten Referenzpunkt basierend auf der Performance von offenen Infrastruktur-Fonds bietet.
GCM Grosvenor, mit seiner 82 Milliarden US-Dollar schweren Plattform für alternative Investments, wird investierbare Vehikel zur Nachbildung des Index entwickeln, dessen Einführung in den kommenden Monaten erwartet wird. Die Partnerschaft nutzt Wilshires Expertise in Indexmethodologien und GCM Grosvenors Einblicke in den privaten Markt. North Dakota Trust Lands unterstützte die Initiative als wichtiger Partner.
Die Zusammenarbeit geht über diesen ersten Launch hinaus und sieht die Entwicklung weiterer alternative Investmentindizes und -produkte im Bereich der alternativen Investments vor.
- First-of-its-kind infrastructure benchmark addressing a significant market gap
- Development of investable tracking vehicles providing easier market access
- Backed by GCM Grosvenor's substantial $82 billion alternative investments platform
- Strategic partnership enabling future alternative investment products
- Index results won't be available until Q3 2025
- Tracking vehicles subject to regulatory approvals
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Wilshire-GCM partnership creates first comprehensive infrastructure benchmark, enabling passive investment solutions that could expand GCMG's revenue streams.
This strategic partnership between Wilshire Indexes and GCM Grosvenor addresses a significant market gap by creating the first comprehensive benchmark for private market infrastructure investments. Until now, investors in this asset class have lacked a transparent reference point for performance evaluation. The collaboration leverages Wilshire's index design expertise and GCM Grosvenor's
The announcement carries three key strategic implications:
- GCM Grosvenor is developing investable vehicles to track this new index, potentially creating new revenue streams beyond its traditional active management business
- The single point-of-entry vehicle mentioned would simplify access to diversified infrastructure exposure, potentially attracting institutional capital that previously found the asset class too complex
- This partnership extends beyond the initial index, with plans to develop additional alternative investment indices and products—signaling GCM Grosvenor's strategy to expand its product suite
For GCM Grosvenor specifically, this represents a potential business model evolution. While maintaining its active management capabilities, the firm is creating passive alternatives that could attract different investor segments. The North Dakota Trust Lands endorsement demonstrates institutional demand for such solutions.
While traditional asset managers have long offered index-tracking products, this approach is relatively novel in private markets. GCM Grosvenor's move positions it at the forefront of this evolution in alternatives investing, where improved transparency and accessibility could expand the overall market. Revenue impact will ultimately depend on adoption rates for the tracking vehicles expected to launch later in 2025.
LONDON and CHICAGO, July 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wilshire Indexes, a global leader in index design, and GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ: GCMG), a leading global alternative asset management solutions provider, today announced the launch of the jointly developed FT Wilshire Private Markets Infrastructure Index (the “Index”). This first-of-its-kind benchmark fills a void for the asset class by providing investors with a transparent, reliable reference point based on the performance of a diversified universe of leading open-ended infrastructure funds. Until now, infrastructure investors lacked a comprehensive benchmark that truly reflected the breadth of the market. To address growing demand for passive exposure to this universe of assets, GCM Grosvenor is developing one or more investable vehicles designed to track the Index, with anticipated launches in the coming months.
The Index was created through close collaboration between Wilshire Indexes and GCM Grosvenor, leveraging the breadth, depth, and global scale of both organizations, with support of a select group of leading open-ended infrastructure funds. Wilshire Indexes will calculate and govern the benchmark, drawing on its four-decade heritage of transparent, rules-based index methodologies and next-generation data analytics technology. GCM Grosvenor, leveraging its
“This partnership brings together Wilshire Indexes’ index innovation with GCM Grosvenor’s deep private markets expertise to deliver a simple, scalable solution for infrastructure investing,” said Mark Makepeace, Chief Executive Officer of Wilshire Indexes. “We’re proud to help set a new standard for transparency and accessibility in private assets.”
Jon Levin, President of GCM Grosvenor, added, “Institutional investors are increasingly asking for an efficient way to gain diversified infrastructure exposure. Working with Wilshire Indexes lets us answer that call today – and lays the groundwork for additional alternative investment products.”
North Dakota Trust Lands, a longstanding collaborator with both Wilshire Indexes and GCM Grosvenor, played an instrumental role in forging the partnership behind the index and anticipated investor-focused product. “Allocators like us have long searched for a volatility-matched, risk-appropriate, and investable infrastructure benchmark, and we believe that Wilshire Indexes and GCM Grosvenor have the best expertise to help bring this vision to life,” said Frank Mihail, Chief Investment Officer of North Dakota Trust Lands.
Following the launch of the Infrastructure Index, the Wilshire Indexes and GCM Grosvenor intend to collaborate on additional alternative investment indices and complementary investable products across the alternative investments landscape. Future initiatives will capitalize on the breadth, depth, and global scale of both organizations, leveraging advanced data analytics and scalable technology platforms to further enhance transparent access to alternative assets.
Wilshire Indexes expects to publish the initial Index results to subscribers in the third quarter of 2025. GCM Grosvenor anticipates launching the prospective tracking vehicles later this year, subject to customary approvals.
About Wilshire Indexes
Wilshire Indexes is a global index provider that empowers institutional investors, asset managers and retail intermediaries with unmatched flexibility in solving benchmarking, portfolio construction, and risk management challenges. Transforming the way investors use benchmarks to realize their objectives, Wilshire Indexes provides global coverage of the markets through the leading FT Wilshire Index Series. Combining new technology and modular products in a growth-aligned commercial model designed for collaboration, efficiency, and speed to market, Wilshire Indexes offers a completely new way to work with an index provider.
About GCM Grosvenor
GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG) is a global alternative asset management solutions provider with approximately
About North Dakota Department of Trust Lands
The North Dakota Department of Trust Lands manages 2.6 million mineral acres, 700,000 surface acres and 13 permanent education trusts, including the Common Schools Trust Fund currently valued at over
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