ARDIAN

Est. 1996
1,001-5,000 employees Financial Services

About ARDIAN

Ardian is a world-leading private investment house, managing or advising $169bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,650 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Through Ardian Customized Solutions we create bespoke portfolios that allow institutional clients to specify the precise mix of assets they require and to gain access to funds managed by leading third-party sponsors. Private Wealth Solutions offers dedicated services and access solutions for private banks, family offices and private institutional investors worldwide. Ardian is majority-owned by its employees and places great emphasis on developing its people and fostering a collaborative culture based on collective intelligence. Our 1,050+ employees, spread across 19 offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Middle East are strongly committed to the principles of Responsible Investment and are determined to make finance a force for good in society. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility.

At Ardian we invest all of ourselves in building companies that last.

Expertise

Private Equity, Funds of Funds, Private Debt, Infrastructure, Co-Investment, Ardian Growth, Buyout, Expansion, Real Estate, Mandates, and impact investment

Letters from our regions: How Canada's pension funds are creating their own
  • 22 Sep 2026

Nearly three decades into its presence in Canada, Ardian joined the first Canada Investment Summit alongside the country's leading institutional investors. Ardian's Canada team reflects here on tha...

Ardian's Infrastructure team: Europe's largest investor with an industrial edge
  • 18 Sep 2026

Twenty years building Europe's largest infrastructure investment team.

Letters from our regions: Frankfurt, Ardian and the passage of time
  • 01 Sep 2026

Jan Philipp Schmitz, Executive President and Florian Kluge, COO Investor Relations, Co-Head of Inves...

Secondaries: How Ardian turns market imbalance into competitive advantage
  • 01 Sep 2026

The secondary market is booming — but not everyone can play at the top. As private equity exits slow...

LPs seek stability with European private credit
  • 01 Jul 2026

As global volatility persists, European private credit continues to be a structural growth story. It...

Reporting from Hong Kong: Jan Philipp Schmitz breaks down Ardian’s…
  • 01 Jul 2026

Jan Philipp Schmitz shares Ardian's investment outlook for Asia on Bloomberg: The China Show, covering secondaries, private credit, and software.

Sovereignty at what price? Mathias Burghardt at Les Rencontres Économiques…
  • 01 Jul 2026

Sovereignty is a pressing topic in European policymaking, but what must we prioritize to achieve it?...

What Nordic investors want
  • 01 Jul 2026

Beyond institutional capital, the Nordics' private wealth segment is emerging as Ardian's next growt...

"Europe is back"
  • 01 Jun 2026

Mathias Burghardt explains how geopolitical rupture and sovereignty are reshaping investment priorit...

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