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We bring together investment trust providers, platforms, and industry speakers to uncover the investment opportunities provided by closed-end funds. Sponsored by: Aberdeen, AIC, Allianz Global Investors, Baillie Gifford, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, HarbourVest Global Private Equity and Schroders.

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Unlocking private market value: Quantitative Investment Science (QIS)

January 21, 2026 | 7m 41s

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Learning: Unstructured

HVPE's educational series Unlocking Private Markets continues as they shed light on HarbourVest Partners' Quantitative Investment Science (QIS) team. Discover what QIS is, how the team functions, and the role QIS plays constructing resilient portfolios. The value of any investment made in the shares of HVPE and the income from such can go down as well as up, and the investor may not get back the full amount invested. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns.

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Julia Hanmer

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Global Equities

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HarbourVest Global Private Equity

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Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager with more than 700 investment professionals in over 21 offices worldwide, and managing EUR 580 billion in assets. We believe that with every change comes an opportunity. Our goal is to actively shape the future of investing for all our clients, wherever their location and whatever their objectives. Curious and active in everything we do, we aspire to generate impact beyond alpha, steering our clients’ assets towards the right place at the right time, and building solutions that draw on capabilities across public and private markets.

Our focus on protecting and growing our clients’ assets allows us to create trusted partnerships, underpinned by a commitment to sustainability and driving positive change.

Data as at 30 September 2025. Total assets under management are assets or securities portfolios, valued at current market value, for which Allianz Global Investors companies are responsible vis-à-vis clients for providing discretionary investment management decisions and portfolio management, either directly or via a sub-advisor (these include Allianz Global Investors assets which are now sub-advised by Voya IM since 25 July 2022). This excludes assets for which Allianz Global Investors companies are primarily responsible for administrative services only. Assets under management are managed on behalf of third parties as well as on behalf of the Allianz Group.

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HarbourVest Global Private Equity (“HVPE”) is a listed investment company that provides investors with access to private company investments. We invest exclusively in funds managed by HarbourVest Partners (“HarbourVest”), an independent and global private markets asset manager with over 43 years of experience.

Launched in December 2007 on the Euronext Amsterdam, today HVPE is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (tickers: £ HVPE | $ HVPD). It sits in the FTSE 250 and has net assets of $4.2 billion and a market capitalisation of approximately £2.0 billion as at 31 August 2025.

By investing exclusively in HarbourVest managed vehicles, HVPE provides investors with exposure to proven investment expertise, whilst also supporting innovation and growth in the global economy and promoting sustainable investing. Find out more about our manager HarbourVest here.

With HVPE, you’re in experienced hands Through careful and reliable management, we have an established track record of delivering high performance. See HVPE In Numbers.

Additionally, investors benefit from HVPE’s investment trust structure with a fully independent Board of directors who are responsible for the oversight of the Company. The HVPE Board is comprised of experienced professionals with a diverse range of unique skills gained from their financial services careers.

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