Fewer than one in 10 investors in private equity funds are considering a sale of their fund commitments within the next two years, despite increasing expectations that second-hand assets will flood the market as investors come under pressure to raise cash.

A survey by data provider Preqin has shown that 9% of about 220 investors with private equity fund holdings were considering selling fund commitments on the secondary market within the next two years while 1% said they were extremely likely to sell.