Private equity

Focus is key when considering software exposure across both LP-leds and GP-leds, as valuations and exits for the sector remain uncertain, panellists said at the UK Private Capital Summit 2026.

Golub Capital launched its GP-led strategy last September, pledging to commit $1bn.

The CV for a Netherlands-based industrials asset will see around €1bn-€1.2bn of new equity with a ‘significant amount’ of rollover, PEI Secondaries Investor understands.

As buyers position themselves in the market, they need to ensure they have all the ‘whistles and bells’ to cater to sellers and investors, CVC Secondary Partners’ head, Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, tells PEI Secondaries Investor.

LPs had a choice of liquidity at a price set by a competitive process or continued participation, Eric Rosen, Hudson Hill’s managing partner, said.

The close of the asset manager’s $1.5bn CFO marks the latest example of its work to expand its private markets offering to a wider set of investors, co-head of private markets product at Franklin Templeton, Jake Williams, tells PEI Secondaries Investor.

A total of 66 CVs were known to have closed in the first half of 2026, up significantly from the 40 logged during the same period last year.

Over 95% of LPs in Gainline’s original fund housing the asset elected to take the liquidity option provided to them in the transaction, PEI Secondaries Investor understands.

The raise of Secondary Opportunities Fund VI proves the rationale behind CVC and legacy Glendower Capital’s tie-up ‘was right’, CVC Secondary Partners’ head tells PEI Secondaries Investor.

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