Private equity

Cari Lodge: Small end of the market has abundance of deals

Aqualis Partners is looking to take advantage of the growing and increasingly attractive small-cap market.

Minnesota SBI commits $300m to Blackstone SMA

The vehicle will invest in a variety of strategies, including secondaries.

Industry consolidation: New investor classes drive acquisitions and partnerships

The top force fuelling M&A among private markets managers is the ambition to become as relevant to private wealth and insurance money tomorrow as institutional capital today.

Partners Group on track for record secondaries deployment

The firm’s deployment so far this year is already 25% higher than its full year total for 2024.

Blackstone reiterates expectations for ‘first major close’ on PE flagship in Q4

Strategic Partners Fund X is seeking $22.5bn, documents prepared for a US pension’s meeting this week show.

Secondaries becoming an ‘all weather’ strategy – RCP Advisors

The small buyout specialist’s latest secondaries vehicle surpassed its $1bn target and will invest in both LP- and GP-leds.

Asset quality trumps discounts for ICG, StepStone

Speaking at the CAIS Alternative Investment Summit last week, executives from both firms agreed asset quality has become a more important driver of returns.

LACERS, long on the sidelines, prepares to enter secondaries

LACERS CIO Rodney June: ‘The opportunity set has grown’ in private equity secondaries market as $26bn pension eyes potential participation.

India’s Neo nears $250m final close on debut secondaries fund

The fundraise is the private credit and real asset manager’s first private equity secondaries endeavour.

Lexington’s Warren: Secondaries still only ‘a drop in the bucket’ for LPs’ liquidity needs

Unrealised NAV sitting in PE funds will ‘get bigger over the next five years before it shrinks’, according to the firm’s president Wil Warren.