North America

The firm has made three new hires this year across its Toronto and London offices.

A report by the investment bank and the HEC School of Management in Paris has reaffirmed findings that continuation funds perform largely in line with buyout funds with less risk.

A large portion of secondaries investors expect to increase ticket sizes this year, according to a snapshot report.

Secondaries are becoming a structural part of the venture market, not just a short-term solution, according to Ravi Viswanathan of NewView Capital.

Presenting: the buyer-led secondaries deal.

Movement across the secondaries market has not slowed down this year as professionals continue to swap positions.

The new evergreen vehicle will join the firm’s four active 40 Act funds targeting wealthy individual investors in the US.

A North American pension fund is exploring commitments to six funds managed by Ares, Blackstone, HarbourVest, Macquarie, Pantheon and Partners Group.

With peers facing substantial portfolio challenges, the $30bn endowment is urging restraint in what its leaders say is an environment for endowments akin to 2008’s financial crisis.

Some 450 private markets professionals attended PEI Group’s 2025 Women in Private Markets Summit this week. With liquidity on the minds of many, the secondaries market was front and centre.