Continuation funds represented about 13% of sponsor-backed exit volume last year, the report said, up from 12% in 2023, according to BlackRock’s 2024 activity report.
2 min read · 27 February 2025
The strategy, which will focus on providing strategic capital to lower-mid- and mid-market buyout GPs for add-ons, was launched in 2022.
2 min read · 26 February 2025
Apollo has agreed to acquire real estate investment manager Bridge in an all-in stock transaction worth approximately $1.5bn.
2 min read · 25 February 2025
Deal highlights the increasing adoption of CV technology by mid-market sponsors, which have been strategically utilising more highly concentrated CVs than multi-asset vehicles.
2 min read · 25 February 2025
The Canadian pension fund joins the likes of CalPERS, PSP Investments and World Bank in bringing a sizeable portfolio sale to the secondaries market.
2 min read · 24 February 2025
The New York Life subsidiary has raised more capital for its latest secondaries flagship than it did for the predecessor fund, according to regulatory filings.
2 min read · 20 February 2025
Nick’s departure follows that of Jefferies’ global head of its private capital group, Matthew Wesley, who is set to join Moelis.
2 min read · 20 February 2025
LPs in the passive index investing firm’s funds will be able to benefit from quarterly liquidity with no fees or caps, chief executive Edward Talmor-Gera tells Private Equity International.
3 min read · 19 February 2025
The multi-asset CV was among several billion-plus GP-led processes that hit the market last year as firms sought to generate distributions for LPs.
3 min read · 14 February 2025
Infrastructure/real asset deals accounted for about 6% of the $84bn of GP-led volume last year, according to a Greenhill report.
2 min read · 14 February 2025
