NEXUS 2026

CVs now established as exit route alongside M&A and IPO: Moelis’s Hammer

Secondaries buyers’ own specialisation is aiding in GPs’ interest to consider a CV in tandem with other exit options, Moelis & Co managing director Jeff Hammer said at NEXUS 2026.

Carlyle AlpInvest seeks to raise $60bn as part of fundraising supercycle

Carlyle is looking to raise $200 billion-plus of capital inflows by 2028, with ambitious targets also set for private equity and global credit.

Acceptance of CVs means time is right for PE entrants: New Mountain’s Costello

Speaking on the sidelines of PEI Group’s NEXUS conference, Neal Costello, co-head of New Mountain Atlas, discusses how the PE firm will seek to differentiate itself and why he made the jump to the buyout firm.

Secondaries Investor’s Annual Dinner 2026 in pictures

Secondaries Investor congratulated the winners of our Americas Awards at an invite-only dinner held at PEI’s NEXUS conference last week, supported by Kirkland & Ellis and StepStone.

GP-led credit market explores different deal and return opportunities as growth continues – NEXUS

The ability to select assets and ensure alignment with GPs will support the performance of credit GP-led deals, according to Olga Kosters, head of credit secondaries at Antares.

Secondaries’ 2026 blueprint

From increased LP selling to a new normal for CVs, here are some of the events that attendees at PEI Group’s NEXUS 2026 conference expect to see in the secondaries market this year.

CPP Investments will mull secondaries sales to ‘trim older exposure’

The pension giant aims to deploy about C$20bn into private equity this year, global head of PE Caitlin Gubbels tells PEI.

Younger, high-quality portfolios gain ground in LP-led market – NEXUS

‘Today’s market for secondaries has evolved to a market of asset selection and cherry picking,’ Ardian’s Wilfred Small told attendees at PEI’s conference.

2026 should mark record year for exits and secondaries volume – Blackstone’s Perry

Exit volumes will move assets’ cashflows forward allowing secondaries buyers to offer higher prices, which in turn should pull sellers into the market, Blackstone’s global head of Strategic Partners said at Nexus 2026.