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Alaska to go 'back to basics' on private equity execution

Investment staff recommend reducing the SWF's allocation to the asset class by 1% annually over a three-year period, CIO Marcus Frampton said at a board meeting.

Private equity has entered a hyper-competitive era – Bain report

GPs have to generate more cashflow and up their value creation game to make deals work, according to Bain & Co's Global Private Equity Report 2026.

Seven2 CEO: European private wealth needs to be approached responsibly

Clients need to have options and managers need to provide them with more opportunities for deployment, Thomas de Villeneuve, CEO of Seven2 – formerly Apax France – tells PEI.

NOW: Pensions – Nothing is off the table in private markets build-out

The UK pension scheme has an initial 5% target allocation to private markets, which it expects to reach by the end of 2026, investment director Martyn James tells PEI.

Oakley hands €640m back to LPs in 2025, extends multi-year liquidity run

The London-headquartered firm held the final close on its sixth flagship fund on €4.5bn last year and has already deployed capital across four deals, partner Rebecca Gibson tells PEI.

Edmond de Rothschild eyes African nearshoring opportunities as impact fund raises €406m

Amethis, an Africa-focused impact firm which Edmond de Rothschild co-founded in 2012, closed its third flagship fund last week.

DOWNLOAD: A quarter of institutional LPs cut PE allocations in 2025

Public pension funds were the most active in reducing their exposure, with almost a third scaling back their allocations, according to PEI's full-year 2025 Investor Report.

Meet the LP: Tiera Capital

The private markets arm of Crédit Agricole Group's Indosuez Wealth Management expects capital raising via evergreen funds to account for up to half of its AUM in three to four years, says global head of private markets IR Olivier Dauman.

DOWNLOAD: PE records weakest fundraising since 2020

Some 2,288 funds gathered $735bn between them in 2025, marking the second consecutive yearly slump in capital raising for the asset class.

LPs' predictions: Will private equity return to normality in 2026?

Institutional investors share their insights on private equity trends for the year ahead with PEI.