Graham Bippart

Fund performance: Is the worst over or yet to come?

The smallest fund managers are having the hardest time disposing of aging assets, according to PEI Group’s latest quarterly fund performance report.

Fund performance: Is the worst over or yet to come?

The smallest fund managers are having the hardest time disposing of ageing assets, according to PEI Group’s latest quarterly fund performance report.

Arcline’s 'compounding' performance

The industrial tech investor landed its latest fund by balancing its long-term plans for compounding growth with exits in the here and now.

Stone Point Capital’s complex strategy and simple message

The sector-specialist’s formula features a team with a long history and a shared mindset.

‘Zombie’ funds surpass $1trn five years ahead of schedule – TREO

The firm, which had predicted zombie funds would reach $1trn by 2030, says it now expects it to reach $2trn by that time.

Private equity fund performance by the numbers

In this quarter's performance data report, we take a deeper look at DPI trends across vintages, as average hold periods stretch into unprecedented territory.

Mercury Capital wins ruling in racial discrimination case

Jury dismissed claims by former placement agent Mercury Capital's co-founder that the firm became a 'safe haven for white men only' under then-CEO Michael Ricciardi.

Ride or die: LPs grapple with the coming wave of retail money

Some LPs reject the idea of investing alongside retail vehicles outright. Others accept that it is a tsunami they will have to ride and are making progress in how they protect their privileged place.

Emerging managers face punch-drunk LPs

From a bird’s eye view, US emerging managers seem to be enjoying an early spring. But if the market for new players is coming up roses, LPs don’t seem to smell it, results of Buyouts’ Emerging Managers Survey 2026 suggest.

Marcie Frost, CalPERS: Women in Private Equity 2026

Marcie Frost started out as a teenage mother with a temp job as a typist. She would rise to become the CEO of the largest public pension in the US, without receiving a college degree, and experiencing a diversity of roles along the way that no college degree could buy.