The top force fuelling M&A among private markets managers is the ambition to become as relevant to private wealth and insurance money tomorrow as institutional capital today.
9 min read · 27 October 2025
Chad Pike, who helped launch the private equity giant's Tactical Opportunities unit alongside David Blitzer, is calling time on his 25-year career at the firm.
3 min read · 29 June 2020
In February, Blackstone’s Jon Gray met Jonathan Brasse to explain why it is time to respond to private investment’s naysayers with a targeted campaign of facts about the sector’s non-financial efforts.
9 min read · 07 April 2020
The private equity stalwart is entering the real estate ring at a frothy time; division boss Stéphane Theuriau believes timing is irrelevant.
9 min read · 18 September 2019
The European private equity stalwart picked Blackstone as a minority shareholder also for the soft benefits that it brings.
3 min read · 12 August 2019
In buying Oaktree and capturing its credit business, Brookfield now has capital to serve its clients at all times, says chief executive Bruce Flatt.
8 min read · 29 April 2019
Both institutional investors and equities shareholders have been pushing for consolidation in private markets in a bid to stabilise profits.
3 min read · 28 March 2019
The troubles at the Middle East’s biggest private equity firm are relevant to investors in any private asset class.
2 min read · 31 July 2018
Chief executive John Pattar's move to KKR has made CLSA halt the investing activities of its latest Fudo Capital fund and step down fees accordingly.
5 min read · 30 May 2018
Logistics real estate group GLP has burst on to the private equity scene with a 10 billion yuan fund. But who is the man behind the money?
4 min read · 21 May 2018
