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HK's Sun Hung Kai & Co ramps up PE pacing as liquidity improves

The Hong Kong-listed investment company has become 'more active' amid greater visibility around exits, managing director Gary Chan tells PEI Private Equity.

5 min read · 22 October 2026

Blackstone’s private wealth AUM hits $330bn as BXPE posts best quarter

The firm raised nearly $9bn from individual investors in Q3, led by $2.9bn of inflows into its private equity wealth channel vehicle, according to its latest quarterly results.

3 min read · 22 October 2026

Succession: Why waiting too long can price out the next generation

Founders who are slow in succession planning risk handing over firms their successors cannot afford to buy, according to a report from Bain & Co.

5 min read · 22 October 2026

Side Letter: 15,000's a crowd

An introduction to PEI Private Equity, and why Hamilton Lane is sounding the alarm over PE's walking dead.

3 min read · 22 October 2026

Hamilton Lane's Hirsch: Private markets industry has too many GPs

A surplus of managers is diluting talent pools and creating fundraising challenges, says Erik Hirsch, executive co-chairman, in the latest episode of PEI's Spotlight podcast.

1 min read · 22 October 2026

KKR’s Alisa Wood: PE isn’t worth it if you can’t access top GPs

Private equity's traditional return drivers are becoming harder to rely on, according to KKR and Blackstone executives speaking at the CAIS Alternative Investment Summit.

3 min read · 21 October 2026

LACERA to reduce meeting frequency despite governance concerns

'This will cost us our values, our oversight and our integrity,' one dissenting LACERA board member said before a motion passed with a 5-4 vote.

3 min read · 21 October 2026

Defence funds flood Europe, though mid-market remains ‘largely untouched’

More than 100 defence and security strategies are raising capital – or preparing to do so – in the region, with mid-market specialists offering the best potential returns, according to the European Investment Fund and a new report from Rede Partners.

4 min read · 21 October 2026

Side Letter: Walking the talk

In today's edition, Temasek says the industry needs to get real on transition targets; GPs say evergreens don't have to hurt institutional LPs; EQT loses the head of its Motherbrain AI system.

5 min read · 21 October 2026

Retiring SBCERA CIO leaves income-focused private markets playbook for successor

Donald Pierce ushered in an income focus and a preference for early distribution PE strategies that is expected to continue to guide the pension system.

3 min read · 20 October 2026

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