Limited Partners

SingleSpoke plans to apply AI to traditional mom-and-pop businesses, starting tech-forward platform companies and using M&A to add on legacy players.

The rapid growth of the secondaries market has led to suggestions that it could see transaction volumes of $500bn – or even $1trn – by 2030. Just four years out from this deadline, are such predictions realistic?

In today's edition, A $66 billion LP says sector selection should be left to the experts; Greater China PE gets a shot in the arm; LPs are supporting their GPs on climate issues.

Shoaib Khan, CIO and director of the New Jersey Division of Investment, says re-ups and new opportunities are being looked at on equal footing, despite being spared liquidity concerns.

Global macroeconomic concerns have pushed more investors towards Europe, leaving the UK to take a larger share of activity.

Canadian fundraising slumped in 2025, though it was a record year for private equity investment in the country.

After a surge in interest around the covid-19 pandemic, it has been a mixed picture for life sciences and biotech-focused PE fundraising and capital deployment.

The €25bn retirement scheme for academics joins a growing list of European LPs exploring opportunities in the defence sector.

Despite a fundraising slowdown, France remains a steady presence in European private equity.