Arctos Partners

'We really like the idea of building a secondary platform with a blank sheet of paper,' KKR CFO Rob Lewin said on the firm’s Q4 2025 earnings call.

The firm's Keystone strategy provides bespoke offerings to alternatives managers at the management company, fund and asset level.

There are countless private markets firms that need a partner to help them grow in an era of scarce alpha and capital, says Arctos managing partner Ian Charles.

Professional sports franchises are unique assets with high scarcity value and long-term recurring revenues that present the opportunity to compound capital over long periods, say Chad Hutchinson and Jordan Solomon, partners at Arctos Partners.

As fundraising pressures mount, LPs are seeking greater control, sharper economics and stronger protections against succession and zombie fund risks, new research from the law firm shows.

Investors expect the number of tail-end vehicles still holding assets to rise amid ongoing liquidity pressures and difficulties in GPs differentiating themselves.

Missed our conference? Here are four things you should know.

In today's edition, Zombie funds could manage $1 trillion in NAV before the end of the decade; How managers can navigate private equity's 'new era'; Why there are limits to the speed at which secondaries can expand.

What role does private equity play in a portfolio if it's not delivering alpha?

Talk of disruption and dislocation amid a turbulent new US administration reigned supreme.

KKR has seen a 60 percent uptick in monetisation activity this year as exit conditions improve. Plus: Why secondaries evergreen funds are changing buyer behaviour. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

There are concerns that GPs may be using continuation funds to protect their carry from underperforming assets. Plus: sports investing just got even more lucrative. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.