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Future 40 Leaders – 2025: FundraisersMeet our Future 40 2025 fundraiser leader winners.
Roundtable: Secondaries sees victory in the face of volatilityIn spite of shockwaves from Trump’s on-again-off-again trade war, the secondaries industry is gearing up for yet another record year.
Liquidity at what price?While some LPs that had planned to sell into the secondaries market this year are mulling whether the time is right, others are ploughing ahead with their processes – for now.
Side Letter: KKR's Gulf gambitKKR has launched a dedicated Middle Eastern investment team. Plus: ILPA appoints a sustainability specialist; and LACERS spies opportunity amid tariff turmoil. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Cloudy with a chance of shortfallsA first look at the fundraising forecast for unlisted asset classes in the year ahead. Plus: What to expect when raising capital from private banks. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
DOWNLOAD: 2025 fundraising off to shaky start as market braces for tariff disruptionPrivate equity funds in the first quarter gathered about $180bn between them, $22bn less than the equivalent period last year.
Side Letter: Q1 fundraising slumpSide Letter gets a sneak peek at PEI's Q1 fundraising stats just as President Trump appears to dash hopes of a broader revival. Plus: a west coast firm is attempting to teach other firms how to generate liquidity in a tough exit market. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
The democratisation of private equity is happening, like it or notThe barriers preventing mass uptake of private markets exposure by individual investors are being torn down.
Institutional investors are driving the rise of semi-liquid fundsThe evergreen structure reduces inefficiencies for institutional LPs and can even help mitigate the denominator effect, according to speakers at PEI Group’s Investor Relations Network New York Forum.
Side Letter: How to raise family capitalIR experts share top tips for raising capital from family offices. Plus: Inflexion sets up shop in Singapore; and a firm linked to pop group ABBA has smashed its debut fund target. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.