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Future 40 Leaders – 2025: DealmakersMeet the Future 40 2025 dealmakers winners.
Korea’s VIG to resume international fundraising after tariff, martial law pauseThe buyout shop has secured 50% of Fund V’s $900m target, primarily from domestic LPs, PEI understands.
Why Brookfield’s wealth arm has chosen to scale outside of the US"We harbour that view as a firm that a lot of the alternatives growth over the next five to 10 years will come globally," chief executive John Sweeney tells PEI.
Blackstone’s Gray: Private wealth investors didn’t pull back amid tariff uncertaintiesBlackstone raised $11bn through the wealth channel in Q1 2025, up nearly 40% year-over-year to the highest level in nearly three years.
Blackstone snares Fidelity’s APAC insurance head for regional buildoutPierre-Emmanuel Brard's hire is part of Blackstone's global push to raise more capital from insurers, PEI learns.
Key trends: New challenges come into focus for maturing GP stakes strategiesDespite recent headwinds, the GP stakes market is evolving – with value creation, liquidity pressures and direct investment strategies reshaping the outlook for both managers and investors.
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.
Side Letter: GP-led buyer bonanzaNew Mountain, now HIG...the continuation fund investor space grows yet more crowded. Plus: details of Tikehau's co-investment unit. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Carlyle: Why Japan is entering a golden era for PECarlyle was the first global GP to set up shop in Tokyo, and 25 years later the firm is reaping the rewards amid growing interest from foreign LPs.
India was APAC's ‘star performer’ in 2024 – Bain & CoThe country saw $35bn worth of PE exits in 2024, making it the region's top exit market, according to Bain & Co’s Asia-Pacific Private Equity Report 2025.