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Private equity firms teaming up with athletes as ambassadorsAsset managers’ partnerships with prominent sports figures are moving beyond a purely branding exercise.
Blurred lines: How fund finance is reinventing the sub-lineAs deploying capital gets harder, lenders and lawyers are turning to hybrid structures that blend sub-line mechanics with parallel vehicles and squeezing more leverage out of uncalled commitments.
Blue Owl reaches $10.6bn for latest GP stakes fundThe vehicle ‘will wrap up this year’ after multiple extensions to its projected timeline, CFO Alan Kirshenbaum says on the firm’s latest earnings call.
Side Letter: PE grapples with defence politicsPolitical vagaries are throwing a spanner in the works for PE defence strategies; the €1.6 billion European behemoth that wants to co-invest with GPs; General Atlantic's new love.
Inside Blue Owl’s liquidity and monetisation playbookDocuments prepared for an LP investment committee meeting reveal details of the GP stakes giant's approach to generating liquidity.
Lessons to be learned from the credit evergreen redemption rushThe recent redemption rush in credit evergreens underscores that the democratisation of private markets still requires careful calibration.
Future 40 Leaders – 2026: OperatorsMeet the up-and-coming operators featured in our Future 40 list for 2026.
LPs go direct for GP stakesInstitutional investors are voicing an interest in stepping outside the familiar fund structure to invest directly in GPs. The move could change the GP stakes market and create a new class of shareholders.
Size matters for the specialistsIn an active market, GP stakes investors are differentiating themselves by homing in on private markets firms of particular sizes.
Future Fund loses private markets investment leadsDavid Bluff and Tammi Fisher, joint managing directors for private equity and real assets, add to a string of senior leadership resignations at Australia's sovereign wealth fund.