Cambridge Associates

Funds are taking 20 months on average to close in the current environment, according to Private Equity International’s 2024 Fundraising Report.

Continuation funds, NAV loans, dividend recaps and other tools have muddied the waters when it comes to investors ascertaining how distributed to paid-in ratios are generated.

A slowdown in the exit market is pushing managers to explore alternative options and hone their value-creation skills.

In this episode of the Spotlight podcast, Jill Shaw, a managing director at global consultancy Cambridge Associates, discusses the hottest private markets strategies for these investors and their ideal approaches to portfolio construction.

Low entry multiples, high growth and an unconstrained exit environment mean small deals are becoming big business

Structural changes including socioeconomic tailwinds and rising exit values are proving more consequential for private equity appetites than China’s slowdown.

Asia’s multi-family offices welcome greater exposure to PE in 2023, though caution and selectivity is the name of the game.

The investment consultant is seeking external capital for a secondaries fund, following consultants such as Hamilton Lane and StepStone in managing pooled private markets funds.