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  • LP-GP alignment ‘is on the line’, says LP Sentiment Survey
    Graham Bippart- 4 December 2025

    Institutional LPs are unimpressed by GPs chasing individual investors, according to an ILPA survey.

  • Side Letter: Evergreen returns
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 23 September 2025

    A new index sheds fresh light on evergreen fund performance. Plus: Pictet sees investors reallocating as a result of volatility. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Trade wars and Canada's $1.6trn pension industry – should GPs lose sleep?
    Editor's ViewAdam Le- 20 March 2025

    There are concerns over how welcome foreign capital will be in the US and the knock-on effects this could have on capital allocations.

  • Rhode Island State Treasury reveals 2025 pacing plan
    Saba Abdo- 30 January 2025

    The public pension fund looks set to commit $230 million towards private equity commitments for 2025 as recommended by Cliffwater in their pacing plan implementation.

  • Side Letter: Rethinking APAC relationships
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 15 January 2025

    APAC's PE slowdown could prompt some LPs to refresh their regional GP roster. Plus: New research underscores PE's outperformance relative to public markets. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: When LPs hurt GPs' feelings
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 25 September 2024

    GPs' emotional responses to LP ESG concerns. Plus: why private credit's glory days may be gone; and Northleaf opens in Seoul. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: CVC's deployment drive
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 7 May 2024

    CVC is deploying and realising capital at a rapid clip. Plus: HKMA's monumental private equity portfolio just got a little larger; and why dealmakers have cause for optimism. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: Advent's dancing elephant
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 13 March 2024

    Advent's chairman says the firm is laser-focused on making its $25 billion PE elephant dance. Plus: what's holding back Southeast Asia; and private debt's asset growth is outstripping that of private equity. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: PE's track record
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 31 January 2024

    New data shows private equity continues to deliver an illiquidity premium over the long run, despite recent blips. Plus: why PA Schools reckons an internal shake-up won't prevent GPs from knocking at its door. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • PE outperformed in US state pension portfolios over past two decades – report
    Private Equity News & AnalysisCarmela Mendoza- 2 March 2023

    Private equity allocations delivered nearly twice the returns of public equities over a 22-year period, according to investment adviser Cliffwater's chief executive.