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  • Side Letter: 'Another vast new market'
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 28 July 2025

    Blackstone says perpetual capital is likely to prove key to unlocking the gargantuan 401(k) opportunity. Plus: change near the top at Carlyle, and bulls take aim at Spain. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: KKR's volatility playbook
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 17 July 2025

    KKR thinks investors need to make their own luck in an uncertain investment environment. Plus: Goldman's Solomon reckons there's an M&A rebound on the horizon. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • iCapital taps ex-BlackRock MD to lead upcoming Sydney office
    Private Equity News & AnalysisAlex Lynn- 19 May 2025

    Mark Oliver’s appointment is the latest in a string of regional developments for the alternatives platform, including a tie-up with Japan’s Resona Bank and KKR last year.

  • 5 ways democratisation is changing private equity
    FeaturedJon Yarker- 1 May 2025

    Opening the asset class to retail investors is disrupting capital raising, popularising evergreen funds and prompting the adoption of technology to take care of distributions.

  • iCapital on unlocking alts opportunities
    SponsoredStaff Writer- 1 May 2025

    Innovation in technology and product development is helping to widen access and bring efficiency to private markets investing, says iCapital chairman and CEO Lawrence Calcano.

  • Carlyle ‘very actively’ eyeing private markets model for mass affluent
    FundsAlex Lynn- 8 April 2025

    Such models could provide individuals with exposure to private credit, private equity and real estate through a single investment, head of global wealth Shane Clifford tells PEI.

  • Side Letter: TPG's $11bn realisation spree
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 13 February 2025

    TPG went on an $11 billion monetisation spree in private equity last year amid growing investor focus on DPI. Plus: CPPIB pumps at least $4 billion more into the asset class. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: Schroders' latest LTAF
    FeaturedPEI Staff- 19 September 2024

    Schroders Capital has launched another LTAF as efforts to access UK investors gather momentum. Plus: Ohio Public Employees Retirement System has concerns over an increased allocation to illiquid assets. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Blockchain and AI poised to unlock access to private equity
    Private Equity News & AnalysisClaire Coe Smith- 2 September 2024

    Advanced technologies could help open up the asset class to more individual investors, but hurdles around standardisation and regulation remain.

  • Stepping into the age of transformative tech
    Private Equity News & AnalysisAmy Carroll- 2 September 2024

    From automation and artificial intelligence to blockchain, PE is beginning to embrace advanced technologies.