Celebrating the best and most successful firms in private equity
From deals to exits, and from law firms to LPs, the full spectrum of best-in-class private equity activity is on display once again in the latest edition of the PEI Awards. Chosen from hundreds of submissions by a judging panel made up of PEI Group editors, this year’s winners and runners-up are among the brightest and best the industry has to offer.
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Each year, the PEI Awards celebrate the best in class across firms, funds, deals, exits and more. A new voting process was implemented for the 2024 awards in recognition of the growing scope, complexity and excellence of the private markets.
PEI Awards 2024: Winners
Applauding excellence in an ever-growing PE market.
PEI Awards 2024: Game Changer of the Year
High-net-worth individuals as a group had more impact on how private equity firms approached capital raising last year than any other development.
PEI Awards 2024: EMEA winners
Kirkland & Ellis collects two awards, while Aware Super wins Limited Partner of the Year in EMEA.
PEI Awards 2024: Americas winners
Thoma Bravo collects the award for Large-Cap Firm of the Year in the Americas, while Advent wins Firm of the Year in Latin America.
PEI Awards 2024: Asia-Pacific winners
Korea's NPS, EQT and Kirkland & Ellis snap up wins in this year's highly competitive regional awards.
Bain & Company on a brave new world for private equity
Hugh MacArthur, Bain & Company’s global private equity practice chairman, describes how the business of private equity is fundamentally changing.
Secondaries Awards 2024: Americas winners
In the first PEI awards to give secondaries its own list of winners, Lexington Partners wins Secondaries Firm of the Year in the Americas.
Secondaries Awards 2024: EMEA winners
Coller Capital misses out on Secondaries Firm of the Year in EMEA to Ardian, which completed deals worth more than $15 billion in total across the US and Europe during the judging period.
Secondaries Awards 2024: Asia-Pacific winners
The top secondaries deals, firms, law firms and advisers of the year from the APAC region.
The annual PEI Awards set out to recognise the private equity industry’s achievements over the past year. In October-November 2024, Private Equity International invited submissions across 43 categories, spanning the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as secondaries.
PEI Awards 2023: Winners
Celebrating private equity's success stories in a challenging year.
PEI Awards 2023: Game changer of the year – Gary Gensler
The state of play was transformed last year when SEC chair Gary Gensler introduced sweeping private funds reforms.
PEI Awards 2023: Global winners
The winners in the global categories, including sports-focused, technology and healthcare private equity firms of the year.
PEI Awards 2023: EMEA winners
CVC Capital partners scoops five awards, including, for the first time, lender of the year.
PEI Awards 2023: Americas winners
Blackstone picks up the award for large-cap firm of the year after reaching $1trn in AUM.
PEI Awards 2023: Asia-Pacific winners
For the eighth year running, KKR takes home the prize for firm of the year in Southeast Asia.
PEI Awards 2023: Secondaries winners
The top secondaries deals, firms, law firms and advisers of the year.
Goldman Sachs: The changing state of private equity
The current market environment is unique compared to previous cycles, says Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Bradley Gross.
Audax: Private debt’s flexibility premium
Solid relationships and flexible solutions are key to private debt’s ongoing success in the PE mid-market, says Audax Private Debt president Kevin Magid.
The PEI Awards 2022 set out to recognise the industry’s achievements over the past year. PEI invited submissions across more than 70 categories, spanning the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as secondaries. Here, you can find out which firms received the most industry votes and emerged as 2022’s award winners.
The PEI Awards celebrate the private equity industry’s standout firms, highlighting their contributions to the worlds of fundraising, secondaries and more. This year’s industry-voted awards recognise the achievements of GPs, investors and advisory firms across more than 70 categories, spanning the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Congratulations to all the winners.
The PEI Awards have been shining a light on the private equity industry’s achievements since 2001 and 2020 was no exception. While last year was clearly challenging, the industry-voted awards recognise the bright spots among the uncertainty and celebrate excellence. Congratulations to the winners across this year’s 71 categories, which span the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as the secondaries market.
The private equity industry continues to grow and innovate, and Private Equity International‘s annual awards aim to recognise that evolution. With 76 awards given out across four regions plus a new secondaries section, we honour the firms making strides in areas as diverse as healthcare to energy, distressed debt to frontier markets and more. The winners below are a testament to excellence in a market that continues to break new ground – and we congratulate them.
The winners in the 2018 Private Equity International awards are a testament to the innovation and growth of the industry. With 72 awards given out across four regions, we honour the firms making strides in areas as diverse as healthcare to energy, distressed debt to frontier markets, long-term holds to secondaries and much more.
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