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Buyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other PE funds had raised a total of $152bn as of March 31, up 14% from the $133bn secured a year earlier, according to PEI Group data.

Institutional 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.

In an active market, GP stakes investors are differentiating themselves by homing in on private markets firms of particular sizes.

A diversifying LP base is emerging as the GP stakes universe matures.

From a bird’s eye view, US emerging managers seem to be enjoying an early spring. But if the market for new players is coming up roses, LPs don’t seem to smell it, results of Buyouts’ Emerging Managers Survey 2026 suggest.

A live deal by Carlyle is taking the concept of structured solutions to another level.

The US public pension fund is seeking private equity investment managers.

MiddleGround’s 'entrepreneurial' vibe allowed Christen Paras to embrace increasing responsibility, and eventually lead six teams. Passionate about female empowerment, she's a sponsor of the firm's Women’s Wing, which backs charities for abused and homeless women and children.

Inside: Heads of the class – Buyouts profiles 10 women making their mark in private equity; Highlights from PEI’s third annual NEXUS conference; How PE’s exit pipeline is getting tougher to clear; And much more…

Marcie Frost started out as a teenage mother with a temp job as a typist. She would rise to become the CEO of the largest public pension in the US, without receiving a college degree, and experiencing a diversity of roles along the way that no college degree could buy.