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In today's edition, How one of Canada's fastest-growing LPs is approaching PE; Small buyouts and mega-transactions drive distributions; APAC families go all-in on impact.

Bradley has played an active role in discussing PE strategy with the board and pioneered the use of secondaries sales at the $219bn system.

In today's edition, Evergreens are creating co-investment conflicts; One of Canada's most influential LPs heads to the Middle East; Women earn significantly less carried interest than men in the UK.

In today's edition, Our latest ranking of the world's largest secondaries fundraisers; An earlier than expected shakeup for Partners Group's C-suite; A secondaries specialist joins PE's growing band of MENA movers.

Promoted to IMCO’s head of private equity in 2024, Elia believes that after roughly five-plus years of outsized growth the PE program is now ‘entering a more mature phase.’

Buyouts’ 2026 list of the biggest North American LPs finds plenty of familiar faces committing $1.5trn to the asset class, up 6.3% from a year earlier.

Endowments and foundations using outsourced investment offices increasingly view GP-led secondaries as a way to deploy capital more quickly into private markets, prioritising performance opportunities over liquidity concerns.

Secondaries are evolving from a problem-solving backstop into a strategic tool for LPs navigating liquidity constraints and portfolio complexity.

The update to ILPA's original advice released three years ago addresses potential gaps where market practices have moved along.

The rapid growth of the secondaries market has led to suggestions that it could see transaction volumes of $500bn – or even $1trn – by 2030. Just four years out from this deadline, are such predictions realistic?