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Managers launching evergreen vehicles need to be well versed in fund domicile regulations and ensure appropriate investor protection mechanisms are in place, writes Veronica Aroutiunian, a partner at Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg.

Another US endowment is proving that federal funding pressures don't have to result in private equity allocation cuts. Plus: Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund learns its lesson from an unfortunate venture investment. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

’We’ve discovered through our research if you have decision-makers that are diverse, then the capital will go to more diverse founders,’ says Christine Hockley of British Business Bank.

If you're reading this from the UK, we hope you enjoyed the long weekend. In today's brief, the Australian government is rethinking an LP performance test that could unlock billions for private markets; and a US foundation is going against the grain. For our valued subscribers only.

Twenty-nine percent of BlackRock survey respondents would allocate more capital to private equity funds, or create an allocation, in 2025-26.

Staff at Texas endowment with $60bn in AUM ‘likely to recommend’ higher target after steadily building to 20% exposure for private equity.

The local government pension scheme pool, with over £50bn of committed client fund capital, is expanding its investment capabilities ahead of seven more funds joining its pool.

University of Nebraska Foundation’s endowment is adding PE and other private assets in a challenged market, but it is cautious about accessing new managers and secondary valuations amid a larger LP pull-back.

The private funds industry and its regulators have a lot of work ahead of them as private equity enters its retail era.