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The industrial tech investor landed its latest fund by balancing its long-term plans for compounding growth with exits in the here and now.

The pension fund will look to temporarily increase its allocation to the asset class, as it expects an opportunity to buy up software assets bought at peak multiples that face depressed values and a debt maturity wall.

The conventional PE holding period is not always sufficient to 'transform an entire segment', said partner Tom Hodges.

In his first interview since becoming BCI's global head of private equity, Jon Salon tells Buyouts about the factors driving robust PE investing and distributions in 2025 and his plans for the strategy going forward.

While the hot new portfolio model might not be for everyone, LPs may have to adapt or fall behind when it comes to total portfolio approach.

Carlyle Defense and Reindustrialization Partners was registered in June.

Around 40% of LPs expect continuation vehicle activity to continue growing, with a number opting to take a more concentrated approach to this corner of the market, according to Coller Capital's latest Barometer report.

Increased appetite from Institutional investors, access to liquidity and the proliferation of bespoke structures have accelerated change in fund finance, according to panellists at the European Fund Finance Symposium.

Dutch manager Main Capital's focus on 'mission-critical companies' means it is less affected by AI-driven volatility in the wider market, managing partner Sjoerd Aarts tells PEI.

Founded in 1988, EnCap was one of the first oil and gas private equity firms to invest in the transition to lower-carbon energy sources.