Managers

Capital raised in final closes last year slid to $785bn, with total inflows to the smallest number of vehicles since 2019.

The $49.7bn sovereign wealth fund looks to add more mid-market managers to its private equity portfolio.

LPs see openings in today’s market around things they may have not loved in the past, but had to tolerate in order to maintain relationships with desired GPs.

Still, some sectors will be more impacted than others as a result of potentially protectionist policies, according to the firm's president and COO.

Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund IV raised $4bn in side-car capital, sources told Buyouts, adding to the $5.2bn secured in the vehicle's close last summer.

The $138.5bn system recently sold huge stakes of its private equity portfolio.

Sotirhos will lead the investor relations team and co-investment process, with a focus on broadening the LP base and expanding into new markets in Europe, the Middle East and Australasia.

CVs are an attractive solution for many situations, but other secondary GP liquidity structures might be a better answer, writes W Capital Partners' Todd Miller.

Driving activity was strengthening pricing, which was helped along by a stabilization in interest rates last year, along with an overall improvement in economic outlook.

The impact of recent consolidation across alternative assets is being felt in GP stakes portfolios, which have grown substantially in the past decade.