Managers

GL China Opportunities Fund V was launched in September 2025, aiming to raise $800m, and will mainly target buyout investments.

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.

Marcie Frost rose from being a typist without a college degree to being CEO of CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the US. She is one of 10 women on our list who exemplify what it takes to thrive in the world of private equity.

Global capital is pouring into Japan, yet fundraising data reveals a more uneven picture as domestic constraints and cyclical dynamics reshape the market.

Proposal would offer safe harbor to pension fiduciaries who ‘objectively, thoroughly and analytically’ weigh one or more of six factors against clients’ needs, risk appetites.

The structured specialist has closed Dawson GP Finance 2 on its hard-cap as interest in GP ecosystem investing increases.

Some LPs, including several of the largest US public pension systems, have recently moved down market, seeking greater exposure to small-cap managers and the companies in which they invest.

The mid-market firm decided to strategically add non-institutional capital after receiving demand from wealth managers, Flor Kassai, head of buyout, tells PEI.

Market conditions continue to hamper fundraising for many new managers, but notable exceptions are pushing through.

Talent is a core ingredient of fundraising and future deal-making success.