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PE exit activity is on the up following a year of pandemic-induced market slowdown, with almost $600bn of exits in the 12 months to March, according to a report from EY.

IMCO established credit as a separate asset class only last year. It aims to grow portfolio assets to C$8 billion-plus by 2025.

Linden Capital Partners V, which has a $3bn hard-cap, is nearing an initial close of more than $2bn, LP sources told Buyouts.

The private fund model needs to be disrupted to allow defined contribution plans access to the asset class, says the investment consultant’s head of private equity research.

Transaction Data Systems is an example of a company operating in a growing sector, healthcare technology, that is emerging and has a long way to develop.

The deal is among a rush of such processes this year as GPs look for ways to hang on to certain assets longer than allowed under traditional private equity structures.

The ex-CEO of American Express also called the idea that diversity means giving up investment performance a 'cop-out.'

Lincoln Road recently backed Landmark Paving, the type of investment that will demonstrate “proof of concept prior to raising a first institutional fund,” Magny told Buyouts.

Once again, early-stage venture firms are raising or talking about raising separate opportunity funds, or late-stage growth vehicles. How the LP community responds to this latest push will determine how the venture industry looks in the next few years.

Large deals have helped drive volume since last year in what has continued to be a brisk secondaries market in the general economic recovery.