Managers

“Illiquid credit led the way toward recovery last year,” Popov told Buyouts. “It will retain its importance going forward as a necessary ingredient of recovery.”

Our interactive presentation breaks down capital raising by strategy and geography and includes a list of the largest capital raisers and funds in market.

Single-asset deals are tapping into the desire among GPs and LPs to hold certain, treasured assets longer than allowed for under traditional private equity structures.

Tenex’s origins stretch back to 1999, when CEO Michael Green launched a fund to invest in underperforming mid-market businesses. It was later acquired by Cerberus.

The alternatives asset manager had one of its strongest quarters, with total AUM rising 21% year-on-year to $649bn.

With assets live in the market, outside buyers occasionally swoop in and make better offers, upending months of work building consensus on the secondaries deal.

K1's latest flagship could be part of more record-breaking tech fundraising this year. Activity was strong out the gate in Q1, with 102 funds collecting $65bn.

The Scandinavian firm gathered roughly 40% more for EQT IX than its 2017-vintage predecessor and has deployed nearly half of the fund.

Andy Hayes is part of a broader expansion of Partners Group’s capital raising activities in the US.

Declaration Partners is eyeing deals in Africa which can have better risk-reward trade-offs, says its owner and Carlyle Group co-founder.