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Blackstone launches defined contribution unit as part of 401(k) strategy

The unit will sit within the firm's $280bn private wealth business and will focus on broadening retirement savers’ access to private markets.

2 min read · 15 October 2025

How the rise of CVs is driving new firm formation: Caroline Dallas of GEM

Dallas ascribes a strong environment for new firm formation to a few factors, including, perhaps surprisingly, the rise of continuation funds, along with growing LP appetite.

6 min read · 15 October 2025

Side Letter: PE's next half decade

We examine the key issues industry leaders have their eyes on over the next five years. Plus: BlackRock's target-date funds update, and how much Americans allocate to alts. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

5 min read · 15 October 2025

Former big name LPs launch platform to back emerging climate managers

Featherlight Capital counts ex-Wafra, La Caisse and Power Sustainable investors among its investment team.

4 min read · 15 October 2025

Private equity better suited to non-retirement portfolios than 401(k)s – Franklin Templeton

The litigious and fee-sensitive nature of the DC market will make it slow to adopt private market investments, says the firm's president and CEO Jenny Johnson.

2 min read · 15 October 2025

Ares loses senior APAC-based executives

The head of product management Asia for Ares' wealth unit and the firm's head of strategy for Asia have both departed within the past month.

2 min read · 15 October 2025

How Mitsubishi UFJ’s pension clients are thinking about private equity in 2025

Some Japanese pensions are 'stopping re-ups' due to private equity's exit drought, research executive Manami Akita tells PEI.

3 min read · 15 October 2025

Louisiana Teachers’ co-investment allocation set to skyrocket

The pension plan is preparing to sign off on a new mandate that would quadruple its co-investment pace over the next three years.

2 min read · 14 October 2025

Shore Capital collects $850m across two funds

Healthcare Fund VI closed at over $625 million and Search Fund II raised almost $225 million.

1 min read · 14 October 2025

Side Letter: Lead buyer desire

In a secondaries-flavoured edition of Side Letter, we explore why some buyers are rethinking their desire to be lead buyer. Plus: secondaries volume's 6x growth estimate, and Golub's GP-led strategy. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

5 min read · 14 October 2025

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