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Some of private equity’s biggest investors including CalPERS, IMAS Foundation and Aware Super share their best book and podcast recommendations for summer 2026.

Dutch manager Main Capital's focus on 'mission-critical companies' means it is less affected by AI-driven volatility in the wider market, managing partner Sjoerd Aarts tells PEI.

‘It’s actually remarkable how much better that business is,’ global PE head John Redett says of the firm’s US overhaul.

Anton Orlich, architect of the US pension giant's PE turnaround, will now also be responsible for its private credit, real estate, infrastructure and other alternative programmes.

Institutional investors have justifiable concerns about how an influx of retail capital may impact the industry, writes Lori Hall-Kimm, senior managing director and global head of private equity at Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan.

The legal giant has regained its crown, leading by both number of funds advised on and aggregate capital raised in 2025.

Thought leaders, including Raymond James' Sunaina Sinha Haldea, Brookfield's Kristen Haase and Hamilton Lane's Jackie Rantanen, discussed AI's impact on deal sourcing, value creation, exits and returns.

Onex takes another stab at navigating PE's fundraising winter; EQT appoints two APAC co-heads; KKR sets up shop in Milan.

The $1.15trn sovereign wealth fund is also centralising data using AI across its private equity portfolio amid persistent geopolitical instability, said operating partner Jose De Ochoa at a PEI conference.

Jury dismissed claims by former placement agent Mercury Capital's co-founder that the firm became a 'safe haven for white men only' under then-CEO Michael Ricciardi.