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HarbourVest: Software secondaries getting harder to close

While some software businesses are poised to become stronger on the back of a wave of AI innovation, there will be others that suffer or become obsolete, says managing director Jeff Keay.

2 min read · 13 May 2026

Private Take: Raising standards in the 'new' private markets

In the rush to extend private markets access to new investors, the industry risks mistaking more products for better portfolios, writes John Toomey, chief executive of HarbourVest Partners.

4 min read · 06 May 2026

Side Letter: Five stages of CV grief

Why some believe the CV market has passed through the five stages of grief; not all DPI is created equal, a conference hears; HIG and Permira execs launch a new healthcare shop.

6 min read · 05 May 2026

Deep Dive: The evolving placement agent landscape

How are placement agents responding to private equity’s woes, and what do investors think they could be doing better?

10 min read · 05 May 2026

Side Letter: 'Conflict vehicles'

In today's edition, Potential conflicts continue to dominate CV discourse; Dawson becomes latest to set up in APAC; An LGT veteran departs.

4 min read · 29 April 2026

Nominate the Women of Influence in Private Markets 2026

Tell us who you think should be included in our sixth annual list, which celebrates the achievements of women working across the alternatives ecosystem.

3 min read · 23 April 2026

Side Letter: The 2.5x mindset

In today's edition, LPs are becoming more amenable to GP-leds, says StepStone; Australia's SWF gets a new CIO; GPs are offering bigger pay packets to AI whizzes.

4 min read · 23 April 2026

Warburg Pincus ready to write €200m cheques for European defence companies

The New York-headquartered firm has launched a strategy focused on private equity investments in European defence, security and strategic resilience businesses.

3 min read · 22 April 2026

Future Fund flags potential investment team job cuts

CEO Raphael Arndt says the Australian sovereign wealth fund would ‘make changes where it is prudent to do so’ as it manages costs.

3 min read · 14 April 2026

EQT hires UK's Universities Superannuation Scheme PE lead for new role

Teia Merring, who has been USS's senior investment director for private equity, joins as global head of strategic partnership solutions at the European firm, PEI has learned.

3 min read · 13 April 2026

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