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Blackstone’s latest buyout flagship tops $20bn, stays in fundraising mode

At its new total, Blackstone Capital Partners IX could be only several months away from wrapping up.

2 min read · 18 July 2024

Distributions on the comeback? Don’t hold your breath

Research from Rede Partners shows green shoots are beginning to appear when it comes to realisations and investor confidence.

2 min read · 18 July 2024

Side Letter: CalPERS' emerging manager conviction

CalPERS staff explain why they're betting billions on emerging managers. Plus: Alaska's PE director receives an expanded investment remit; and LPs are becoming much more optimistic about distributions. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

5 min read · 16 July 2024

Trade groups aim to expand scope of Fifth Circuit decision to other rules

In wake of Fifth Circuit decision, rules should be scrapped or carve out private fund managers, groups claim.

2 min read · 11 July 2024

BC Partners generated around €9bn of proceeds over past year and a half

Exit activity across the industry will continue to pick up over the second half of this year, says the firm’s chairman of Europe Nikos Stathopoulos.

3 min read · 10 July 2024

Succession, sports, social good all areas of focus for family offices – Goldman Sachs 

Family offices want to make more investments that unify passion and community beyond financial returns, according to Anushka Gupta, head of Americas at the bank’s family office unit.

3 min read · 08 July 2024

An interactive guide to the Global Investor 150

Look into the data behind our latest ranking of the biggest investors in private equity in this 10-page presentation.

1 min read · 04 July 2024

Alaska's CIO: Co-investment returns justify LP participation in PE

PE sceptics 'have to acknowledge' that the asset class is worthwhile for LPs with the ability to significantly reduce their fee loads, Marcus Frampton tells PEI.

4 min read · 03 July 2024

After an easy decade, it is time for private equity to reach maturity

PSERS' former co-head of private markets Darren Foreman and value creation evaluation agency's Romain Begramian argue that managers need to up their game to combat falling returns and confidence in the sector.

4 min read · 02 July 2024

CDPQ PE head: The worst thing for a pension is to miss a vintage

Martin Longchamps, head of private equity at the $319bn Canadian giant, talks to PEI about secondaries sales, overallocation and what steps the institution plans to take next.

10 min read · 02 July 2024

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