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The private equity giant is seeking up to $25bn for its eighth global buyout fund, which has so far raised over $22bn.

Paris-based Tikehau has set targets to substantially boost its assets under management and the operating profits of its asset management arm by 2022.

Offloading a $1.3bn portfolio to Ardian helped push the pension system to a since-inception DPI capital ratio of 1.0x.

Here are five key takeaways from the Carlyle Group co-founder's speech on private equity's top trends at a recent industry conference in Geneva.

Fundraisers can now head down to Starbucks for a $100m fund commitment, but what does this tell us about the market cycle?

The firm’s co-founder says the amount of debt in global economies is worrying, along with dysfunction in government and challenges brought by ageing societies.

Both institutional investors and equities shareholders have been pushing for consolidation in private markets in a bid to stabilise profits.

Conference panels underlined that ESG pressure from large US LPs will only increase, writes Natasha Buckley of UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment.

Fund IX could be as much as 54% larger than its predecessor, which closed on $13bn in 2016.

John Childs, who co-founded the Boston-based firm in 1995, retired in February amid charges of solicitation of prostitution in Florida.