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

Seidler Equity Partners IX held a first and final close last month at its $1.6bn hard-cap, sources told Buyouts, up 28% from its predecessor.

The firm’s software bet holds as portfolio recorded 20% growth year-on-year, even as AI disruption accelerates.

Individual investors are increasingly being provided with institutional-quality access to private markets, say Brett Schlemovitz, partner and president of StepStone Private Wealth, and Miguel Sosa, managing director at StepStone.

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