Private Equity

North America

LPs bemoan vanishing illiquidity premium

While many GPs have been optimistic despite the recent slump in private equity activity, some in the industry are concerned that the asset class's issues are more than temporary.

4 min read · 17 October 2025

Harvard's PE portfolio jumps by $2.6bn despite funding pressures

The PE portfolio's growth in FY2025 appears to be its largest jump since FY2021.

2 min read · 17 October 2025

Digital value creation tops the agenda for operating partners – survey

As PE’s leading operational professionals prepare to gather in New York, AI’s potential role in everything from due diligence to forecasting looks set to dominate conversations.

2 min read · 16 October 2025

Healthcare services investor WindRose targets $1.8bn for Fund VII

WindRose Health Investors VII is set to raise 27% more than its predecessor, closed in 2023 at more than $1.4bn.

2 min read · 16 October 2025

Carlyle’s Schwartz: The word ‘alternative’ doesn’t make sense anymore

Financial advisers must decide what’s best for their clients, rather than choosing between public markets and so-called alternatives, according to the asset manager's chief executive.

2 min read · 16 October 2025

Blackstone launches defined contribution unit as part of 401(k) strategy

The unit will sit within the firm's $280bn private wealth business and will focus on broadening retirement savers’ access to private markets.

2 min read · 15 October 2025

How the rise of CVs is driving new firm formation: Caroline Dallas of GEM

Dallas ascribes a strong environment for new firm formation to a few factors, including, perhaps surprisingly, the rise of continuation funds, along with growing LP appetite.

6 min read · 15 October 2025

Former big name LPs launch platform to back emerging climate managers

Featherlight Capital counts ex-Wafra, La Caisse and Power Sustainable investors among its investment team.

4 min read · 15 October 2025

Private equity better suited to non-retirement portfolios than 401(k)s – Franklin Templeton

The litigious and fee-sensitive nature of the DC market will make it slow to adopt private market investments, says the firm's president and CEO Jenny Johnson.

2 min read · 15 October 2025

Louisiana Teachers’ co-investment allocation set to skyrocket

The pension plan is preparing to sign off on a new mandate that would quadruple its co-investment pace over the next three years.

2 min read · 14 October 2025

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