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Carlyle Defense and Reindustrialization Partners was registered in June.

Developments including the evolution of use cases and a wider universe of lenders create a more flexible yet complex ecosystem.

Increased appetite from Institutional investors, access to liquidity and the proliferation of bespoke structures have accelerated change in fund finance, according to panellists at the European Fund Finance Symposium.

Dutch manager Main Capital's focus on 'mission-critical companies' means it is less affected by AI-driven volatility in the wider market, managing partner Sjoerd Aarts tells PEI.

Investors expect the number of tail-end vehicles still holding assets to rise amid ongoing liquidity pressures and difficulties in GPs differentiating themselves.

Institutional investors are right to be increasingly curious about the best ways to evaluate their PE portfolio performance.

The firm is said to be eyeing a final close for Charterhouse Capital Partners XII after the summer.

‘It’s actually remarkable how much better that business is,’ global PE head John Redett says of the firm’s US overhaul.

CIO Leandros Kalisperas outlines plans for a fivefold increase in the development bank’s investment pace.