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Buyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other PE funds had raised a total of $308bn as of June 30, up 9% from the $282bn secured a year earlier, according to PEI Group data.

Partners Group states "their portfolios are healthy and they have sufficient liquidity in line with the target allocations."

Buyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other PE funds had raised a total of $152bn as of March 31, up 14% from the $133bn secured a year earlier, according to PEI Group data.

Institutional investors in North America were mostly overallocated to PE last year, according to Buyouts data. But portfolio value declines helped drive a plurality of them into underallocation.

Fundraising timelines averaged 18.6 months in the North American market last year, down from a record high in 2024, according to Buyouts data.

Buyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other private equity funds had raised a total of $508bn as of December 31, according to Buyouts data. Capital inflows last year were the lowest recorded since 2020.

Fund closings declined in the third quarter, to a total of 368, which was down 10% from 407 funds closed a year earlier.

The 100 biggest investors allocated a whopping $1.41trn to the asset class as of the end of December 2024, according to Buyouts data.

Buyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other private equity funds raised a total of $250bn in the first half, down 13 percent from $289bn raised a year earlier.

The growth-oriented firm, No 4 on the Buyouts 100, is targeting $13bn for a 10th flagship buyout fund, its first since 2022.