Buyout

Some 2,288 funds gathered $735bn between them in 2025, marking the second consecutive yearly slump in capital raising for the asset class.

The raise comes at a challenging time in the private equity fundraising market, especially for newer managers.

Institutional investors share their insights on private equity trends for the year ahead with PEI.

After going the traditional LP route to diversify income from gaming revenues, Chickasaw Nation is standing up PE firms to help support its more than 80,000 citizens.

Brooks Harrington, CIO, private equity at Federated Hermes, explains that the institution takes a 'deal first' approach to backing independent sponsors and building new relationships.

Access to private markets has hugely evolved in 2025 thanks to the proliferation of innovative fund structures, including semi-liquid funds.

Leaders of $84bn sovereign wealth fund faced little pushback on a suggestion the system should limit private market commitments until improvement of valuations, other trends.

The Gulf’s biggest private equity firm has been actively using continuation vehicles across its Europe tech strategy this year, says Daniel Lopez-Cruz.

Buyouts highlights some of the private equity funds and themes it believes helped define the market in 2025.

The buyout firm this week said co-managing partner Supraj Rajagopalan and COO and CFO Alex Leslie had stepped down, as the firm faces uncertainty around a UK Competition and Markets Authority breach.