Private Equity
PE funds raised $702bn between Q1 and Q3 2026, around $101bn or 17% more than the same period in 2025.
2 min read·08 October 2026

PE funds raised $702bn between Q1 and Q3 2026, around $101bn or 17% more than the same period in 2025.
2 min read · 08 October 2026
The manufacturing and industrials specialist revealed its intention to open its first Asia outpost in Tokyo last month, with Takajiro 'Tak' Ishikawa leading investments in the region.
4 min read · 20 July 2026
The firm has so far explored opportunities in Japan and India, head of Asia-Pacific Stuart Wrigley tells PEI.
3 min read · 13 July 2026
CVs’ capacity to outperform the broader buyout market means they are still firmly on the table even as other exit routes reopen, say StepStone Group’s Adam Johnston and Ted Black.
7 min read · 02 March 2026
Oversight of the firm's four remaining assets and the wind-down process is expected to fall to two members of the firm’s management team.
4 min read · 09 February 2026
Deferred interest payments and a series of high-profile leveraged loan defaults in the US point to signs of stress within private equity portfolios. Should LPs be concerned?
10 min read · 02 February 2026
The pension plans to double the amount of capital it committed this year to private debt funds in 2026.
2 min read · 04 December 2025
Stuart Wrigley, who will also lead the firm's Asia-Pacific expansion from a new Singapore office, joins following a 24-year stint at GSAM, most recently as head of its APAC client solutions group.
3 min read · 23 July 2025
Joy Wang built up Brookfield Oaktree's Hong Kong team, designing a strategy that helped raise over $1.4bn in two years from clients across Greater China, per her LinkedIn profile.
2 min read · 05 November 2024
MBK's China portfolio posted a 45% gain last year, compared with 29% and 12% percent for Korea and Japan, respectively, founder Michael B Kim noted in a letter to LPs.
3 min read · 03 April 2024