GP stakes

Ted Gooden, whose business Växa Partners will focus on M&A advisory and strategic consulting, expects ‘very transformative’ deals over the next five years.

PACT Capital, a GP stakes firm founded by industry veterans in January, believes there’s an enormous amount of white space in this segment of the market.

Asia private equity, secondaries and GP stakes are among the new vintages on the cards for the world's largest private equity firm in the coming year.

The pair will make the investments via their GP stake strategy and global private markets platform, respectively.

SQ Capital, founded by Mustafa Siddiqui, will focus on mid-market secondaries opportunities.

GP speciality finance firm Inceptiv focuses on asset-level performance rather than a sponsor's AUM growth.

GP stakes investing aims to offer investors cashflow and diversification in uncertain times, says Blue Owl Capital senior managing director Sean Ward.

The firm is confident Blue Owl GP Stakes VI will reach its $13bn target by end-2025, says co-CEO Marc Lipschultz.