Private Equity

Secondaries

Secondaries’ phenomenal growth masks underlying pain points

Private equity managers are flocking to the secondaries market, but success in buyouts doesn’t automatically guarantee an easy ride.

3 min read · 28 August 2025

Nebraska endowment’s CIO: Good time for LP to selectively lean into PE

University of Nebraska Foundation’s endowment is adding PE and other private assets in a challenged market, but it is cautious about accessing new managers and secondary valuations amid a larger LP pull-back.

6 min read · 21 August 2025

401(k) Special: Does executive order signal a ‘golden era’ for secondaries?

Secondaries’ popularity among evergreen strategies could be a strong indicator of its suitability for retirement plans.

3 min read · 21 August 2025

Leonard Green’s debut GP-led fund tops target, as secondaries investing surges

Leonard Green launched Sage Equity Investors last year with a target of $1.5bn.

2 min read · 20 August 2025

Secondaries to help normalise PE distributions – study

Distributions as a share of total PE NAV have stayed below average for the past three years and are unlikely to return to normal level this year, according to StepStone research.

3 min read · 20 August 2025

Side Letter: LPs' currency conundrum

Dollar depreciation could be hitting LPs where it hurts. Plus: How investors are selecting impact managers; and Bank of America taps PJT for its secondaries advisory biz. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 19 August 2025

Side Letter: CalPERS' latest LP-led

CalPERS is shopping another multibillion portfolio less than a year after closing one. Plus: CVC discloses the expected launch date of its next flagship buyout fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

6 min read · 18 August 2025

CalPERS shops $3bn PE portfolio as it works to reconfigure program

Bids on the portfolio were due this week, with the expectation that the process closes by end-September.

3 min read · 14 August 2025

Side Letter: LP allocation uplifts

A quick look at some LPs keen to get more private equity exposure. Plus: A multi-purpose GP-led secondaries deal emerges in the US; and a newcomer to Canada's pension scene is ramping up its private markets deployment. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 14 August 2025

Korea’s NPS sees private equity AUM jump by 30% in a single year

The $887bn pension's PE exposure had reached 7.79% as of December, up from 6.99% a year prior, per its latest annual report.

2 min read · 14 August 2025

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