Secondaries

Continuation funds represented about 13% of sponsor-backed exit volume last year, the report said, up from 12% in 2023, according to BlackRock's 2024 activity report.

Australia's regulator is the latest to sound the alarm over private markets. Plus: Asia's buyout scene appears to be in far better health than some would have believed. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

In PEI's Spotlight podcast, Doug Bell, investment strategy director at the $46bn sovereign wealth fund, discusses the benefits and disadvantages of TPAs when constructing a portfolio capable of delivering long-term results.

Infrastructure/real asset deals accounted for about 6% of the $84bn of GP-led volume last year, according to a Greenhill report.

LPs in the passive index investing firm's funds will be able to benefit from quarterly liquidity with no fees or caps, chief executive Edward Talmor-Gera tells Private Equity International.

EQT is eyeing new strategy launches and distribution channels after naming a successor to Christian Sinding. Plus: Astorg scraps its GP-led entry; and a fundraising record is broken in the Baltics. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The multifamily office is looking to increase its blind-pool fund exposure this year, private equity head Jo Huang tells PEI.

Liquidity remains a main focus in the industry as exit activity has yet to pick up after a multi-year slump.