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The Children’s Medical Center Foundation is leaning into emerging managers and secondaries as it quickly ramps up its exposure, seeking to boost returns in order to hit its funding goals for the hospital project.

Inflows gathered by Carlyle AlpInvest accounted for 38% of the alternatives giant's overall capital raising during the second quarter.

The firm's last regional flagship – the 2021-vintage KKR Asian Fund IV – is the largest pan-Asian buyout fund to date.

The global fundraising market saw its most muted first half since the covid-19 pandemic with $383.6bn raised in H1 2025, according to PEI data.

No SMA clients have yet sought to alter their exclusion lists in response to Europe’s defence opportunity, global head Ruulke Bagijn and global head of primaries Wendy Zhu tell PEI.

Some 31% of LPs saw their private equity allocation drop between January and June – a dynamic most pronounced among foundations and endowments, according to PEI's H1 2025 Investor Report.

The firm generated about €20bn of exit value in the year to 30 June, chief executive Per Franzén said on a Thursday earnings call.

Senior executives from some of private equity’s biggest LPs tell PEI what’s on their summer podcast playlist for 2025.

North American funds were the most active during H1 2025 in spite of growing geopolitical uncertainty.

Whether your seasonal plans include vacations or staycations, be transported with the faves shared by these private equity investors.