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The pension giant aims to deploy about C$20bn into private equity this year, global head of PE Caitlin Gubbels tells PEI.

The private equity firm began applying machine learning to value creation processes a decade ago; its dedicated team now helps select acquisition targets and aids due diligence.

Hugh MacArthur, chair of Bain & Co's global private equity practice, says individual investors accessing asset classes such as private equity will set a new bar for the industry.

Mixing unaccredited investor capital with wealth capital via vehicles with differing levels of regulation could lead to a backlash against the industry, the private markets veteran told delegates at PEI Group's NEXUS 2026 event.

GPs have to generate more cashflow and up their value creation game to make deals work, according to Bain & Co's Global Private Equity Report 2026.

Investors list the main causes of friction with private equity funds, in exclusive research released ahead of PEI’s NEXUS event in Florida.

The listed giant's private wealth capital-raising grew 40% last year.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is increasing minimum market capitalisation for companies listed in its Growth Market section to ¥10bn by 2030.

Schroders Capital, the private capital arm of Schroders, manages more than $25bn in private equity assets.

Even after excluding Ardian's $30bn raise – the largest vehicle raised from the dataset – secondaries funds still recorded the highest average size in 2025.