Private Equity

Fundraising

Fund formation in the era of mega-funds

Growing fund sizes and LP demands are putting pressure on fundraising timelines and producing a more onerous negotiation process for advisers.

7 min read · 03 May 2022

Future 40 Leaders: Meet the class of 2022

The PEI team pored over more than 300 nominations to find this year’s class of 40 future leaders in the private equity industry

1 min read · 03 May 2022

Mega-funds: How big is too big?

Fund sizes ballooned across the board last year, averaging $530m, nearly a 50% increase in merely five years, according to PEI data.

8 min read · 03 May 2022

Welsh Carson approaches the finish line with $5bn Fund XIV

WCAS XIV, which has a hard-cap of $5.5bn, sources told Buyouts, is now more than 80% of the way to its $5bn target.

2 min read · 02 May 2022

Capital Dynamics wraps up future essentials fund

Capital Dynamics has closed its second future essentials fund at 300 million euros.

3 min read · 02 May 2022

Ares counts on incumbency, non-PE strategies if fundraising slows

In its Q1 earnings call, Ares said it closed a second special opportunities fund at a $6bn hard-cap and will later this year or early next launch a seventh flagship corporate PE fund.

3 min read · 02 May 2022

Ares counts on incumbency, non-PE strategies if fundraising slows

In its Q1 earnings call, Ares said it closed a second special opportunities fund at a $6bn hard-cap and will later this year or early next launch a seventh flagship corporate PE fund.

3 min read · 29 April 2022

Arlington Capital targets $3.5bn for sixth fund

The Chevy Chase, Maryland-based private equity invests in the middle market.

1 min read · 29 April 2022

What 17Capital’s credit raise says about the NAV financing opportunity

The firm, which has raised €2.6bn for its debut lending fund, estimates the size of this market could grow to $700bn by the end of this decade.

3 min read · 28 April 2022

Carlyle admits crowded market will delay its PE fundraising timelines

Some 3,801 private equity funds in market are seeking approximately $1.2trn between them, according to PEI data.

3 min read · 28 April 2022

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