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PE strategies haven’t deviated significantly as a reaction to geopolitics or market conditions, according to a trio of LPs who spoke at a NEXUS 2025 panel.

'I think the current challenging environment regarding exits and fundraising has created derivative opportunities, none the least of which are co-investments and secondaries,' Hamilton Lane's Drew Schardt told Buyouts.

The pension fund will give a bump to its private equity pacing from last year and aim to build out its venture capital portfolio.

If sustainable fundraising growth is a couple of years out, familiar challenges of the slowdown will likely persevere.

Whether you like them or not, NAV loan usage, and the complexities they introduce, is going to increase. It’s time to become an expert on them.

The pension fund will aim to increase its private equity allocation to small and mid-market buyout funds to between 20% and 30%.

Of 43% of LPs who today commit capital to GP stakes funds, more than half are contemplating investing directly in managers, a McKinsey & Company survey found.

Kern County outlined its projected pacing to help the fund match its 18% private market target allocation.

On an optimistic note, Meketa said distributions were starting to roll off of the pension's portfolio.

Washington pension’s long-time partners address issues ailing PE assets, while articulating reasons for optimism in 2025 look-ahead.