Private Equity

Long-Term Funds

Generation IM corrals $1bn for long-hold private equity

The conventional PE holding period is not always sufficient to 'transform an entire segment', said partner Tom Hodges.

3 min read · 30 June 2026

Partners Group targets long-hold and yield 'white space' with new PE strategy

The Total Return Strategy plans to hold businesses for up to 12 years and will focus on immediate cash yield in addition to long-term equity appreciation.

3 min read · 21 May 2026

OpCapita, after 20 years, closes shop as founder Jackson plans to relocate

Oversight of the firm's four remaining assets and the wind-down process is expected to fall to two members of the firm’s management team.

4 min read · 09 February 2026

UK's Standard Life 'already investing' as it eyes Q1 alts default fund launch

The UK insurer, part of Phoenix Group, is readying a default strategy for pension members that aims to build a 25% allocation to private markets.

3 min read · 25 September 2025

BlackRock seeks around $5bn for second long-hold fund

The target amount sought for Long Term Private Capital II could change, Private Equity International understands.

2 min read · 16 August 2024

What's in a long-term fund?

The key differences between Europe’s ELTIF and the UK’s LTAF, from eligibility requirements and borrowing limits to management and governance.

1 min read · 05 February 2024

GPs in crisis: Seek new exit routes

In a trickier exit environment, fund managers may be forced to embrace longer hold periods.

3 min read · 08 December 2022

Q&A: Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority

Education is vital to the growth of Africa’s investment community and ecosystem, says Kolawole Owodunni, chief investment officer at the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority.

3 min read · 01 September 2022

KKR sees long-duration assets as source of stability in uncertain times

The firm's core PE strategy, which since inception has earned a 26% gross IRR, oversaw $32bn of assets at the end of March.

3 min read · 06 May 2022

Continuation funds: What their growing popularity could mean for PE

More than one-third of the top 50 biggest GPs in private equity have used continuation funds on their assets – a trend that's likely to continue into 2022.

3 min read · 15 December 2021

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