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Mario Giannini, the firm’s executive co-chairman, will relinquish his duties next March after helping build a platform that manages and advises on more than $1trn of assets.

The $1.8trn asset manager wants to push its evergreen private markets franchise beyond the wealth channel and deeper into EMEA.

Industrials, defence and healthcare sectors stand to benefit, co-head of Americas PE Steve Wise tells PEI.

The previous vintage closed on $5.58bn in February last year.

NB Japan Private Equity Opportunities Fund saw 'strong early demand' from APAC LPs, managing director Kent Chen tells PEI.

Senior wealth and asset management executives weigh in on the importance of liquidity management, investor alignment and scale in evergreen funds distribution at an industry conference in Paris.

The firm has received a licence to deal securities in Hong Kong just months after appointing its first head of Australia.

GPs including Bain and Apollo said at the UK Private Capital Summit that it is difficult to quantify claims around AI's contribution to value creation and cost reduction.

Scott Kleinman, co-president of the firm, said at an industry event on Wednesday that the real obstacle is sellers being unwilling to accept the price the market is offering.

KCGI Private Equity is expected to launch Fund II in 2027, managing director Taeyoung Chung tells PEI.