Welcome to Private Equity International’s ranking of the top private equity placement agents.
Placement agents appear to be earning their keep at a time when the broader private equity industry is struggling to raise capital.
Our proprietary ranking of the most active placement agents for the asset class includes 27 participating firms, who raised a total of $81.76 billion in new capital globally for private equity funds in the 12 months to end-December 2025 – double the 2023-24 total of $41 billion across 38 participating firms.
METHODOLOGY
- New capital closed (either in an interim or final close) for funds fundraising or which held final close between 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025 for which the firm has attribution and for which a fee has been paid.
- “New capital” is defined as an LP investing into a fund series for the first time.
- Re-ups do not count towards a placement agent’s total new capital.
- LP capital does not need to have been called or deployed to count.
Download the full methodology here.
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