Madeleine Farman
Madeleine Farman is a senior reporter for PEI Group’s Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor titles, based in London. Prior to joining PEI, she had covered private equity, private capital and advisers associated with the industry for other newsrooms and publications since 2016. Originally from New Zealand, Madeleine began her career in radio in Auckland.
The survey, which compiled responses from 101 senior buyout, growth, private debt, VC, real estate and infrastructure executives globally, found that most GPs observed their LPs had interest in such options.
Blackstone Capital Partners IX, which had secured $16.62bn at the end of the second quarter, will reach the 'low-$20bn range', president and COO Jonathan Gray said on the firm's Q2 earnings call.
CVC Capital Partners IX beats Blackstone's $26.2bn Capital Partners VIII fund to take the coveted top spot.
The GP stakes and financing solutions platform is backing alternative asset managers across North America, Europe and Asia, CEO Avi Kalichstein tells PEI.
We spoke with NYCRS' CIO Steven Meier to find out whether private equity can hope to receive a bigger slice of the pie.
Healthcare-related assets make up a significant chunk of potential dealflow in the GP-led secondaries market given the sector’s characteristics and outlook.
CVC Capital Partners IX, which is yet to hold its final close, is already larger than Blackstone's $26.2bn record haul in 2019.
The process is understood to be in the early stages and could involve multiple funds.
This year’s biggest fundraiser brought in $125.6bn over the past five years, with runners-up KKR and EQT also breaking the $100bn barrier.
Some private equity funds are beginning to close under target as the battle for LP allocations takes its toll.