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The firm’s ninth flagship fund, which was launched before the pandemic, has a €15bn hard-cap.

The proportion of family offices intending to increase their direct PE activity also nearly halved during the pandemic, a study by UBS has found.

Ravi Thakran is open to partnering with existing firms boasting complementary strategies and has the support of several former colleagues, he told PEI.

The private markets firm expects to raise up to $15bn from LPs this year, lower than its projection in January, due to the impact of covid-19 on new commitments.

Last year the French asset manager targeted 272 companies on the basis of gender diversity concerns, up 369% from the prior year.

Investor appetite for private equity mega-funds appear untouched as coronavirus prompts a flight to quality.

The world's largest pension fund's private equity fund investments grew almost 30% during the last fiscal year.

Chad Pike, who helped launch the private equity giant's Tactical Opportunities unit alongside David Blitzer, is calling time on his 25-year career at the firm.

EQT's television show-style annual investor meeting in June shows the coronavirus crisis has led to novel ways of staying in touch with LPs.

Geopolitical tensions, talk of decoupling and reshuffling supply chains are the private equity giant's biggest concerns, its head of Asia-Pacific tells PEI.