Fundraising

The lag in private equity reporting, differences in valuation methods and volatile macro environment will dictate the asset class’s performance in 2023, says McKinsey partner Brian Vickery.

Private equity firms are beginning to embrace vehicles such as the ELTIF and LTAF as they try to access a broader swathe of investors.

LP capacity constraints and macro challenges made a sizeable dent in capital raising last year, but secondaries funds still managed to exceed 2018 and 2019’s total hauls.

Greater flexibility in co-investment deals is proving to be attractive in an uncertain market.

Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR gathered significantly more capital for private credit than for private equity last year, according to full-year earnings reports.

Recent fund closes suggest GPs are already broadening their LP bases as traditional sources of capital dry up.

Presenting our debut ranking of the private equity industry's top law firms by number of closed funds advised on and total capital of underlying vehicles.

West Street Global Partners I, which held a final close on $5.2bn this week, is among the largest first-time funds dedicated to growth equity.

The appointment of Harvey Schwartz as chief executive takes away 'uncertainty about our path forward', interim CEO Bill Conway said on the firm's latest full year earnings call.

The PE 50 index is further evidence that investors are being given different ways to access the asset class.