Performance

We examine the investment giant's private equity funds in a special series of PEI's Performance Watch.

The firm is nearing a final close on its largest secondaries programme, which has thus far raised $2.2bn out of a $3bn target.

The firm is back in market with a follow-up to its hybrid value fund and is on track to hit its $20bn fundraising goal for the year, co-founder Josh Harris said on its latest earnings call.

The fair value of Carlyle's private equity portfolio climbed 13% in the second quarter, and co-chief executive Kewsong Lee says there's more to be done in terms of recovery.

Dialogues with potential new investments are expanding beyond just succession and liquidity-driven transactions and into growth capital, chief executive Jay Horgen said on the firm's latest earnings call.

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

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.

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

What do some of the leading figures from the Global Investor 100 have to say about today’s private equity market? Find out in the second of a series of five articles.

Coronavirus uncertainty and liquidity constraints have made some business owners in the region more willing to sell, head of Asia-Pacific Ming Lu tells PEI.