Trends & Research

Private equity funds held final closes on more than $86bn in Q3, up from $75bn in the same period last year.

GPs provided companies with greater capacity for growth during the financial crisis, according academic research.

The proportion of insurers planning to increase their allocation to private equity fell by around one-third, according to the world's largest asset manager.

What the increase in sponsor-to-sponsor transactions says about the growing private equity market.

Ardian has raised more than double its closest rival in our exclusive list of the world's biggest secondaries managers.

Private equity managers are building war chests as they prepare for the market to sink, but forecasting when it will happen is tricky.

Two-fifths of family offices are planning to increase their allocations to private equity, according to a report by UBS and Campden Wealth.

Despite a drop in co-investing deals in 2016 due to execution challenges, global family offices continue to prefer direct investments, according to the UBS Global Family Office Report.

Blackstone, Carlyle and TPG share their views on how regulation, diversification and fintech are changing the nature of the industry.

With robust investment activity and some large exits, private equity in Canada bounced back in a big way in the first half of 2017.