Tagged: private equity

August 19, 2025 @ 2:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The PitchBook Q2 2025 Private Capital Return Barometers report provides a data-driven perspective on U.S. private market performance, offering investors critical insights into quarterly return estimates across private equity, venture capital, private debt, infrastructure, and natural resources. By leveraging macroeconomic signals and a factor-based methodology,… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 10:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Global Fund Performance Report, released by PitchBook, provides a comprehensive analysis of private fund strategies’ performance, offering a data-driven lens into a volatile global market landscape. Incorporating preliminary data for Q1 2025, the report captures the private capital markets’ cautious optimism at the close… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 3:44 pm By Or Alon  |  

Over the last decade, private markets soared. Unicorns flourished, LPs [limited partners] piled in, and returns trounced public benchmarks. However, that era, marked by blind-pool trust and frictionless exits, is ending. What’s emerging is more sophisticated, more structured, and ultimately more sustainable. At the heart… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 1:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Private markets slowed in July, this is according to a report by S&P Global Market Intelligence. According to their numbers, total private equity and venture capital declined by almost 7% in July, dropping from $56.44 billion in June to $52.59 billion in July. When compared… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 2:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The global investment landscape in 2025 is navigating a complex terrain shaped by geopolitical tensions, trade uncertainties, and a surge in innovative sectors. According to recent reports from KPMG, private equity investment has seen a sharp decline, venture capital investment remains resilient with a focus… Read More

August 7, 2025 @ 12:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Q2 2025 Singapore Market Snapshot, released by PitchBook on August 4, 2025, offers a comprehensive overview of the nation-state’s evolving macroeconomic and microeconomic landscape, spanning both private and public markets. As one of Asia’s financial hubs, Singapore continues to demonstrate resilience amid global economic… Read More

July 29, 2025 @ 1:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goodwin announced that leading debt finance lawyer Matthew Ayre will be joining the firm’s Private Equity practice as a partner in its London office. With experience in private practice, Matthew joins Goodwin from Travers Smith, where he “was head of the Leveraged Finance team and… Read More

July 13, 2025 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Q2 2025 US Private Equity (PE) Breakdown, released by PitchBook, offers a detailed analysis of the US private equity landscape, highlighting key trends in deal activity, exits, fundraising, as well as overall market dynamics. As the PE industry adapts to evolving economic conditions, the… Read More

July 2, 2025 @ 1:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) has been selected by Great Gray Trust Company, LLC to provide a custom glidepath that strategically allocates across public and private markets for Great Gray’s first target date retirement solution featuring private equity and private credit exposures. BlackRock’s index equity, index fixed… Read More

June 27, 2025 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Jarsy wants to democratize access to private securities, and the platform has just emerged from stealth mode. According to a note from the firm, Jarsy has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Breyer Capital, along with the support of some well-known names. Other… Read More

June 14, 2025 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Q1 2025 US PE Middle Market Report from PitchBook provides a data-driven analysis of the trends shaping private equity (PE) investment in the US middle market, a segment critical to the broader PE landscape. Covering deal activity, exits, fundraising, and macroeconomic influences, the report… Read More

June 12, 2025 @ 6:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Addepar notes that in the fast-evolving wealth management industry, handling alternative investments like private equity, venture capital, and real estate funds presents unique challenges. These assets often come with unstructured data, inconsistent timelines, and complex reporting requirements, creating inefficiencies for back-office teams and advisors. Addepar,… Read More

June 2, 2025 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Schroders Capital, the $99.3 billion private markets business of Schroders, has successfully raised over $600 million at the final close of its Schroders Capital Private Equity Global Innovation XI Fund. The latest fundraise has attracted global investors “including pension funds, insurance companies, foundations and family… Read More

May 23, 2025 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PNC Bank announced entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Aqueduct Capital Group, a placement agent focused on raising capital for private equity, private credit, and real asset managers, through its broad access to sophisticated, global pools of capital.” Founded in 2003, Aqueduct has reportedly built a… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 5:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications, and funds advised by Apax Partners LLP, a private equity advisory firm, announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Finastra “intends to sell its Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) business unit to an affiliate… Read More

May 13, 2025 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Chris Connell, CEO of Quire, a cloud-based report-writing platform that streamlines workflows for environmental, engineering, and compliance professionals. Chris Connell of Quire shared insights with CI on how private equity is reshaping the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry and… Read More

May 3, 2025 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In its Global Markets Snapshot, PitchBook has examined the private and public market landscape, offering insights for investors navigating a complex economic environment. The report highlights key trends in venture capital (VC), private equity (PE), and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), while addressing the impact of… Read More

April 12, 2025 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SUBSCRIBE is pleased to announce their latest partnership with Coller Capital — a key player across private equity and private credit secondaries managing $38 billion in asset under management (AuM) and presently serving institutional as well as private wealth investors. As mentioned in the announcement,… Read More

March 27, 2025 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Private equity (PE) caught some traction in 2024 as investments and exits finally reversed their two-years of declines. Like most capital, the challenging economic environment impacted capital markets in the past few years. Yet according to a recent report by Bain, things could turn around… Read More

March 19, 2025 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, the largest online capital formation platform in the world, has revealed a partnership with Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), which will add exposure to Private Equity (PE) on its marketplace. The “first-ever” infrastructure evergreen fund will now be available to US investors for an initial… Read More