The largest LPs keep writing checks to managers that can’t beat their smaller peers—and will probably continue to do so

It will target markets where incumbents are protected by high switching costs and regulatory barriers.

Mercer Advisors’ CIO views the firm’s $100 million Aspen Partners platform as a model for the industry to follow.

PE buyout funds have scaled to $20 billion+, but bigger doesn’t guarantee superior returns. We examine how megafunds compare to middle-market peers on value creation, exit conditions, and return dispersion in a higher-for-longer rate environment.

The Q2 2026 US Evergreen Fund Landscape report covers the rapid rise of evergreen funds, providing data and insights on assets, flows, returns, and more.

Smaller buyout managers are increasingly borrowing to meet their own GP commitment requirements, raising questions about true alignment with LPs.

Total commitments across the programme reached €5.5B, including €1B from private wealth capital.

Co-investment funds raised a record $47.3 billion last year, despite charging management fees and carried interest.

The 10 largest funds accounted for more than half of all capital raised, with industrial-focused Triton and Greenbriar among the winners

The Q1 2026 Global Private Market Fundraising Report offers a definitive review of the private market fund landscape with fundraising, cash flow, dry powder, and AUM data across geographies and seven strategies, including private equity and venture capital.

From passive income to dedicated vehicles, institutional capital is reshaping how music rights are owned and developed.

Fundraising for the infrastructure-heavy investment class accounted for two-thirds of all private capital raised in the country.

Growth investments will target the firm’s best-performing assets, including two big rollups in the HVAC sector.

Strong manufacturing, cheap energy and a resurgent IPO market are drawing investors back to a market that spent four years in retreat.

Institutional investors are coming to the realization that the era of easy, outsized returns is over.

Private market AUM is estimated to reach $26.7 trillion by 2030, but with sharp divergence between strategies

This analyst note examines how capital concentration, manager specialization, and the decline of leverage-driven returns are reshaping the private equity fundraising landscape.

LPs want to see realizations before committing to a new fund. But the market still has room for a well-told story, provided it holds up.