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  Featured

  How did Ardian race to a $30B secondaries fund close?

  January 16, 2025

  ASF IX is the largest secondaries fundraise globally to date.

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  Private Credit

  How 10 private credit firms came to manage a third of the industry’s capital

  January 8, 2025

  In 2025, the top 10 GPs will manage 33% of all capital raised by the private credit industry, the highest share in a decade.

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  2024 Wrapped

  Secondaries funds top $100B in all-time high

  December 18, 2024

  2024’s secondary fundraising showing has eclipsed even 2020’s signicant result for the sector.

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  2024 Wrapped

  9 VC firms collected half of all money raised by US funds in 2024

  December 11, 2024

  Andreessen Horowitz took in more than a tenth of all capital raised by US VC funds this year

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  consumers

  Forerunner, consumer tech VC that backed Warby Parker, Away, raises $500M Fund VII

  November 11, 2024

  As other VCs have shied away from consumer tech, Kirsten Green’s venture fund has gone all-in

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  Private Equity

  PE fundraising hit a snag in Q3 amid mega-fund drought

  October 17, 2024

  The pace of PE fundraising in the US slowed in the third quarter after a brief bounceback in Q2.

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  Weekend Analysis

  Valuations, not rates, remain sticking point on PE deal flow

  October 4, 2024

  The PE market recovery still has a long way to go.

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  PE Fundraising

  Perpetual capital drives AUM forward at Blue Owl, Apollo and peers

  October 2, 2024

  The largest asset managers in the US have a collective $1.5 trillion in AUM in the form of perpetual capital.

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  Fundraising

  Ali Rowghani, who started Y Combinator’s growth arm, is raising a $250M seed fund

  October 2, 2024

  Rowghani joins a flurry of senior partners at established firms who have left to raise seed funds.

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  Private Credit

  Coller Capital’s new private credit secondaries fund targets wealthy investors

  October 1, 2024

  Secondaries specialist unveiled a new private credit fund as part of its efforts to expand into the private wealth market.

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  Fundraising

  HSBC AM targets $1B for maiden NAV lending fund

  September 24, 2024

  The fund will target mid-market PE funds and portfolios in Europe.

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  Lending

  Fed’s rate cut sparks hope, but PE dealmakers remain wary

  September 20, 2024

  Not everyone is thrilled about the highly anticipated rate cut.

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  PE Fundraising

  These are PE’s biggest fundraising targets for upcoming vehicles

  September 18, 2024

  KKR and Thoma Bravo are among the managers seeking huge pools of capital for successor funds.

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  Private Equity

  How can managers stand out in Greater China’s liquidity drought?

  September 18, 2024

  GPs’ ability to open up new sources of capital and generate distributions is crucial in the current environment.

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  Nordics

  Private equity fundraising in Nordics at record setting €30B

  September 13, 2024

  The recovery is expected to mainly benefit managers with more experience

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  Direct Lending

  ICG closes its largest direct lending fund at nearly $17 billion

  September 11, 2024

  The European alternative asset manager’s latest fund surpassed its initial target and is larger than its predecessor.

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  PB Q&A

  How a veteran wealth manager probes GPs to protect his clients

  September 9, 2024

  A wealth manager shares key considerations for individual investors when selecting private market fund managers.

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  Private Equity

  Inflexion raises £1B to target increasingly active European middle market

  September 9, 2024

  The rapid raise comes as lower-mid market deals keep up momentum

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