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Myths vs. reality of evergreen funds and private credit: A conversation with Cliffwater

 
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The Allocator’s Atlas is a specialized webinar series designed for LPs, where you’ll gain valuable insights and expert perspectives to effectively navigate your investment strategies and portfolio management.

Institutional LPs spent early 2026 underwriting private credit evergreen exposure under the loudest set of headlines the category has faced. Redemption coverage swung the dialogue from democratization to doomsday in under a year.

But most evergreen vehicles included liquidity sleeves and redemption queues that were functioning as designed.

PitchBook analysts were recently joined by Phil Huber, Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Solutions at Cliffwater and author of The Allocator’s Edge. Together, they separated myth from reality across evergreen funds, pressure-tested the narrative against fund mechanics, and equipped institutional LPs with the liquidity questions every GP running an evergreen vehicle should be ready to answer.

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Key Topics

  • Whether evergreen funds were behaving as designed under sustained redemption pressure
  • A framework for distinguishing fund design from fund dysfunction in real time
  • The true risks of private credit strategies inside semi-liquid wrappers
  • The liquidity questions every institutional LP should be asking evergreen GPs now

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Featuring

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    Hilary Wiek, CFA, CAIA
    Principal Analyst, Fund Strategies
    Hilary Wiek, CFA, CAIA, is a principal analyst at PitchBook, where she covers PitchBook’s fund strategies and performance, publishing primary research on the alternatives space and contributing to core report development. Wiek also covers ESG and impact investing. She has over 20 years of experience in asset owner, manager, and advisory roles. Prior to joining PitchBook, Wiek was the director of investments at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundations, where she handled portfolio management, impact/ESG, investment diligence, and monitoring and investment operations. Before that, she held senior positions at Segal Rogerscasey, the South Carolina Retirement Systems Investment Commission, Buckingham Financial Group, Dayton Power & Light, and KeyCorp.

    Wiek received a master’s degree in finance and economics from Case Western Reserve University and a bachelor’s degree in business leadership and finance from the University of Puget Sound. She is based in PitchBook’s Seattle office.
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    Juan Mier, CFA
    Lead Analyst, Fund Strategies
    Juan Mier is a lead fund strategies analyst at PitchBook, where he conducts primary and thematic research covering private markets. He brings over a decade of investment experience. Prior to joining PitchBook, he worked at Lazard Asset Management in thought leadership, as an analyst for multi-asset allocation solutions, and more recently as a portfolio manager for commodities and natural resources equities.

    Mier holds an MBA degree from the University of California, San Diego, and is a CFA charterholder. He is based in PitchBook’s New York office.
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    Phil Huber, CFA, CFP ®
    Managing Director & Head of Portfolio Solutions, Cliffwater
    Phil leverages his prior experience as a wealth management CIO to produce and curate investment research, advise on product strategy and positioning, and strengthen relationships with the nation’s leading wealth management firms. Prior to joining Cliffwater in 2024, Phil was CIO at Savant Wealth Management. He is the author of “The Allocator’s Edge” and the blog “bps and pieces.” Phil has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, InvestmentNews, Citywire RIA Magazine, and Bloomberg TV, and was named CIO of the Year in 2023 by RIA Intel.