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Capital raised by North America-based PE funds in H1 2026 was the highest for a first half in three years, while fund closings fell to their lowest level since pandemic-roiled H1 2020. What gives?

A run on redemptions in the private credit world has highlighted the importance of diligencing gating mechanisms in fund finance facilities.

Continuation vehicles present an interesting opportunity for fund finance, but concentration risk and a reluctant investor base pose a challenge.

As mid-market platforms wrestle with a myriad of competitive pressures, it’s time for them to improve end-of-fund-life practices, according to Sam Cole, managing director, head of EMEA Fund Solutions at Kroll.

California pension with just shy of $1bn portfolio previously cited high fees and unimpressive risk-adjusted returns as reasons to skip private equity, but hears rationale for revisiting decision from Callan.

An SEC proposal to ‘Make IPOs Great Again’ makes state regulators schvitz, and ILPA wants to widen its portco template.

Buyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other PE funds had raised a total of $308bn as of June 30, up 9% from the $282bn secured a year earlier, according to PEI Group data.

The industry body's prior guidance was 'silent on a lot of things,’ chief executive Jennifer Choi tells Secondaries Investor.

A tighter fundraising environment has left GPs struggling to meet LPs demands for side letters that grant tailored terms, co-investments and greater transparency.

The best IR approach relies on a savvy collaboration with the rest of a firm’s disciplines.