Ardian

Energy Capital Partners closed a single-asset continuation vehicle with $834 million in commitments for Next Wave Energy Partners, giving investors in its fourth flagship fund a way to cash out of the Houston-based fuel components producer while the firm stays ...

PGIM has added a secondaries-focused executive in Abu Dhabi as the global asset management business of Prudential continues its regional expansion. Lucas Radal has joined Montana Capital Partners (MCP), PGIM’s European secondaries platform with $5.2 billion in total assets, as ...

Nearly 40 new and existing alternative asset managers introduced strategies on CAIS over the past six months, expanding the platform’s offerings across hedge funds, infrastructure, real estate, private equity, private credit, secondaries, and other alternative investments. The firms include Apollo, ...

Instead of multi-billion-dollar fundraises by industry giants, today AW tracked smaller funds ranging from an Africa-focused credit vehicle to a debut lower middle market PE fund to an AI-focused venture close. Read on for details on all three funds, plus ...

Private equity activity is accelerating in Europe even as investment cools in the U.S., widening a transatlantic gap in dealmaking and exits during the first half of 2026 — a divergence that is prompting some U.S. investors to reassess their ...

The summer slowdown seems to have finally hit at GPs’ offices with a small number of promotions, advisory appointments, and new hires this week as July inches toward a close. Some of the more high-profile appointments were within private equity, ...

Clipway, founded by Ardian veterans, closed a $6.4 billion debut secondaries fund, which the firm bills as the largest inaugural raise in the sector’s history. Here’s a look at the U.K.-based firm’s history and the LPs backing it.

The global secondary market continued its strong upswing in the first half of 2026 with more than $120 billion in volume through June, hitting yet another record, according to Evercore. By comparison, 2025’s full-year secondaries volume hit $226 billion, which ...

Two AI companies just banked more than $2 billion between them, with impressive investor rosters. Tailwater closed a bigger sequel fund, Jadian doubled down on a fast-growing industrial platform, and Apax’s PE arm backed a supply chain platform’s next stage ...

AN emerging North Carolina PE firm closed its inaugural fund at a $215 million hard cap, and Oaktree backed private lender Temple View Capital's growth. On the VC front, radiopharma developer AdvanCel raised a $315 million Series D, while an ...