Kirk Falconer
Between 2024 and Q1 2026, about $14.3bn was realized and distributed by Onex's private equity funds, according to the firm's Q1 documents and supplemental data shared with Buyouts.
Pact acquires minority interests in, and provides strategic support to, mid-market private equity, real estate, infrastructure, private credit and secondaries managers.
Aqualis' offering will focus on what the firm sees as an underserved part of the secondaries market: smaller transactions.
Year-to-date fundraising includes $6bn secured by Brookfield’s seventh flagship private equity fund, representing nearly half of the vehicle's $12.5bn target.
The Washington, DC, manager was expected to hold Fund II’s initial close in the first quarter, according to pension documents.
Seidler Equity Partners IX held a first and final close last month at its $1.6bn hard-cap, sources told Buyouts, up 28% from its predecessor.
Wolfram tells us about his happy place in Nantucket, winning tailgates, and why he sends the Semisonic song 'Closing Time' to Oak Hill's investment team.
Altair Industries is raising its debut fund. The firm is led by two former Stellex Capital Management executives, who left the firm last September.
The firm held a 'record' first close for WestCap Strategic Operator Fund III during Q4 2025, sources tell Buyouts, backed by a mix of new and existing LPs.
Buyouts reported several items of good news in its Q1 report on private equity fundraising in North America that could portend important consequences for the industry down the line.