One of the year's largest sponsor exits is a real test of whether big-ticket deals can still clear, and a long-awaited realisation for Sycamore.
§ Private Equity
§ Private Credit
Turning illiquid loans into something that changes hands like bonds is Apollo's answer to the redemption and valuation doubts around the asset class.
§ Real Assets & Infrastructure
Two infrastructure heavyweights taking half of a national fibre platform is the hard-asset side of the data and connectivity boom.
§ Secondaries & CVs
A specialist energy manager rolling a prized asset into a dedicated vehicle shows CVs becoming a repeatable liquidity tool.
§ LPs & Allocators
The largest US public pension leaning further into private credit is a bellwether vote of confidence while the asset class fields redemption questions.
§ Regulation & Tax
A high-profile allocation case nearing judgment is a reminder that trade allocation across funds stays in the SEC's sights.
§ Law Firm & Expert Insights
Practitioner follow-through on the retail-fund proposals and the vehicles that carry private credit to individuals.
§ People & Firms
Another US manager setting up in the Gulf tracks where the industry increasingly goes to raise capital.