Private equity and venture capital's substantial dry powder reserves are a little lighter after an extended downturn in fundraising. Venture capital dry powder hit its year-end high in 2023, peaking ...

Private-equity firms accumulated hundreds of billions of dollars for new funds in 2020 and 2021. As 2025 unfolds, they will face growing pressure to invest it. And some managers might need to ask ...

Firms should seek out opportunities to unload capital, drive portfolio growth and prove PE’s potential to their investors. Private equity must invest unused capital (“dry powder”) or risk losing ...

The past several years have reshaped financial realities for millions. Rising interest rates, tightening credit conditions and persistently high inflation are directly impacting the day-to-day ...

PitchBook noted in its latest global private market fundraising report that dry powder on the rise despite a fairly tough fundraising environment. PitchBook also mentioned in the extensive research ...

Private equity’s $2 trillion pile of cash is set to fuel M&A opportunities in 2025. Private equity firms are sitting on an unprecedented war chest: roughly $2 trillion in uncalled capital. Often ...

Capital waiting to be deployed in the private equity market, or so-called dry powder, rose 8% to a record $2.59 trillion in the past year, S&P said Tuesday. S&P said the mountain of unused capital in ...

Despite initial expectations for a strong rebound in M&A activity driven by pent-up demand, private equity managers saw a slower recovery in 2024 than initially expected, with improvement in the ...

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses what private equity managers need to do with capital on the side lines with Kade Thomas of Emery Oak Partners. Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast ...