All Private Equity articles
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White papersRedefining the horizon: Top 10 with… Interview with Diana Celotto and Sven-Christian Kindt on private equity
Private equity responds to market changes by offering investment solutions, flexible mandates, and access to established managers. Leveraging a global network and deep expertise, clients benefit from tailored risk management strategies and exposure to private equity opportunities. Through thorough due diligence, strategic portfolio structuring, and a responsive platform, UGA – Private Equity aims to support investors in navigating the evolving private equity landscape.
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White papersThe great portfolio reset: How alternatives are changing the face of finance
As traditional 60/40 portfolios struggle in an era of persistent inflation and market volatility, institutional and private investors are turning to alternative assets as an additional source of returns and diversification. Jerry Pascucci and Johannes Roth examine the drivers and implications of this structural shift.
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White papersHard assets, soft power: Infrastructure 2026 Outlook
In a fractured, multipolar world defined by strategic rivalries, infrastructure has become a critical lever for nations to project soft power – through energy security, technological leadership and supply chain dominance.
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White papersTaking the measure of private equity
Investors have multiple metrics to assess performance.
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White papersUnderstanding private equity performance
Investors in private equity (PE) hope for the opportunity to earn higher cumulative returns in exchange for potential trade-offs like lower liquidity and manager selection. This is for good reason, as over the last 25 years, the Cambridge Associates US Private Equity Index had a pooled net return of 12.09%, compared with annualized returns of 8.46% and 9.38% for the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500 indices, respectively.
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White papersUnderstanding Europe’s economic transformation and its investment implications
We believe Europe is entering a transformative period of economic renewal driven by reforms, public investment and a focus on sustainability and digital innovation. These developments are expected to drive long-term growth and create a more resilient and competitive economic landscape, creating opportunities for investors at a time when the US is facing mounting challenges.
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VideoNeuberger Berman Private Markets: Q3 2025 Preliminary Valuation Summary & Analysis
For Q3 2025, based on preliminary analysis, Neuberger Private Markets currently anticipates that buyout funds (including growth equity) will increase in value by an average of 1.2% in USD. Similarly, venture capital funds are expected to increase in value by an average of 4.4% in USD, albeit with a much wider dispersion than the buyout sample.
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White papersPrivate equity: The Red Thread – Alternatives, Edition 2025/26
Heading into year-end, private equity investors have significantly more policy clarity than in H1 and it is mostly good news. A rocky tariff rollout in the US has created some winners (companies with limited exports, primarily home-country exposure and services) and losers, but increased clarity has undeniably helped markets.
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PodcastHybrid Capital Solutions for Private Assets: A conversation with David Lyon
David Lyon, Managing Director and Head of Capital Solutions at Neuberger, was a recent guest on the podcast Capital Allocators with Ted Seides, where he spoke on hybrid capital solutions for private assets.
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White papersFall 2025 Private Markets Outlook: In an Inflection Year, Selection Matters More
Private markets appear to be nearing an inflection point, presenting both new opportunities and risks. We believe that’s when manager selection matters most.
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White papersBeyond the basics: How secondaries can enhance your investment strategy
The private equity secondaries market has evolved over the past two decades from a niche solution into a bona fide asset class. What was once largely reserved for distressed sellers is now a sophisticated, and in our view, essential component of portfolio management for investors and private equity (PE) sponsors alike. So, what is behind the current explosion of secondaries activity? In this paper, Nick Lawler examines secondaries’ performance over multiple market cycles, their persistent structural advantages, three common misconceptions, and why current market conditions present a particularly compelling entry point.
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White papersIn it for the long haul: The private companies creating the future
As the world undergoes rapid transformation, the companies shaping tomorrow’s economy can often go unnoticed. Alex Seddon explores how private markets are now offering a unique opportunity for investors to align their savings with the economy of the future.
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White papersAre Evergreen funds the future of private market access?
With allocators seeking to balance long-term return potential with operational flexibility, evergreen funds are emerging as a compelling part of the allocation mix, explains Lumyna Investments. Their recently launched Lumyna – Twelve Capital Parametric ILS Fund is one such example.
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VideoDefining and refining the lower mid-market opportunity
In this video series, Brooks Harrington, CIO, Federated Hermes Private Equity, explains why the lower-mid market offers investors some of the industry’s most compelling opportunities.
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White papersSecondaries Spotlight: Up, Up & Away
With deal volumes projected to hit $230 B in 2025, the secondaries market is booming. Growing investor demand, new capital sources and scalable structures are creating compelling opportunities—though sustained growth will hinge on continued capital access.
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White papersDigital Infrastructure Equity: Why Scale Isn’t Everything
Small-scale digital infrastructure, especially edge data centers and bulk fiber platforms, is emerging as an increasingly attractive and undervalued opportunity. These assets can offer critical infrastructure characteristics, inflation protection potential and value retention, with speed, flexibility and resilience needed in a rapidly evolving digital world.
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VideoNeuberger Berman Private Markets: Q2 2025 Preliminary Valuation Summary & Analysis
Doug Manor, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman Private Markets, provides an overview of private equity markets and an outlook based on trends in the marketplace.
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White papersIn Conversation – Unlocking opportunities in private equity
Despite a challenging market, private equity still has much to offer – especially to investors with access to the most compelling opportunities. Here, our private equity experts explore how private equity and venture capital markets are evolving in Europe and highlight the key investment trends ahead.
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White papersPrivate capital in Europe – A €3 trillion investment super-cycle
An ‘existential challenge’ is how the 2024 Draghi report on European competitiveness described the need for structural measures to improve Europe’s economic growth, putting the investments that this would require at around 5% of the region’s GDP. Paul-Francois Prouvost and Karen Azoulay highlight the role of private capital in this investment drive.
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White papersCRE total returns rise in 2Q25
Commercial real estate total returns rose 1.03% in Q2 2025, marking a fourth straight quarterly gain driven by stable income returns and signaling the market’s strongest position in three years.
