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. This morning on BRN, private ...

The mountain of dry powder — money that investors have committed to private equity and venture capital funds — has set a new record high, as firms anticipate that deal markets will continue improving.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Global private equity and venture capital firms had $2.62 trillion in dry powder compared with $2.57 trillion at year-end, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Four private ...

In 2024, private equity returns declined to 3.8%, the third consecutive year in which the public markets outperformed the asset class, according to the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. The last few ...

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 ...