We explore the evolving co-investment landscape and the role disciplined underwriting, selectivity, and portfolio construction can play in building a private equity co-investment program.
Learn More We explore the evolving co-investment landscape and the role disciplined underwriting, selectivity, and portfolio construction can play in building a private equity co-investment program.
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A convergence of forces is driving increased market volatility and more frequent dislocations, reinforcing the need for flexible capital that can move quickly and at scale.
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GCM Grosvenor reviews key takeaways from its Annual Infrastructure Investor Day, including AI-driven infrastructure demand, power constraints and the growing need for selectivity. The article explains why infrastructure may remain well positioned as digitalization, electrification and industrial modernization reshape global growth.
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GCM Grosvenor explains why GP-led continuation vehicles have become a lasting part of the private equity exit market. Readers will learn why syndication, sponsor relationships, existing fund exposure and diversified access may matter more than simply being the lead investor.
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GCM Grosvenor explores how credit secondaries are becoming a larger and more complex part of private markets. Readers will learn why dispersion, pricing discipline, seller motivation, underwriting access, and differentiated deal flow are increasingly important in finding attractive opportunities.
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Over the past three years, the insurance alternative investment landscape has been shaped by a series of macroeconomic shocks, balance sheet constraints, and shifting opportunity sets across private markets. Each annual installment of this series has reflected the realities insurers faced at the time—and the actions required to navigate them.
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GCM Grosvenor explores how long-term relationships and disciplined execution drive differentiated access in middle-market co-investing.
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As investors look ahead to 2026, markets are being shaped by a combination of forces. Inflation remains persistent, fiscal dynamics continue to evolve, technological change is accelerating, and geopolitical uncertainty remains constant.
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Infrastructure is the backbone of the modern economy— transportation systems, utilities, digital networks, and energy transition projects. At GCM Grosvenor, we define infrastructure as long-lived assets with stable, predictable cash-flow characteristics that underpin daily life and productivity.
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This year’s SEM Consortium, hosted in New York City, brought together more than 750 industry professionals from across the private markets ecosystem for two days of insightful discussions and networking.
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The middle market dominates private equity deal flow but remains structurally inefficient, potentially creating outsized opportunities for investors with sourcing depth and relationship-driven access.
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“Middle-market secondaries” are showing up in more manager pitchbooks—but what lies beneath the label?
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Private credit continues to rapidly evolve as an alternative asset class. But with more capital chasing fewer high-quality opportunities, sourcing has become one of the most important differentiators.
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Co-investing provides a direct path to these high-quality assets while frequently maintaining control over strategy, fees, and capital deployment. However, executing these investments successfully requires deep market expertise, strong relationships, and a disciplined approach.
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At GCM Grosvenor’s Annual Forum, our investment experts gathered to discuss the next phase of evolution in private credit, with a particular focus on the emergence of secondaries as a critical tool for investors navigating today’s market.
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We recognized a strategic recalibration in insurers’ alternative investment activities, reflecting a more measured pace of capital deployment with approximately a 30% reduction in capital calls and new commitments between Q3 2022 and Q3 2023.
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During GCM Grosvenor’s 2025 Annual Forum, Chief Investment Officer Fred Pollock shared insights into the opportunities and challenges shaping the upcoming year’s alternatives landscape.
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We believe there are three key themes for insurance investors entering 2024: maintain investment discipline, expand the investment universe, and extract incremental value from capital and partners
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The secondaries market has emerged as a critical pillar of private equity, experiencing record-breaking activity in 2024 with deal volume on track to exceed $140 billion.
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In the evolving investment landscape, co-investing stands out as an effective way to gain exposure to private equity, offering investors a potential pathway to enhanced returns and diversified portfolios.
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Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. No assurance can be given that any investment will achieve its given objectives or avoid losses. Unless apparent from context, all statements herein represent GCM Grosvenor’s opinion.
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Peter Braffman of GCM Grosvenor joins host Stewart Foley to discuss how repricing, capital flows, and operational performance are reshaping real estate investing for institutional and insurance investors.
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Scott Littman of GCM Grosvenor joins Stewart Foley to discuss infrastructure investing and its role in modern insurance portfolios.
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Fred Pollock, CIO, and Steve McMillan, Head of Credit Research at GCM Grosvenor, explore the rise of private credit secondaries, discussing liquidity, pricing dynamics, and how insurers can access high-quality performing assets at a discount.
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