Investors plan to put slightly more capital to work in private equity this year after commitments bottomed out in 2022. But don’t call it a comeback.

Rede Partners — a consultancy that advises private equity firms on primary fundraising, general-partner-led secondary transactions, and other projects — surveyed 149 limited partners this spring about their plans for capital earmarked for private equity funds. Among the investors surveyed, 26 percent of investors plan to decrease their capital deployment, 26 percent plan to increase it, and 48 percent said their deployment would remain unchanged. READ MORE