As 2025 nears its end, private equity firms are facing the fourth year of a slide in fundraising. During the first nine months these funds have raised $906.9 billion, down from more than $1.7 trillion in 2022, the year fundraising first began to decline, according to new data from PitchBook.
Hilary Wiek, senior strategist at PitchBook, noted that both the number of funds closing and the amount of capital raised remain weak. READ MORE