Evidence of a slowdown in private equity fundraising continues to accumulate as concerns about lack of liquidity remain top of mind for institutional investors. Last year, global private equity fundraising across private equity strategies fell 12.7 percent to $480.29 billion, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. This was the third consecutive year that global fundraising declined. The slowdown is confirmed in data from Pitchbook, a data analytics firm. Using somewhat different definitions of PE strategies and data, its Global PE First Look report found that funds raised $407.5 billion globally across 2025, down from $611.6 billion raised in 2024. READ MORE