GLOBAL INVESTOR 150 OVERVIEW
With a number of big-name LPs choosing to tamp down their PE exposure over the last few years, you could be forgiven for assuming the investment landscape must be relatively barren. However, the GI 150 –Private Equity International’s annual ranking of the world’s largest private equity investors – has proven this not to be the case. In fact, to account for how rapidly the investor universe is expanding, the former Global Investor 100 ranking has grown by 50 percent, presenting a wider and more detailed picture of the PE investment universe.
It paints a picture of a market that, despite fundraising hurdles, is still going strong: the top 100 investors on this year’s ranking had allocated $2.3 trillion to the asset class as of December, marking an 8.5 percent increase from a year prior, while the average allocation to PE has also crept up. While investors inevitably remain cautious, it’s clear they are still drawn to what private equity has to offer.
