PE Faces Another Lean Year as Buyout Distributions Remain Depressed

In 2021, American Securities began a peer mentoring program for new associate and vice president hires on the investment team and in the resources group.

From a cross-asset CFO to rising deferred-payment terms and billion-dollar continuation vehicles, private equity’s liquidity toolkit is converging — and testing how much of the real price GPs are willing to show.

From AI software to seasoned direct loans, continuation vehicles are becoming the private markets’ answer to a global shortage of exits.