Private Equity’s Dividend Spree is Just Starting

As GP-led secondaries scale to record levels, top investors are flagging a widening gap between trophy assets and weaker deals, even as new financing tools like CFOs further blur the line between sale and securitization.

The transaction would generate liquidity for investors in a fund managed by Blackstone Strategic Partners.

Infrastructure managers are raising ever-larger funds to acquire power plants and grid assets, betting that electricity will become one of the scarcest commodities of the AI era.