IPEM Global 2025 started on Wednesday, September 24th with the IPEM LP Congress (only for LPs), a powerful and advanced forum built by Allocators for Allocators, and the Opening Reception (open to all IPEM participants)!
The next day, the big event begins and opens its doors at the Palais des Congrès, Paris, France, with more than 6,000 participants!
Time to pack your bags: IPEM Paris 2025 is here. This year’s theme, “Winning the Long Game”, sets the stage for another high-calibre edition, with leading voices such as Lionel Assant, Global Co-CIO of Blackstone, and Valérie Baudson, CEO of Amundi, headlining the agenda.
EQT has stepped into the ELTIF arena to widen its EQT Nexus evergreen offering. The new fund, EQT Nexus ELTIF Private Equity, is the fifth fund on its evergreen platform. Under the ELTIF 2.0 regulatory framework, EQT can now plant the seeds of retail distribution, giving non-professional investors across Europe and the EEA access to EQT’s Private Capital strategies at a lower minimum investment threshold.
In a galaxy not so far away a new force has awoken in private credit. Kroll, a provider of global financial and risk advisory solutions, and StepStone Group have unleashed the Kroll StepStone Private Credit Benchmarks. This new standard signals a major step forward for investors seeking sharper insights across regions, sectors, size, and loan security; and, crucially, helps them bring balance to portfolio monitoring and capital allocation decision-making.
The Campbell Lutyens Secondary Market Overview Report reveals that the secondary market teed off 2025 with a monster drive, smashing $110 billion in volume; that’s a 59% year-on-year gain and the biggest front nine on record. LP-led deals were finding the fairway at a 13.3% discount on average, though senior credit and infra funds were barely in the rough at just 6 to 8%.