View all insights
image

Private Equity Exits Tumble to Decade-Long Low as Managers Hold Back

(December 2022) Private equity fund managers have sharply pulled back on sales of their portfolio companies this year, with exits from their strategies perhaps the most visible evidence of a weakening market that has seen declining valuations, slower fundraising and other flagging indicators.

The drop in exits may even be magnified in the fourth quarter, according to a machine learning-driven prediction from CEPRES based on the strategic consulting group’s data and surveys of private asset owners globally. The Cepres analysis expects a 50% decline in cash exits this quarter alone.

Read the complete article on FundFire (opens in new window).

Administrators
Article
Brokers
Consultants
Due diligence
Fund of funds
Fund performance
Fundraising
General partners
Generating alpha
Investing trends
Limited partners
Market performance
Placement agents
Portfolio forecasting
Portfolio management
Research reports
Risk management

Read next

image

Maximizing Private Capital Returns While Managing Risk for Pension Funds

Public and private pension funds carry the immense responsibility of ensuring long-term financial stability for retirees. Achieving this goal requires navigating a complex investment landscape marked by uncertain markets, increasing regulatory demands, and the need for sustainable growth. In 2025, leveraging advanced portfolio management software and granular deal-level data has become crucial for pension funds investing in private capital markets. These tools help address key concerns like managing long-term liabilities, balancing risk and return, and ensuring transparency.

Download our whitepaper to gain deeper insights into how these tools can transform your portfolio strategy.

image

Introducing the DealEdge Free Trial: Unlock Market Insights with CEPRES Data

We’re excited to introduce the DealEdge Free Trial, powered by CEPRES' exclusive data. With the launch of this free trial, we’re also proud to announce that DealEdge has crossed the threshold to over 50,000 deals, covering 570+ subsectors and 200+ countries from 1970 to 2024.

image

How will the decline in interest rates affect the private capital markets?

The twenty-first century has experienced a range of different interest rate regimes - from the aperiodic near-zero interest rate environment of most of the 2010s to the fluctuations seen in the early 2000s, and now again (more sharply) in the 2020s.

Client Exclusives

Private credit: Spotlight on deals — the winners and losers & bounce back from the crisis

Read more
image

Navigating Private Debt: A Deep Dive into Historical Risk and Returns

Read more
image