Top 100 Private Equity Firms: 2017 List, Research and Rankings -

Preqin, a company that provides information, products and services to fund managers, investors, consultants and service providers, recently released its Special Report: The Private Equity Top 100 (February 2017).

According to the report, the top five GPs are:

Carlyle Group $66.7 billion aggregate capital raised in the last 10 years and $15.8 billion in dry powder;

Blackstone Group, $62.2 billion aggregate capital raised in the last 10 years and $31.9 billion in dry powder;

KKR, $59.7 billion aggregate capital raised in the last 10 years and $17.6 billion in dry powder;

Goldman Sachs, $55.6 billion aggregate capital raised in the last 10 years and $16 billion in dry powder; and

Ardian, $53.4 billion aggregate capital raised in the last 10 years and $22.3 billion in dry powder.

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The top five LPs are:

CPP Investment Board, $281 billion assets under management, with $44.4 billion allocated to private equity;

Abu Dubai Investment Authority, $792 billion assets under management, with $39.6 billion allocated to private equity;

GIC, $350 billion assets under management, with $31.5 billion allocated to private equity;

California Public Employees’ Retirement System, $305 billion assets under management, with $25.4 billion allocated to private equity; and

APG – All Pensions Group, $432 billion assets under management, with $21.6 billion allocated to private equity.

The report states that private equity’s total assets under management grew 4.2% from December 2015 to a new record of $2.49 trillion as of June 2016, which more than doubles the size of the industry at the end of 2006.

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Marissa B. Wiley is an associate in the Private Equity and Investment Funds group at Nixon Peabody. Read more Nixon Peabody blogs here.