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What Two Decades of Public Pension Data Tell Us About Private Equity

Mature private equity funds at CalSTRS and CalPERS returned a 13.3% mean IRR. What vintage year, manager persistence, and fund size actually explain.

Sep 22, 2026
Mark Buffington
Advisor Insights

Marking Honestly: Turning a Measurement Problem into an Operating Advantage

Appraised marks understate private-market risk. How desmoothing, look-through, and manager dispersion change what allocators should demand.

Sep 17, 2026
BIP Capital
Market Outlook

Reading McKinsey's State of AI in 2026 as an Investor

What McKinsey's 2026 State of AI data mean for advisors and allocators: workflow redesign, build-versus-buy, and which operating models stay durable.

Sep 15, 2026
BIP Capital
Advisor Insights

Interval Funds and Evergreen Structures: How They Work and What RIAs Should Ask

Interval funds repurchase shares quarterly at NAV, usually capped at 5-25%. Here is how evergreen structures work and what RIAs should ask before allocating.

Sep 10, 2026
BIP Capital
Market Outlook

Future of Organizations: Mathematical Expressions of Work

How automation and mathematical modeling are essential to transforming organizational roles, workflows, and competitiveness

Sep 9, 2026
BIP Capital
Advisor Insights

Why Does Manager Selection Matter More in Private Markets Than in Public Markets?

How wide the manager spread really runs in private equity, why the market never corrects it, and what advisors should evaluate before committing capital.

Sep 3, 2026
BIP Capital
Advisor Insights

After the Exit: How Distribution Waterfalls Decide Who Gets Paid, and When

Return of capital, preferred return, GP catch-up, residual split: how each waterfall tier works, and why identical gross returns can pay investors very differently.

Sep 2, 2026
BIP Capital
Advisor Insights

Volatility Laundering and the Efficient Frontier: Why Smoothed Private‑Market Marks Distort Allocation

The efficient frontier has governed institutional allocation for seven decades, and for most of that time the debate has focused on its shape: where the curve bends, how far alternatives push it up and to the left, and which mix sits at the tangency point.

Aug 25, 2026
BIP Capital
Portfolio

Nine BIP Ventures Portfolio Companies Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000

Nine companies in the BIP Ventures portfolio have been named to this year's Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine's annual ranking of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America. Ranking is based on percentage revenue growth over a three-year period.

Aug 19, 2026
BIP Capital
Advisor Insights

When the Signal Breaks: Private Markets and the Erosion of the Standard Diligence Test

Private credit default rates and private equity interim marks have lost diagnostic power. What allocators should evaluate instead in 2026 — PIK trajectory, covenant structure, and DPI.

Aug 18, 2026
BIP Capital
Market Outlook

Future of Organizations Series: The Impact of AI on HR

AI is not an upgrade cycle. It is reshaping every layer of the org chart at once. How C-suite, managers, and individual contributors are being repriced.

Aug 13, 2026
BIP Capital
Advisor Insights

Carried Interest, the 8% Hurdle, and the Terms That Determine Whether a GP's Incentives Align With the LP's

What carried interest, the 8% preferred return, catch-up, waterfall, and clawback terms reveal about whether a fund manager's incentives align with investors.

Aug 11, 2026
BIP Capital

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