Private Equity
An integrated platform of primary, secondary and co-investment strategies

By the numbers
year track record of managing institutional private equity portfolios1
in commingled and custom account vehicle assets under management1
core investment stategies: Primaries, Secondaries and Co-investments
Seasoned investor Billy Taki rejoins Mesirow Private Equity’s highly tenured team
In his new role, Billy will support the investment team’s efforts to select primary partnerships, co-investments and secondaries alongside best-in-class private equity sponsors.

Competitive advantages
Focus
Our highly selective underwriting standards are applied to secure allocations from the most established private equity leaders and to identify the next generation of emerging investment talent.
Team
Informed by decades of market experience, our team rigorously evaluates a high volume of opportunities sourced from our trusted industry relationships.
Results
Our disciplined execution and risk mitigation strategies have delivered consistent performance across market cycles.
Connecting investors to the most impactful private market opportunities
Primary investments
Our primary fund-of-funds delivers broad market coverage with diversification by manager, vintage year, sub-asset class, geography and investment type.
High-conviction portfolio construction: We historically partner with only 8-12 top-performing managers each year.
Secondary investments
Our secondary funds pursue a range of transaction types including GP-led continuation vehicles, direct secondaries and the traditional purchase of fund interests.
We emphasize continuation vehicles for marquee assets alongside proven sponsors in sectors where we can leverage our extensive underwriting experience.
Co-investments
Our co-investment funds target approximately 20 direct investments sourced exclusively from our network of elite private equity sponsors in North America and Western Europe.
We are a partner of choice for our thoughtful, transparent and highly-efficient decision-making process.
Customized separate accounts
We tailor single-investor vehicles to investor preferences with regard to sub-asset class, deployment pace and other key parameters
Investors benefit from enhanced control and the ability to refine guidelines as their priorities or market conditions evolve

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