
The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of U.S. publicly listed private equity companies. It defines “listed private equity companies” as Leverage Finance Providers and Buyout Firms, Sponsors, and Asset Managers (collectively, “Listed Private Equity Companies”) that are listed and traded on a U.S. national securities exchange. The fund is non-diversified.
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The private equity market will likely drive IPO volumes higher than 2024, but the strength of the PE market could cap the size of deals brought to the market. Activity in the US IPO market started off as a trickle, but a flurry of activity in the last week of January brought the YTD total to $3.6 billion. The weighted average equity price performance of U.S. IPOs by sector shows that every sector was higher on average by day 50 post-issuance, with information technology being the highest at 30.7%.

As the global private equity industry took tentative steps toward recovery in 2024, Japan raced ahead. The value of private equity investment in Japan jumped nearly 41% over the prior-year total in 2024, far outpacing the 25% year-over-year gain in global private equity deal value, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.

Private capital – encompassing private equity and private credit – is in the midst of a bit of a renaissance at the moment. IPO activity hit a peak in 2021, the year after the pandemic and then promptly plunged to levels not seen in years.