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Jessica Hamlin

Los Angeles, New York, United States

Senior Funds Columnist at PitchBook

senior funds columnist @pitchbook. writing Capital Pool newsletter. Tips? [email protected] or on Signal at jessicahamlin.08.

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  • 2 days ago | pitchbook.com | Jessica Hamlin

    It’s no secret that President Donald Trump’s tariff policy saga clouded buyout managers’ ability to transact and get capital back to their limited partners. But the scale at which the trade war has impacted even the largest and most exclusive private market fund managers is just now coming to light.

  • 3 days ago | pitchbook.com | Jessica Hamlin

    Featured image by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Thoma Bravo Thoma Bravo completed fundraising for its latest flagship buyout fund amid a challenging fundraising environment for private equity. The software buyout behemoth gathered $24.3 billion for Thoma Bravo Fund XVI to continue its software buyout strategy, the firm announced on Tuesday. The figure comes directly in line with its predecessor vehicle, Thoma Bravo Fund XV, which closed at $24.3 billion in December 2022.

  • 1 week ago | pitchbook.com | Jessica Hamlin |Rosie Bradbury

    Taylor Swift is private equity’s new antihero. The 14-Grammy-winning artist repurchased her catalog of music from Shamrock Capital, after the buyout firm bought the rights in 2020 from her then-manager Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings, according to a statement on Swift’s official website. “All I’ve ever wanted was the opportunity to work hard enough to be able to one day purchase my music outright.” Swift wrote in the statement.

  • 3 weeks ago | pitchbook.com | Jessica Hamlin

    Mubadala was one of the world’s largest and most active sovereign investors last year. Its subsidiary, Mubadala Capital, was a big part of the story. Abu Dhabi’s second-largest sovereign wealth fund made $32.4 billion in commitments in 2024, up nearly a third from 2023, and its AUM grew 9% year-over-year, according to industry tracker Global SWF.

  • 4 weeks ago | pitchbook.com | Jessica Hamlin

    Mustafa Siddiqui’s secondaries firm, SQ Capital, is seeking roughly $1 billion for its first fund, capitalizing on an uptick in LP interest for exposure to the asset class, Buyouts reported. The former global head of Blackstone’s GP stakes strategy launched the firm in January to buy into both LP-led and GP-led transactions in the US and Europe, focusing on assets from middle-market funds between $350 million and $10 billion.

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9 May 25

RT @PitchBook: At the 2025 Milken Institute Global Conference, the annual confab of asset managers, owners, philanthropists, and celebritie…

Jessica Hamlin
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9 May 25

RT @PitchBook: Read @HKHeather & @JessicaAHamlin's full coverage of the conference here: https://t.co/vwqWYlihug

Jessica Hamlin
Jessica Hamlin @jessicaAhamlin
2 May 25

RT @pitdesi: Wild Impact in our world: hearing from multiple funds currently raising that universities have paused allocations. https://t.…