StepStone Group

?? We’re happy to announce StepStone has been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for the second consecutive year! ?? This achievement reflects the culture we've cultivated at StepStone—one that thrives on entrepreneurial spirit, teamwork, and collaboration. We’re deeply grateful to our talented team for their dedication and hard work in earning this recognition. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ZKmlqx #BestPlacesToWork #TeamSTEP #PrivateMarkets #CultureMatters

We had a great time at Sanctuary Wealth's IMS2025, where insightful discussions, valuable connections and innovative strategies took center stage. StepStone was proud to contribute to two dynamic panels: ?? Infrastructure Investing: Brett Schlemovitz joined industry leaders to discuss how infrastructure investments drive diversification and deliver strong risk-adjusted returns. ?? AI & Venture Capital: @Tyler Caldwell and co-panelists explored how AI is revolutionizing deal sourcing, data analysis and portfolio monitoring. Great conversations, great insights—looking forward to what’s next! #BetOnYourself #PowerOfPartnership #WealthManagement #FinancialAdvisors #IMS2025 Andre Williams

Direct lending has long been recognized for its attractive, stable risk-adjusted returns as well as its penchant for outperforming public markets during periods of stress ?? Our latest paper, Private debt made accessible, highlights the potential benefits of private debt and explores how novel fund structures are enabling both institutional and individual investors to access new opportunities in the asset class. https://bit.ly/4hsmrZg #PrivateDebt #EvergreenFunds

Christian Fingerle, Senior Managing Director at #StepStone, will be speaking at PEI's Infrastructure Investor Network Global Summit on the LP Panel: Fundraising realities: Balancing growth and pricing in digital infrastructure. He’ll join industry experts to discuss investor sentiment in digital infrastructure, strategies for navigating regulatory frameworks and what’s driving success in this space. Learn more about the summit here: https://bit.ly/41gAhrY

We are pleased to present StepStone Real Estate’s 2025 Europe Research Outlook webinar which provides a brief recap of 2024 and the outlook for 2025. While we focus on European region property market fundamentals, we also cover capital market trends. https://bit.ly/3QHoq18 We recently released a similar webinar and presentation on the real estate market in the US and will post one on Asia soon. #SRE #RealEstate #Europe #MarketOutlook

We recently held our StepStone 2025 Venture and Growth Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, FL—an event that brought together our entire venture and growth ecosystem. We're incredibly grateful to our supportive investors, GPs, CEOs, and friends of the firm for their continued partnership. ?? This year's event featured engaging discussions on key industry trends, including a shift to deep tech and defense tech, the future of AI, advancements in defense technology, a futurist’s glimpse into tomorrow’s world, and how firms are evolving in a rapidly changing market. Special thanks to our guest speakers for their participation and for continuously making a meaningful impact on the VC ecosystem. ?? Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Anjney Midha, Andreessen Horowitz Katherine Boyle, Andreessen Horowitz Matt Markel, Epirus Babak Siavoshy, Anduril Industries Dino Mavrookas, Saronic Technologies Leon Chen, The Column Group Delian Asparouhov, Founders Fund Drew Oetting, 8VC Reid Christian, CRV Tomasz Tunguz, Theory Ventures Barry Eggers, Lightspeed #STEPVC #StepStoneVC #AGM #AnnualMeeting

We are pleased to share an article in PENSION REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION (PREA)'s Winter 2025 Quarterly: No One Else to Blame: Without Distributions, Funds Can't Raise Capital. In this piece, the StepStone Real Estate team leverages proprietary and general market data to provide insights on liquidity trends. The team addresses investor concerns about capital flows from existing non-core funds and the impact of slower flows on returns and new fundraising. As the headline indicates, this also addresses GP concerns about why investors aren’t making more commitments. Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3Fgrlew #SRE #StepStoneRealEstate #LiquidityTrends

Lindsay Creedon and Darren Friedman, partners, and co-leaders of StepStone’s private equity co-investment practice, recently participated in a Private Equity International Keynote Interview to discuss the benefits of private equity co-investing. For LPs, co-investing represents a highly efficient way to gain exposure to private equity. It can generate alpha, enhance diversification, and provide insights into how GPs operate and evaluate investments. On the GP side, relationships matter. Managers value long-term, trustworthy partners who can co-underwrite transactions alongside them and act quickly and flexibly to execute on opportunities across industries. Check out their interview: https://bit.ly/4iqQi5c #PrivateEquity #CoInvestments #Investing #GPs #LPs

Tim Rees, CFA, a Principal at #StepStone, will be speaking at PEI's Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, joining the debate on GP-led vs. LP-led secondaries. The discussion will explore the role of continuation funds in value creation and liquidity provision, as well as the flexibility and pricing dynamics of LP-led transactions. More info on the conference can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e9FcKhw #SIRA #IIGS2025 #InfrastructureInvesting

StepStone Real Estate's Margaret McKnight will be speaking at the Real Estate Women’s Forum on March 12 in New York. This industry event brings together leaders in real estate capital markets, investments, and asset management to discuss key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the sector. Don’t miss the chance to hear from Margaret and other top executives as they share insights and strategies driving the industry forward. More on the event here: https://bit.ly/3QC1Yqb #RealEstate #Leadership #Networking #SRE