Weekly Recap | 7.13.25

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Please see below for this week's headlines:

• [GP Stakes News special] We released our Inaugural Interview with none other than Michael Rees, Co-President of Blue Owl and Head of its GP Strategic Capital platform

• BlackRock to acquire ElmTree Funds

• Avshalom Kalichstein of Hunter Point Capital LP featured on Bloomberg yesterday discussing control M&A in alternative asset management and how HPC provides expertise to its partner firms

• Torys LLP's Danielle Kline, Batya Nadler, and Grace Mangusso publish article on GP Seeding

• Monroe Capital LLC acquires $100 million minority equity stake in NFS Capital

• PE Hub writes briefly on European GP Stakes and features Gilles Dusaintpère from AXA Investment Managers and Goodwin's Ravi Chopra and ​Jacqueline Eaves

• A&O Shearman writes on the increasing interest in GP Stakes by LPs in the Middle East

• In Blue Owl Capital's 2025 Midyear Outlook, Marc Lipschultz talks with Head of GP Strategic Capital Michael Rees

• Bradford Pilcher of Bonaccord Capital Partners joins the How To SaaS podcast to discuss GP Stakes

• Mergers and Acquisitions writes article on GP Stakes

• Omnigence Asset Management shares the appeal of investing in GP Stakes

• Isabelle SCEMAMA appointed to lead BNP Paribas and AXA Investment Managers combined alternatives capabilities, which includes AXA IM Prime, the GP Stakes strategy

• Norton Rose Fulbright's Richard Sheen and Clementine Hogarth releases Episode 2 of Asset Management M&A

• The Philippson family and La Maison Partners' management acquire ownership stakes in the firm

• Luca Spada acquires 10% stake of Vam Investments

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Have a great weekend!
- Max