The wall of capital raised for a distress cycle that never fully arrived is now aging. Fund managers face a choice: deploy into a competitive market or return capital.
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Record Dry Powder Meets a Narrow Window
Closed-end funds are sitting on historic reserves. The pressure to deploy is about to reshape pricing.
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Priya Nair
Capital Markets Editor
Jul 6, 2026 5 min Share
