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Why Kim Kardashian might mildly lift PE’s SuperReturn Berlin show

Data company Pitchbook warns that the pace of capital commitments in Q1 'suggests that 2023 is already tracking well behind last year'

While Kim Kardashian is likely to steal the headlines at this year’s Berlin conference with a talk about her newly-launched PE firm, many buyout bosses behind the scenes will be putting renewed efforts into wooing investors

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The fundraising slowdown and the boom in private credit are set to dominate the agenda at this week’s SuperReturn, the private equity industry’s annual summer get-together.

While Kim Kardashian is likely to steal the headlines at this year’s Berlin conference with a talk about her newly-launched PE firm, many buyout bosses behind the scenes will be putting renewed efforts into wooing investors amid a frenzied fundraising race.

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