Dry powder, an informal word referring to cash reserves and highly-liquid securities that private equity and venture capital firms have available to deploy when an opportunity arises, is expected to ...

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After recording its first annual decline in more than a decade in 2024, the amount of dry powder held by private market funds began to grow again in 2025. Closed-end private capital funds globally ...

The mountain of dry powder — money that investors have committed to private equity and venture capital funds — has set a new record high, as firms anticipate that deal markets will continue improving.

Dry powder at private capital firms has reached yet another record high — but it’s nothing to be concerned about, according to McKinsey & Co. In a new report on the private markets industry, the ...

Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF offers a stable, low-risk vehicle for holding cash or 'dry powder' amid overvalued asset classes. VBIL closely tracks the Fed Funds Rate, providing a current yield ...