For allocators, the formula for strong returns is simple: a blend of strategic portfolio construction and scrutinous manager selection.
Though the execution is a complex balance between quantitative and qualitative analysis, one of the first steps in manager selection will always be past performance.
The PitchBook 2025 Global Manager Performance Score League Tables rank each private equity firm’s family of funds by comparing their returns to similar funds raised in the same years. It then converts that outperformance (or underperformance) into a single 0-100 score, with 50 indicating average.
Topping the middle-market buyout category with a perfect 100 for the second year in a row is SSC Partners, the flagship family of Dallas-based Sole Source Capital. This is the only fund family across all 13 strategies in this year’s report to reach PitchBook’s scale ceiling. Its most recent vintage is open for commitments.
Here’s a list of the top-performing fund families per buyout category:
This article originally appeared on PitchBook News
