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StepStone Group Inc. (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm in the portfolio management industry, and its news flow reflects its activities across private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate. This page aggregates news and press releases related to StepStone, giving readers a single place to review the company’s latest announcements and market updates.
According to its public communications, StepStone focuses on customized private markets investment solutions, advisory mandates and data services for institutional and private wealth clients. News items often highlight new partnerships, such as collaborations with Aviva to support UK pension strategies or with FTSE Russell to launch the FTSE StepStone Global Private Market Indices using StepStone’s proprietary fund-level data.
Readers can expect coverage of earnings announcements and financial results, including quarterly updates where StepStone reports management and advisory fees, performance fees, assets under management, assets under advisement and related non-GAAP metrics. Regulatory filings and governance developments, such as amendments to the company’s certificate of incorporation or outcomes of annual shareholder meetings, also appear in company news and associated SEC reports.
In addition, StepStone’s news includes business expansion and transaction activity. Examples include the opening of new offices in Madrid and Riyadh, the growth of StepStone Real Estate Partners V, and real estate transactions like the planned recapitalization of Vitalia in Spain. Updates on evergreen private markets funds available through distribution partners and developments in StepStone Private Wealth Solutions also feature in its communications.
Investors and observers who follow STEP news can use this page to monitor how StepStone is evolving its global footprint, product offerings and partnerships in private markets. Regularly reviewing the news feed can help contextualize the firm’s strategic direction and its role within the broader private markets and portfolio management landscape.
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Moonbounce offers a production control engine plus a sandboxed Playground for testing policies before deployment.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) on March 31, 2026 closed a structured solutions vehicle with $3.1 billion of commitments to invest predominantly in private market secondaries. The vehicle is described as the largest of its kind to date and offers institutional investors flexible, capital-efficient access to StepStone’s secondaries platform.
Ares agreed to serve as primary capital provider, Barings Portfolio Finance provided significant rated financing, and Citi acted as structuring and placement agent. Multiple law firms served as counsel to the parties.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) announced promotions effective March 10, 2026, naming 11 new partners, 1 new senior managing director and 18 new managing directors. The announcement lists promoted individuals, their base locations and team assignments across private equity, venture, private debt, real estate, tax, portfolio management and investor relations.
The company highlighted continued performance and growth, and the CEO congratulated the promoted leaders for contributing to client results and firm expansion.
Glade Brook closed the oversubscribed Gondola Fund with over $1 billion in capital commitments on March 10, 2026. The Fund was anchored by StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) with participation from affiliates of BlackRock and was raised in under four months.
The Gondola Fund acquires and manages a concentrated portfolio of growth-equity assets spun out of Glade Brook Strategic Growth III, providing SG III investors with full or partial liquidity or the option to re-subscribe while bringing new long-term capital into the portfolio. Firmwide assets under management exceed $4 billion, more than 100% growth year-on-year.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) on March 9, 2026 announced a stock repurchase program authorizing up to $100 million to buy Class A common stock. The company cited strong free cash flow and a framework balancing its recurring quarterly dividend with a supplemental annual dividend. Repurchases may occur via open market, privately negotiated transactions or Rule 10b5-1 plans, and will be subject to management discretion, market conditions and legal requirements. The program may be modified, suspended or discontinued and does not obligate the company to repurchase any shares.
StepStone (NYSE:STEP) and Bain released their 2026 Private Equity GP Outlook based on a Dec 2025–Jan 2026 survey of 100+ GP investment and IR professionals across North America and Europe. Key themes: value creation as the primary return driver, valuation as the top deal obstacle, rising use of continuation vehicles, fee pressure and discounts, sustained demand for co-investments, and growing secondary-market importance.
The report highlights AI helping deal sourcing and diligence, while ~40% of GPs expect no material AI financial impact in 2026 within portfolios.
StepStone Real Estate (Nasdaq: STEP) was awarded Global Indirect Firm of the Year and European Deal of the Year by PERE on March 2, 2026. The European award recognized SRE's recapitalization of Vitalia via SREP V, its GP-led secondaries fund.
Jeff Giller, Partner and Head of StepStone Real Estate, highlighted the honors as recognition of the firm's leadership in real estate secondaries and co-investments and the strength of its GP-led secondaries platform.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) announced that CEO Scott Hart and Head of Strategy Mike McCabe will present at the RBC Capital Markets Global Financial Institutions Conference on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 4:00 pm ET.
A live webcast and replay will be available via StepStone's investor website.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) announced a partnership with Utmost to give UK-based clients access to StepStone’s evergreen private markets strategies across private equity, venture & growth, private credit, and private infrastructure.
The agreement aims to broaden UK savers’ portfolio diversification and aligns with government-backed initiatives to boost investment in unlisted equities. StepStone said its private wealth AUM tripled in the past fifteen months.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 results for the period ended December 31, 2025, and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share, payable March 13, 2026 to holders of record as of February 27, 2026.
Management will host a webcast and conference call on February 5, 2026 at 5:00 pm ET; a replay will be available on the Shareholders section of the company website.