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The Liquidity Paradox

March 2026

Open-ended funds promise flexibility for GPs and liquidity for investors. But with perpetual capital comes perpetual complexity, particularly around FX hedging and liquidity.

Drawing on proprietary data from Validus and produced in collaboration with Private Equity Wire (PEW), this report demonstrates how hedging behavior differs meaningfully across asset classes and reveals a paradox: the short-dated hedging programs open-ended funds use to manage redemption risk create their own liquidity demands.

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