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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.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) was named one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for the third consecutive year on December 8, 2025. The recognition comes from Pensions & Investments' 14th annual survey, conducted with Workforce Research Group, using a two-part evaluation: ~20% employer policies and ~80% employee-experience survey. StepStone emphasized its culture and core values of agility, transparency, collegiality, and humility as central to attracting and retaining talent and supporting its private markets client solutions. The release directs readers to Pensions & Investments for the full 2025 winners list and firm profiles.
Willow Wealth (CG) launched direct access to three evergreen private markets funds from Carlyle (CG), Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GS), and StepStone (STEP), offering investors curated exposure to private credit, private equity, and real estate. The three funds collectively represent $11.7 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2025, and sit within a broader evergreen fund market of more than $180 billion.
Willow Wealth positions these funds as fully deployed portfolios with a structure providing periodic liquidity, available now to accredited investors on its platform, with additional funds expected in coming months.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) appointed longtime partner Lindsay Creedon as Head of Private Equity, effective January 1, 2026. Creedon joined StepStone in 2010, became a partner in 2015, and currently co-chairs the Private Equity Investment Committee while serving as Co-Head of Private Equity Co-Investments and a member of the Global Executive Committee.
CEO Scott Hart, who held the head role since 2017, will remain on the Private Equity Investment Committee and continue to support the firm’s global expansion. Creedon will keep her existing roles and continue managing key client relationships, including some of the firm’s largest private market investors.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) opened a new office in Madrid on November 17, 2025, marking its ninth European office and reinforcing its expansion in Southern Europe. The Madrid office will be managed by Guglielmo Russo Walti as Iberian Regional Lead, Business Development and Client Relations.
Management said the office aims to deepen proximity to clients in Spain, Portugal and Andorra and to expand access to institutional-grade global investment opportunities. The firm now operates 31 offices worldwide, positioning it to serve rising demand for diversified, risk-adjusted portfolios.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) launched the StepStone Private Equity Strategies Fund (STPEX), an evergreen interval fund focused on private equity via secondaries and co-investments, now available to buy via ticker. The Fund launched in September and has attracted more than $750 million at inception. STPEX accepts U.S. investors with a $5,000 minimum, no accreditation requirement, daily valuation, and semi-annual repurchases currently intended at 5% of NAV. STPEX will be managed alongside institutional mandates by StepStone’s global private equity team.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, representing the second quarter of its fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share, payable on December 15, 2025 to holders of record as of November 28, 2025. Management hosted a webcast and earnings conference call on November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET; a detailed presentation and replay are available in the Shareholders section of the company website.
This announcement covers the dividend, quarter designation, and investor webcast access; no specific revenue, EPS or guidance figures were included in the release.
FTSE Russell and StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) launched the FTSE StepStone Global Private Market Indices on October 30, 2025. The indices combine StepStone’s fund-level dataset with FTSE Russell’s index engineering to deliver a daily benchmark series for private markets intended to reduce reporting lags and fragmented datasets.
The initial suite includes Daily Cash-Adjusted Indices and Daily Market Indices, designed to support portfolio benchmarking and the development of index-tracking private market products.
StepStone Group (NASDAQ: STEP) announced on October 23, 2025 that it has opened a new office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The firm said it received a license from the Capital Market Authority (CMA), marking StepStone’s first physical location in the Middle East and its 31st office across 19 countries. StepStone said the Riyadh office aims to deepen client relationships in the Kingdom, expand access to private market opportunities, and support Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) will release results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 (second quarter of fiscal year ending March 31, 2026) after market close on Thursday, November 6, 2025. Management will host a webcast and earnings conference call on November 6, 2025 at 5:00 pm ET to discuss results.
Investors can access the live webcast and register at the company's Shareholders website: https://shareholders.stepstonegroup.com. Live participants must register at https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BI6110359ebc534347ba5e789875bc419c to receive dial-in details and a PIN. A replay will be available on the shareholders website approximately two hours after the event concludes.
StepStone Real Estate (NASDAQ: STEP) finalized its GP-led secondaries program StepStone Real Estate Partners V (SREP V) at $5.3 billion in total commitments as of Oct 16, 2025.
In April 2025 the program had closed $4.5 billion (including a $3.77 billion commingled fund); as of Sept 30, 2025 an additional $800 million in discretionary co-investment commitments was secured. SREP V has committed to 12 investments totaling $3.2 billion to date, with an average investment size of about $266 million, compared with prior vintage averages of $33M, $63M and $118M. The firm cited a €1.5 billion planned recapitalization of Vitalia in Spain as a recent example of larger transactions.
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