Newly opened executive searches in Private Equity appear to have grown 17% in Q3, while Venture Capital saw more modest gains. Though we’ll be getting our final numbers for the quarter shortly, it appears that both asset classes had strong quarters. Other privately held companies—as well as public companies—did not, however, with softer demand for executive talent in those areas. For Private Equity in particular, the estimates we have would give the asset class its strongest quarter in a year—something no other asset class could say about Q3.