Adam Le
Adam Le is Senior Editor, EMEA, for PEI Group's private equity publications, overseeing the flow of global news and analysis for Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor. Based in London, Adam works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI's offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. Prior to PEI, his roles included reporting on finance and technology for Bloomberg Japan.
The firm is set to close a deal to move one asset from its $7bn 2012-vintage Tactical Opportunities Fund into a continuation vehicle.
The bank's secondaries advisory group has teamed up with its fund financing unit and has executed around 20 private equity loans over the last two years.
This year’s PEI 300 shows the strategy is far from over.
An analysis of private equity funds by Upwelling Capital shows holding funds for longer than 10 years brings more downside risk than upside potential.
G Square Capital has been making bets in an industry with 'colossal' levels of regulation and a diverse region to make outsized returns.
Ruulke Bagijn, the new head of the firm’s AlpInvest and Metropolitan units, says co-investment and secondaries funds will remain part of the core of the business.
The private equity giant's push into impact investing relies on the GP relationships and fund commitments its Strategic Partners unit has built.
LPs will push for more transparency and customisation of their investments, liquidity will play a greater role but robo-advisors won’t negate the need for trust between LPs, GPs and service providers
Deal volume rose almost 50% last year, buoyed by mega-deals, according to the consultancy Bain & Co.
Full disclosure and fairness opinions are the best ways to mitigate potential conflicts of interest in stapled deals.