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.
Shifting to this strategy used to be seen as a failure, but an early flow of carry can be very attractive.
The emerging markets-focused firm has no plans to pause fundraising on its $6bn private equity fund as it awaits an auditor's report on its 2015-vintage health fund.
Jean-François Boulier, chairman of the body which represents French institutional investors, says liquidity and reasonable fees will drive higher LP allocations to the asset class.
LPs are showing a growing appetite for such vehicles, the firm's head of European private equity tells PEI.
The appearance of limited partners on the buyside of deals has helped open up the market, according to dealmakers from KKR, Bridgepoint, PAI Partners and Astorg Partners at a conference in Cannes.
A picture paints a thousand words – download and compare fundraising figures across strategies and regions with our interactive charts for capital raised last year.
The global investment firm made 32 promotions globally including a Hong Kong-based client relationships professional to partner.
We sat down with the secondaries giant’s Vincent Gombault in May to discuss its record deal with the Gulf sovereign wealth fund.
Several vehicles that hold assets for longer than the traditional three to five years arrived on the scene this year and investors can expect more in 2018.
From sovereign wealth funds to family offices, limited partners bulked up direct investment teams and made large purchases in 2017.