Adam Le is Senior Editor, EMEA, for PEI Media'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 question of whether the asset class really delivers outperformance or is simply a billionaire factory came to the fore in 2020 with professor Ludovic Phalippou's last word on the subject.
3 min read · 23 December 2020
The tech-focused investor's chairman and chief executive admitted to tax evasion on almost $200m of assets in October.
3 min read · 23 December 2020
Presenting the top 10 investors who, amid lockdowns and remote working challenges, continued to back private equity GPs and their funds this year.
2 min read · 22 December 2020
From best practices for leaving your existing firm to top tips on how to approach LPs, Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, managing partner of Glendower Capital, shares his thoughts in this 17-minute podcast.
1 min read · 17 December 2020
Remember that other huge market disrupting force causing uncertainty for the UK PE industry in everything from portfolio companies to fundraising?
2 min read · 03 December 2020
Portfolio Advisors is expanding its secondaries offerings with the launch of a dedicated fund focusing on GP-led restructurings. Stephen Sloan, who joined the firm last month having been private capital advisory head at Greenhill, will co-lead the effort.
2 min read · 06 November 2020
The country's largest public pension has been exploring how it could increase its private equity exposure and begin committing to other asset classes, according to head of alternatives Per Olofsson.
2 min read · 04 November 2020
Live sporting events have been some of the most disrupted due to covid-19, and yet private equity is still betting on big returns from the sector.
3 min read · 29 October 2020
The consumer-focused private equity firm raised more than €600m for its L Catterton Europe IV fund last year.
2 min read · 20 October 2020
The pandemic is an opportunity to return to a 'better normal', according to Yoshitaka Todoroki, who oversees PE and infra at the $1.5trn Japanese pension giant.
2 min read · 08 October 2020
