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.
Intriva Capital has held a first close on its sophomore fund which will target small to mid-market companies experiencing distress.
1 min read · 20 April 2020
PEI caught up with two private equity recruiters to find out about the state of hiring during covid-19 and how the crisis is affecting salary expectations.
1 min read · 15 April 2020
Vehicles such as HarbourVest Global Private Equity, Pantheon International and Neuberger Berman Private Equity Partners are trading at discounts as wide as 43%.
5 min read · 09 April 2020
Whitehorse Liquidity Partners is a rising star of the preferred equity market, led by one of the industry’s most charismatic figures. What’s behind its success? A strategy treated as ‘genius’ by some and with wariness by others.
9 min read · 01 April 2020
The firm is capital-raising across its Saturn, Genesis and Mercury vehicles.
2 min read · 23 March 2020
David Larsen, a managing director at Duff & Phelps, says investors should seek guidance from their GPs as to likely discounts.
2 min read · 19 March 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is one of multiple threats to manager-initiated deals, which accounted for around one-third of total secondaries market volume last year.
6 min read · 17 March 2020
Dag Skattum, Europe head of the asset manager's Long Term Private Capital fund, says family- and privately owned companies are attracted to a more flexible type of capital.
3 min read · 11 March 2020
Executive recruiters Mary Gay Townsend and Simon Nixon discuss the pros and cons of having your own investor relations team – and whether it's worth it.
1 min read · 10 March 2020
The global epidemic has wiped at least $1.5trn off global stock markets in the past week.
2 min read · 02 March 2020
