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.
Managing director Jay Park and two other private equity partners executives launched the firm in July.
2 min read · 24 July 2019
Preferred equity isn’t new but firms such as 17Capital are applying it to private equity via dedicated funds. In this 26-minute podcast we speak to managing partner Augustin Duhamel about the strategy that is quietly taking the market by storm.
1 min read · 02 July 2019
The firm is set to close a deal to move one asset from its $7bn 2012-vintage Tactical Opportunities Fund into a continuation vehicle.
3 min read · 28 June 2019
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.
2 min read · 17 June 2019
This year’s PEI 300 shows the strategy is far from over.
2 min read · 05 June 2019
An analysis of private equity funds by Upwelling Capital shows holding funds for longer than 10 years brings more downside risk than upside potential.
3 min read · 30 May 2019
G Square Capital has been making bets in an industry with 'colossal' levels of regulation and a diverse region to make outsized returns.
6 min read · 23 May 2019
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.
3 min read · 15 May 2019
The private equity giant's push into impact investing relies on the GP relationships and fund commitments its Strategic Partners unit has built.
2 min read · 09 May 2019
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
5 min read · 08 May 2019