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Alex Lynn and Adam Le

Editor's View

When it comes to succession, scale plays an outsized role

When faced with an unexpected succession issue, it helps to be a huge, multi-strategy business.

3 min read · 18 August 2022

Editor's View

Why 2022 will be a time for discipline

Unslakable investor thirst for the asset class has contributed to some of the best fundraising conditions in history and led to concerns over how managers are putting that money to work.

3 min read · 18 November 2021

Editor's View

Petershill IPO: A unique exit route for a unique set of circumstances

Don’t expect every GP stakes manager and their dog to be listing a portfolio of stakes in alternatives managers anytime soon.

3 min read · 09 September 2021

Alignment of Interest

Novalpina: How a ‘dysfunctional’ power struggle sparked a GP removal vote

Increasingly litigious interactions and overt hostility at Novalpina has increased the appeal of a possible third-party replacement, PEI understands.

5 min read · 29 July 2021

Japan forges its own ESG approach

The country’s limited partners will continue to favour corporate engagement over exclusionary screening of controversial sectors.

5 min read · 01 April 2021

People

Baring Vostok founder and three employees detained in Russia

The four members of one of Russia's oldest private equity firms were detained on Thursday due to a dispute pertaining to retail bank Orient Express, a Baring Vostok portfolio company.

2 min read · 15 February 2019

Spin-Outs

AlpInvest and LGT back Dutch bank’s PE spin-out

The private equity unit of ABN AMRO, the Netherlands' third-largest bank, have spun out in a Lazard-advised deal.

2 min read · 20 November 2018

Fundraising

CVC seeks €4bn for second long-life vehicle – exclusive

The firm has widened its potential LP base for CVC Capital Partners Strategic Opportunities II, Private Equity International has learned.

2 min read · 19 February 2018

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