Carmela Mendoza

Looming elections may not prove a hot button issue for PE

Market participants we've spoken to in recent weeks don't appear as perturbed by potential political change as you might expect.

Carlyle to launch private equity product for wealth channel

Chief executive Harvey Schwartz identified the firm's wealth business as one of its key strategic objectives for 2024.

ELTIF 2.0 takes off

The amended European Long-Term Investment Fund opens the field to new products and fund of funds strategies.

What's in a long-term fund?

The key differences between Europe’s ELTIF and the UK’s LTAF, from eligibility requirements and borrowing limits to management and governance.

LPs aren’t aligned on the negotiation of fund terms

GPs need to get ready for increasing compliance requirements, especially as the industry expects more inflows from individual investors, a conference has heard.

PE fundraising slips for second year in a row amid tougher deal environment – updated

Capital raised in final closes last year slid to $785bn, with total inflows to the smallest number of vehicles since 2019.

GP-led secondaries activity will drive deal volumes in 2024

Dealmaking is due for a comeback this year with the return of financial sponsors and more demand for liquidity, according to a panel at IPEM Cannes.

Kirkland, Simpson Thacher and Fried Frank top PEI’s fund formation table

Kirkland & Ellis lead on aggregate value and volume in our latest ranking of the most active law firms in private equity.

French wealth managers want more private markets despite illiquidity worries

More than half of distributors seek vehicles with a minimum investment under €100,000 and plan to commit more capital to debt and secondaries, according to a report from Reach Capital.

CalSTRS’ Ailman: Titan of PE asset allocation leaves enviable legacy

Christopher Ailman, one of the longest serving public CIOs in the US, has been instrumental in growing the pension’s private markets portfolio and continues to shine a light on sustainability and ESG.