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MM&K recently conducted its annual survey of the latest trends in PE and VC fund managers’ compensation. Director Nigel Mills reveals the findings.
Todd Boudreau argues that ILPA’s model LPAs can give emerging managers an edge in a highly competitive market, helping to attract new relationships and reduce the costs and complexities of negotiation.
Single-asset secondaries deals can allow managers to realise the dream of holding prized assets for longer, but present novel challenges for LPs to evaluate, writes capital raiser Ed Stubbings.
Perceived challenges in the debt markets this year and the uncertainty around the route back from covid-19 makes group deals a viable alternative, writes Mayer Brown's James West.
The factors that make fintechs attractive private equity targets remain unchanged against the drop in volume last year, write Robert Ohrenstein and Jeremy Welch of KPMG.
Regulators are seeking to remove barriers to fintech innovation while also protecting consumers, write Benjamin Lyon and John Young, international counsels at Debevoise & Plimpton.
GPs and LPs need to be realistic and flexible to reconstruct alignment in the most challenging of situations, write executives from the boutique investment advisory firm.
Private equity firms need to take a different approach when communicating with LPs and employees during the covid-19 crisis, writes communications firm Greenbrook’s Andrew Honnor.
Lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis outline the most important issues related to the latest regulations on foreign investment in the US.
We should banish the idea that listed markets are the ‘right’ reference for pricing assets, writes Cyril Demaria.