Tech-focused Tenzing Private Equity raised £400m in nine weeks without one face-to-face meeting. Client services head Liv Simpson shares what they learned.
5 min read · 07 September 2020
Covid-19 has left mid-market companies struggling like the rest, but the National Center for the Middle Market's Thomas A Stewart and Doug Farren see light at the end of the tunnel.
4 min read · 31 August 2020
The value in the range of liquidity options available to private equity managers lies in their bespoke nature. Details of the offered terms and their practical operation should be carefully scrutinised, write Katie McMenamin and Ed Ford.
5 min read · 31 August 2020
To truly thrive, the industry should expand its re-evaluation of systems and processes to include a rethinking of its purpose, writes EY’s Andres Saenz.
4 min read · 24 August 2020
The proposed bill will likely become law in early 2021 and will likely affect private equity investment activity into the UK, write lawyers from Akin Gump.
4 min read · 14 August 2020
Helen Parsonage and Dan Faundez of law firm Osborne Clarke outline some practical tips should the situation arise.
4 min read · 10 August 2020
MM&K recently conducted its annual survey of the latest trends in PE and VC fund managers’ compensation. Director Nigel Mills reveals the findings.
4 min read · 04 August 2020
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.
4 min read · 30 July 2020
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.
3 min read · 24 July 2020
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.
4 min read · 09 July 2020
