Today’s fund administrators are a far cry from yesterday’s accounting firm spin-offs, offering services from back office outsourcing through to risk management and performance attribution, says Steven Millner of Gen II Fund Services.
6 min read · 31 May 2018
Partners Group's Steffen Meister believes the days of being able to buy private assets cheaper than public ones are over, but PE will continue to outperform public equities.
3 min read · 22 May 2018
2018 is already looking more challenging for China-outbound acquisitions with an ever-more unfriendly regulatory environment, both overseas and at home. However, carefully selected cross-border deals will still get done by Chinese buyers, write Jeff Wang and Mark Webster of investment bank BDA Partners.
4 min read · 17 May 2018
CEPRES created a model portfolio to allow us to analyse the performance of the asset class. In this first instalment Simon Tang introduces the portfolio and examines performance to date.
4 min read · 08 May 2018
The next decade will favour thematic investors that focus on China’s evolving mid-market, says Chris Lerner, head of Asia for Eaton Partners
6 min read · 30 April 2018
Fund finance facilities have traditionally been linked to uncalled LP commitments, but the focus is increasingly now on underlying portfolio investments. Leon Stephenson of Reed Smith explains the trend
5 min read · 19 April 2018
The regulatory basics for alternative fund managers wanting to entice the country’s institutional investors into their funds, by Molly Diggins and Albert Jun of Monument Group.
3 min read · 16 April 2018
NSSK managing partner Jun Tsusaka describes how the Japanese private equity market is gaining lasting momentum.
6 min read · 08 April 2018
A decade on from the financial crisis, private equity is thriving. Its renaissance owes much to the resilience of global markets and the ability of fund domiciles such as the Cayman Islands to adapt to new regulatory models, write Caroline Williams and Jason Allison from Walkers
10 min read · 28 March 2018
Negotiations and arrangements for the remaining portfolio can prove fiendishly complicated when a fund approaches the end of its term. Julie Corelli of Pepper Hamilton considers the challenges
10 min read · 25 March 2018
