Isobel Markham is Editor of Private Equity International, overseeing the editorial content of the monthly magazine and contributing news and analysis for PrivateEquityInternational.com. Based in New York, Isobel works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI Media’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
It’s not often that PEI interviews someone who speaks frankly about living ‘in danger’. In 2019, Bill Browder, once the most prolific international investor in Russia, did just that.
The investment giant’s flagship private equity funds have delivered a gross return of 27% over the last 12 months as fundraising continues for its record Asia fund.
The firm expects some investors to pause new commitments as the board’s conflicts committee conducts an independent review into co-founder Leon Black’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
The firm saw ‘renewed momentum’ on the deal side in the third quarter, and more than $15bn of inflows across asset classes, including $2.3bn for Blackstone Growth.
Hamilton Lane’s long-time CEO explains the role he thinks private markets can play in the post-coronavirus rebuild, and how we should interpret the public markets rally.
The permanent positive and negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic on businesses are equally difficult to analyse, according to panellists at PEI’s virtual Operating Partners Forum NY.