Private Equity

Isobel Markham

News & Analysis

Apollo shifts Fund IX focus to distressed-for-control as PE portfolio plunges

Apollo’s private equity portfolio depreciated by 21.6%, with several vehicles across the platform facing clawbacks.

3 min read · 01 May 2020

News & Analysis

CD&R hits $10bn mark on Fund XI

The operationally focused firm is closing in on the $13bn target for its latest flagship during a tough fundraising environment.

3 min read · 01 May 2020

New leaders for a new era in private equity

Our list of future leaders of PE recognises the investors, dealmakers, fundraisers, operators and lawyers who will shape the asset class in years to come.

2 min read · 01 May 2020

Editor's View

Whatever people think of PE, now is not the time for reform

Excluding private equity-backed companies from government assistance programmes only harms those pensions and employees society is striving to protect.

3 min read · 23 April 2020

News & Analysis

Blackstone’s PE portfolio down 21.6% as market rout takes toll

The firm received net inflows of $27bn, including almost $5bn in the last two weeks of March for its latest core private equity fund, according to its earnings announcement Thursday.

3 min read · 23 April 2020

Editor's View

Japanese private equity is well placed to face a crisis

Our annual Japan Special showcases the tenacious local managers that have persisted through a tough market. It is this grit and determination that gives them confidence to face the next downturn.

2 min read · 16 April 2020

‘Most GPs are simply in fire control mode’

Joncarlo Mark, a former senior portfolio manager at CalPERS, gives his take on the current market: how LP co-investments will fare, what the opportunity set looks like and whether LPs will have to ‘walk away’ from some capital commitments.

8 min read · 02 April 2020

Featured

One in five LPs to slow PE commitments due to covid-19

An exclusive investor survey conducted by PEI reveals three quarters of LPs will not reduce their target allocations to private markets in the face of the denominator effect.

3 min read · 01 April 2020

Featured

New Jersey increases breathing room for private equity

The pension plan fast-tracked adoption of an ‘allowable allocation’ of up to 15% to allow for flexibility in times of volatility.

3 min read · 26 March 2020

News & Analysis

Bain releases covid-19 PE risk assessment tool

The consulting firm has created an interactive diagnostic tool to help private equity-backed companies facing coronavirus-related risks.

2 min read · 25 March 2020

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