Private Equity

Toby Mitchenall and Isobel Markham

Editor's View

Your LPs want you to take the state aid lifeline

Investors are expecting their GPs to do everything they can to save portfolio companies and keep employees on the payroll – and that includes accepting eligible government support.

3 min read · 14 May 2020

News & Analysis

Carl Thoma: Private equity has become 'self-centred'

The 40-year private equity veteran on Thoma Bravo’s meteoric scale-up and why the industry started to attract negative headlines.

6 min read · 06 April 2020

News & Analysis

Bill Browder on investing in Russia: ‘You risk going to jail or dying’

Fund manager-turned-activist Bill Browder made his money investing in public equities in emerging markets; now he has all his capital invested in private equities in developed markets. As a man wanted dead by the Russian establishment, he has an interesting take on investment risk.

7 min read · 03 April 2019

Featured

Funds of funds: more relevant than ever

Once viewed as a dying breed, here are five reasons why funds of funds will stay relevant and justify that extra layer of fees.

3 min read · 21 March 2019

Has Bill McGlashan poisoned the impact well?

Don’t be surprised if TPG goes on to successfully raise the second Rise Fund; the actions of its erstwhile boss, however, may make it harder for other impact investors.

3 min read · 15 March 2019

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Carlyle's D'Aniello: Strengthen your balance sheet now

The co-founder and chairman emeritus of The Carlyle Group talks to PEI about performance, fundraising and how GPs should be preparing for a downturn.

6 min read · 23 January 2019

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Andrea Auerbach knows you are going to spin out before you do

Cambridge Associates’ head of private markets Andrea Auerbach makes it her business to know all about your business – including whether your best dealmakers are heading for the exit.

7 min read · 05 September 2018

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DOWNLOAD: The state of VC in six charts

Frenzied fundraising, growing deal size and longer holds: in this six-slide interactive presentation we examine some key indicators of the state of venture capital.

1 min read · 31 May 2018

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