James Taylor

Setter rolls out global liquidity rating

A new index may shed some more light on supply and demand in the secondary market.

Deal Mechanic: Evoco repowers zombie NEI

Evoco’s restructuring of an ailing private equity portfolio (backed by independent secondary firm Headway Capital) illustrates one way that the industry can deal with its many dysfunctional funds.

European venture seeks new Zenith

Two new funds highlight European venture capital’s need to innovate in order to attract new sources of funding – and overcome the scepticism of institutional investors.

First Round: It’s a Fund-erful life

Never mind the royal baby. As we all know, there was only one birthday that mattered this July: the 25th anniversary of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry.

First Round: Carry-okay

First Round loves nothing better than to spend a Saturday night dressed up as Ziggy Stardust, belting out a rousing rendition of Eye of the Tiger before teaming up with Guy Hands for a touching duet of Endless Love.

First Round: Kravisty of justice

One of the year’s oddest private equity stories emerged in the UK recently, with news that some unidentified miscreants have been attempting to finagle cash out of unwitting retail investors by pretending to be US behemoth Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

Nicholas Pye, Buyout Guy: Dull, dull, dull

Our hero reports on his summer holiday - aka a portfolio monitoring exercise - and delights in the fact that he gets to value his own deals.

Study: Lack of LP pressure slows VC exits

LPs need to be pushing harder to realise value from venture funds that are 10-12 years old, a report suggests – which may be good news for secondaries players.

VIDEO: CalSTRS, CalPERS chiefs speak out on IPOs

The CIOs of two of the world's biggest private equity investors, CalPERS and CalSTRS, tell PEI why they're worried about the growing number of managers going public.

GPs: Private equity can prevail despite pricing problems

Unrealistic price demands continue to stymie dealflow on both sides of the Atlantic - but diversification can help the industry to keep attracting capital, according to a panel of top GPs at the Milken Institute Global Conference.