James Taylor

The 2013 PEI 300: "Not them again…"

Analysis from PERACS identifies the most likely competitor for firms in the PEI 50 – and it’s not TPG

The 2013 PEI 300: Money and power

Energy-focused firms continue to see strong demand from investors, with four firms making this year’s top 20.

First Round: Pot luck

Private equity investors love a niche strategy these days. And strategies don’t get much more niche than that of Privateer Holdings, a new US investment group founded by Silicon Valley Bank alumnus Brendan Kennedy.

The 2013 PEI 300: Venture to dream

A handful of venture firms are mixing it in the upper echelons of the PEI 300 – led by US stalwarts Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates

First Round: Free for all

As an alpha wolf who roams the plains alone, First Round has never been big on solidarity (Lech Walesa notwithstanding).

The 2013 PEI 300: Europe on the slide

Europe’s financial woes are starting to make their presence felt on the fundraising front

First Round: Valley girls

If there’s one thing private equity knows about, it’s ancillary services. Buyout firms like nothing better than a high margin business with a defensible niche providing highly repeatable services to a growing market.

The 2013 PEI 300: Advent of better days?

Advent International – which appears in our top 10 for the first time – showed it was still possible for good firms to raise big funds last year

The 2013 PEI 300: The Top Ten

TPG’s five-year fundraising total is well down on the equivalent figure from 12 months ago – but it’s still outpacing all its private equity rivals

The 2013 PEI 300: Bye-bye boom years

Our Research & Analytics team’s exclusive like-for-like ranking of private equity direct investment programmes suggests the mega-firms are not quite as dominant as they once were.