Madeleine Farman
Madeleine Farman is a senior reporter for PEI Group’s Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor titles, based in London. Prior to joining PEI, she had covered private equity, private capital and advisers associated with the industry for other newsrooms and publications since 2016. Originally from New Zealand, Madeleine began her career in radio in Auckland.
As a growing number of LPs look to buy and sell private equity fund stakes in the coming months, Madeleine Farman asks whether there are bargains to be had.
Defined contribution schemes in the UK are forecast to grow to more than £1trn in assets by 2030.
The investment consultant is seeking external capital for a secondaries fund, following consultants such as Hamilton Lane and StepStone in managing pooled private markets funds.
Fast closes, scale-ups through acquisitions and near-total secrecy – what’s behind one of Europe’s best-performing managers?
The consumer-focused private equity firm has brought on Harry’s chief growth officer Tehmina Haider and Engine No.1’s Michael O’Leary as partners to lead the strategy.
There are many mistakes one can make in technology and software investing, but the biggest of them happen ahead of the initial investment, says Thoma Bravo’s Orlando Bravo.
Two-thirds of the Texas Permanent School Fund's PE commitments have been made to North American investments, with the remainder split between Europe and Asia.
The mid-market firm raised around $10.2bn for its predecessor flagship in April last year.
After being overallocated to its private equity asset and special opportunities portfolio for fiscal year 2022, Alaska Permanent Fund will commit less moving into 2023.
In its 35th year of operations, Pantheon International Plc's Helen Steers tells PEI what the investment fund looks for in a fund manager.