Michael Baruch
A number of turnaround investors have adapted their models to healthier businesses over the past decade amid a shortage of distressed opportunities.
The soon-to-IPO firm has raised $49bn, 45% of its total AUM, since 2018.
Few secondaries firms remain independent after a glut of M&A transactions this year.
As fundraising hits all-time highs, firms are increasingly hiring multiple agents to suit bespoke needs.
The Copenhagen fund of funds hit the hard cap on its most recent fund, after the previous vehicle closed €100m under target.
With retail investing in alternatives still in its infancy, headwinds remain before the $179trn global pool of individual investor capital can be fully tapped.
More than 100 global investor views are represented in Coller Capital's 2021 winter barometer of LP sentiment.
Through H1 2021, private equity and venture capital investments in Brazil totalled $5.7bn, according to LAVCA – more than the full-year total in 2020.
GP stakes funds are targeting nearly three times 2019’s record fundraising haul, but the lack of predictability around exits may be keeping LPs from embracing the strategy.
Latin America constitutes the ‘last unconquered stretch’ of the global fundraising picture, according to Philippe Stiernon, chief executive of Bogota-based placement agent ROAM Capital.