Private Equity
Professor Oliver Gottschalg of MJ Hudson explains why LPs might want to reconsider their fixation on whether managers can be considered top quartile. Plus: A lack of deployable capital is hindering secondaries dealflow and Australia could be the next market to crackdown on ESG. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 18 August 2022
Software-focused giant Hg has collected roughly $17 billion across two funds – one of which is still in market. Plus: Dyal founder Michael Rees seems to be fishing in deep waters with his latest GP stakes fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 17 August 2022
The first in a special five-part series, sponsored by AlixPartners, where we ask private equity operators how they're responding to today’s myriad challenges.
1 min read · 17 August 2022
GPs may find some LPs unsympathetic in the event that the US Senate passes a bill to end the so-called 'carried interest loophole'. Plus: Triton is testing the secondaries waters with a €1.3 billion GP-led and Sentinel is seeking $5 billion across two new funds. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 03 August 2022
Ares appears confident of upsizing its next series of flagship funds by a similar proportion to previous iterations, despite congestion among LPs. Plus: why you might need to change how you market funds and LACERS has devised a novel solution for its time-sensitive investment decisions. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 01 August 2022
Efforts to reform the way carried interest is taxed look closer to fruition after a Wednesday deal among US Senate Democrats. Plus: Uncertainty about pricing is plaguing private equity deals; and LPs are getting specific around the UN SDGs. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 28 July 2022
Korean investors are seeking separately managed accounts for transparency and flexible capital deployment.
2 min read · 02 November 2017
With increasing dry powder and strong competition from strategic buyers pushing asset prices higher and higher, it’s more important than ever that mid-market firms differentiate themselves, explains Baker McKenzie’s Michael Fieweger.
6 min read · 31 October 2017
The US public pension has backed North America- and Western Europe-focused funds.
1 min read · 23 October 2017
The global asset manager closes its largest co-investment vehicle to date.
1 min read · 18 October 2017
