Commentary

Thought leadership from the private equity industry’s leading voices including legal experts, industry veterans, asset class specialists and academics.

Latham & Watkins partners Eli Katz and Omar Nazif note that as private equity funds increasingly target renewable energy assets, they will need a strong grasp of the financing structures as well as the opportunities.
LIBOR has underpinned financial products for decades. But it could be phased out in less than three years, with huge implications for private debt lenders.
alternative way
Experts from PwC outline why this form of lending is an attractive financing option for mid-market leveraged buyouts.
European Union
The European Parliament has approved changes to the pre-marketing of alternatives funds that should make the process easier across the continent.
GPs must think carefully about how fund level leverage affects performance at the fund level and by extension, their own stability.
glass slipper
The secondaries market's transformation into a $70bn market is due to both a wave of the Fairy Godmother’s wand and the payoff for years of scrubbing floors, write Houlihan Lokey's Jeff Hammer and Paul Sanabria.
We don’t often see managers buying placement agents, but in this instance the rationale is clear.
Technology, fundraising challenges and trade wars were on the menu at the pre-eminent gathering of emerging markets private equity insiders.
The opportunities for deploying capital to address the world’s largest ESG challenges are as numerous as the questions facing investors, writes Hamilton Lane’s head of product management Jackie Rantanen.
The private markets veteran talks private markets growth, consolidation and why he’s concerned about returns.
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