Commentary

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

Dag Skattum BlackRock
Dag Skattum, Europe head of the asset manager's Long Term Private Capital fund, says family- and privately owned companies are attracted to a more flexible type of capital.
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A statement from pensions with combined assets of nearly $2trn is a clear warning to sceptics.
forest fire climate change
Private capital is starting to feel the force of the climate crisis tipping point.
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Law firm Stephenson Harwood's Gabriel Boghossian and Sarah de Ste Croix outline three points of contention and practical steps to ensure effective LPAC operations.
Simon Witney, special counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton, says he doesn't see ESG and financial returns as a trade-off.
As the European Commission seeks to update AIFMD, Cyril Demaria of Wellershoff & Partners urges the sector to come up with counter-proposals for the sake of the industry and economic growth.
Coronavirus
The coronavirus epidemic could not have come at a worse time for domestic PE firms, some of which have already been struggling on the fundraising trail.
A combination of indebtedness and tanking oil and gas prices led to Southland's bankruptcy, not its valuation process.
Diversity in private equity
Diversity dominated discussion at IPEM 2020 in Cannes – but will these words turn into action?
Some of the key talking points and takeaways from the largest gathering of private equity finance and operations professionals.
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