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PODCAST: How covid-19 is hitting private markets

Are private asset classes better positioned to weather the crisis? Our senior editorial teams covering PE, private debt, infrastructure, real estate and secondaries provide insight.

1 min read · 20 March 2020

Brookfield shelves asset sale due to coronavirus effects

The asset manager has pulled plans for either a private sale or IPO for an Australia-based coal export terminal amid travel restrictions and market volatility.

2 min read · 12 March 2020

Four takeaways from Bain's & McKinsey’s private equity reports

PE returns lag behind US stocks and firms use higher levels of debt to finance ever-expensive purchases, according to latest reports from Bain and McKinsey.

4 min read · 24 February 2020

Blackstone’s Gray: UK is the most compelling developed market

Brexit-related uncertainty has made valuations for UK mid-market companies more attractive, president and COO Jonathan Gray told Private Equity International.

2 min read · 18 February 2020

Q1 a ‘write-off’ for exits as coronavirus fears hit Asia’s consumer sector

Businesses such as McDonald’s China, which is owned by the Carlyle Group and CITIC Capital, have announced temporary closures in certain regions.

2 min read · 11 February 2020

Rollover co-investments: ‘Handle with extreme care’

Permira, Nordic Capital and EQT are all examples of GPs who have acquired minority stakes in assets they've just exited in so-called 'rollover co-investment' deals.

4 min read · 10 February 2020

Partners Group accused of NDA breach by rail operator

MidRail claims the Swiss firm has been 'unjustly enriched' at its expense through 'exploitation of MidRail's confidential information'.

3 min read · 20 January 2020

Ex-Abraaj partner positions North Africa vehicle amid capital return

Ahmed Badreldin, the firm's former head of Middle East and North Africa, says the North Africa Fund II has roughly doubled LPs' capital on exited investments so far.

3 min read · 13 January 2020

Australian bushfires: PE portfolios and the climate change threat

Carlyle Group portfolio company Accolade Wines is understood to have had 'limited' impact to its vineyards amid the country's worst wildfires in more than a decade.

4 min read · 08 January 2020

Korea’s VIG eyes global exit routes after closing fourth fund

Economic concerns have prompted strategic buyers to become more frugal, paving the way for a greater number of secondary buyouts, according to managing partner Chulmin Lee.

2 min read · 06 January 2020

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