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Numbers that lie: ESG metrics and TVPIIn the third part of our four-part series on private equity metrics, PEI looks at the dangers of unregulated reporting and why the total-value-to-paid-in multiple only tells half the story.
Investors you need to meet: Sam RobinsonThe Yorkshire native is managing partner at the Asian investment arm of Denmark’s North-East Family Office and helped build the unit from scratch.
Deep Insight: Is co-investment the answer?Heralded as an ‘unofficial fee break’ and an ‘alpha generator’, co-investment is seen by many as the way to get the best out of private markets. Are LPs taking on more risk than they realise?
- Co-investment: Is it the answer?
Heralded as an ‘unofficial fee break’ and an ‘alpha generator’, co-investment is seen by many as the answer to getting the best out of private markets. But are LPs taking on more risk than they realise – and is it really worth it?
Future 40: Who’s showing private equity leadership?Who are the young guns showing innovation in the industry? Who has the X factor that marks them as a future leader? Our Future 40 list of the 40 individuals aged under 40 set to shape private equity over the next decade.
WATCH: Aberdeen Standard’s McDonald on Asia’s rising influence in PEGraham McDonald, head of global private equity at Aberdeen Standard Investments, says the region's fundamentals mean it's a key part of the firm's portfolio.
Secondaries special: Five new entrants shake up the SI 30This year’s SI 30 welcomes a fresh spin-out, a direct secondaries player and niche specialists.
Making lemonade in the squeezed fund of funds marketThe fund of funds market has been under pressure in recent years, so differentiation is the key.
From the archive: PAI Partners' comebackPAI Partners was nearly destroyed by an internal dispute in 2009. It's now back in market with its seventh fund. For our February issue we sat down with the firm's head to talk about the comeback.
HarbourVest to back Innova restructuringThe deal involves the Polish private equity firm's 2010-vintage fund and investors have the option to sell or roll over into a new vehicle.