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Side Letter: PE's strategic savioursStrategic buyers were a comparative bright spot for exits last year, thanks (in part, at least) to their deep pockets. Plus: alternatives managers are bracing themselves for a rise in regulatory fines. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
PEI Awards 2023: Global winnersThe winners in the global categories, including sports-focused, technology and healthcare private equity firms of the year.
How to get to the ‘real juice’ of ESG value creationThe private equity industry has made progress on the pressing and fiddly issue of ESG data; it is now looking forward to ‘a focus on outcomes’.
Side Letter: Top fundraising tips revealedHot tips from IR professionals on how to keep LPs engaged. Plus: PE investment in Asia healthcare is down and another firm lowers its fundraising target. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
7 pillars of value creation: DigitalisationTechnology and data are playing an increasingly wide-ranging role in growth initiatives, with AI opening up even more avenues of possibility.
GPs make progress on gender imbalance in private equity portfoliosCultural change, patience and ambition are needed for private equity firms to move ahead in tracking portfolio-level gender diversity.
ESG takes enormous strides forwardPrivate equity’s adoption and integration of ESG has been rapid, but there is still some way to go before everyone is on the same page.
Side Letter: Texas Permanent's cap calls; impact's $1trn; family offices low on PEThe frenetic fundraising environment isn't leading to frenetic capital calls for some LPs. Plus: the impact investing market grows 40 percent in two years and family offices and endowments bare their differences when it comes to PE allocations. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Impact's biggest fundraisers; NYCRS' new CIO; Eurazeo's €1bn closeKey takeaways from the Impact 30, a newly expanded list of impact investing's biggest fundraisers, courtesy of our colleagues at New Private Markets. Plus: Eurazeo has collected €1 billion to back French SMEs and NYCRS has a new CIO. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: GPs pre-empt sanctions; PGGM's divestment plans; HNWs get a Greater ShareGPs are reviewing their legal options in the event that an LP ends up sanctioned. Plus: Dutch pension investor PGGM is examining options for its Ukrainian and Russian agribusiness exposure and six PE heavyweights have signed up for a novel philanthropic fund strategy. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.