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‘Flight to familiarity’ – the latest risk for LPs in private equityPrivate equity investors favouring familiarity in times of crisis could miss out on opportunities to deploy capital, a panel has heard.
Side Letter: Apollo's braced for impact, MassPRIM on marks, Ardian and Neuberger fundraising notesApollo has unveiled the leadership team for its push into impact. Plus: firms ask for more time raising, Ardian doubles up on the mid-market, valuations are back up, and much more. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Three takeaways from our biggest SI 30 everThe $257bn collected by the 30 firms comprising our latest ranking of the secondaries market's biggest fundraisers could be small fry in years to come.
Side Letter: Silver Lake alum returns, buy-and-build delivers, magazine downloadsWelcome to September: as a back-to-school bonus, you can download three PEI publications today. Also: discover our 2020 ranking of the largest secondaries firms in the world, and much more. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Getting the mid-market back into gearUS mid-market managers are stepping up their search for deals among businesses hit hard by the pandemic, as well as those that have thrived.
Ardian and Cérélia: Setting course for expansion in shifting terrainWhen Ardian agreed to acquire Cérélia, little did it know it would be completing the deal in a pandemic. Ardian’s Thibault Basquin and Cérélia’s Guillaume Réveilhac share the story of the deal and what comes next
Download PEI's special report on the US mid-marketIn the magazine: Private equity investors search for opportunities; Keynote interviews with Baker McKenzie, Ardian, IHS Markit, Investec; Fundraising data. Plus much more.
Side Letter: Brookfield, Silver Lake and the 'flight to quality'Two big signs, courtesy of Silver Lake and Brookfield, of investors' flight to quality in times of crisis. Plus: more worrying signs about defaults courtesy of Moody's. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
These firms have been the most bullish during the pandemicThe top 10 most acquisitive PE investors during the pandemic closed on more than 60 transactions, according to data from S&P Market Intelligence.
Side Letter: KKR's covid crisis spending spree, PGIM-iCapital tie up, July's largest fundsLessons from the GFC? As we have noted before, many PE firms wished they had invested more in midst of the last downturn. KKR certainly seems to have taken that to heart, inking 17 investments between March and July. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.