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PEI 300 2019: The rise of funds of fundsThis year’s PEI 300 shows the strategy is far from over.
Side Letter: BGH avoids fee drag, 3x-plus returns, GIP eyes $20bn infra haulHow do you avoid fee drag after first close if you've only agreed one deal in more than a year? Use a credit line to avoid capital calls – that's what TPG veteran Ben Gray is doing with his Aussie PE shop. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Carlyle's Africa staple deal, Secondaries roundtable, Guy Hands talks campingSecondaries' sharpest minds share their thoughts on a $74 billion market, Carlyle mulled stapled deal to raise next Africa fund, Guy Hands on persistence. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Secondaries roundtable: Drivers of sales, $5bn deals and what the future holdsRicher, deeper, more complex, more diverse, more granular: all could describe the evolving secondaries market. We gathered six experts to discuss the intricacies of an industry that is blooming and booming.
Side Letter: Vista's Smith wipes student debt, Morgan Stanley's Tikehau stakeRemember your college graduation speech? A group of Morehouse College students who graduated on Sunday certainly will after Vista's Robert Smith said he'd wipe their student debts. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: EM despatches, Lex's $10bn, Navab's instant mega-firmWhat's going on in emerging markets private equity? Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
LBO sell-off to blame for Europe’s dealmaking slump – reportA recent dip in secondary market pricing for leveraged loans and high-yield bonds has made financing costs too high in Q1, according to PitchBook data.
Side Letter: CalPERS' new PE head, Europe disruptors, Ardian snags biggest secondaries haulCalPERS hires Altamont Capital exec to lead PE, European VC gives the US a run for its money, Ardian turns Japanese. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Cinven's €10bn, Carlyle revenue drop, fretful Future 40Some Future 40 leaders are fretful. Cinven and Carlyle are not. A long weekend in the UK means Side Letter will be back Tuesday. For now, here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Q1 fundraising, Japan's blossoming PE, ILPA on restructuringsFundraising for Q1 off to a strong start, Japan PE's predictable returns and ILPA aims for balancing act in upcoming guidance. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.