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Side Letter: Evergreen shock absorbersA Swiss private bank corroborates claims that individual investors weren't spooked by April's tariff turmoil. Plus: PSP Investments slashes its private equity allocation. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Verdane eyes summer close on latest flagshipFirm seeks as much as €1.95bn for Freya XII and is raising the vehicle without a placement agent, PEI understands.
Side Letter: Yale's saleThe buyers have been identified in one of this year's most closely watched PE sales processes. Plus: Florida SBA on AI opportunities and our PEI 300 video. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Ardian on geopoliticsArdian says Asian investors are keen to invest more in Europe as a result of the US tariffs. Plus: CalPERS' PE performance, and a €700 million debut fundraise. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
5 key trends in the LP-GP secondaries dynamicThe secondaries market has been breaking records. In Orlando, PEI Group editors sat down with industry attendees for a series of video interviews to discuss the key trends shaping the market.
European managers amass more capital on the PEI 300Aggregate capital raised by Europe-based firms reached $698bn, up $40bn from last year’s ranking.
iCapital taps ex-BlackRock MD to lead upcoming Sydney officeMark Oliver’s appointment is the latest in a string of regional developments for the alternatives platform, including a tie-up with Japan’s Resona Bank and KKR last year.
GPs are bridging the Gulf with Middle Eastern LPsRecent tie ups involving Saudi Arabia’s PIF, Neuberger Berman and Franklin Templeton underscore the growing significance of this region for private markets fundraisers.
5 ways democratisation is changing private equityOpening the asset class to retail investors is disrupting capital raising, popularising evergreen funds and prompting the adoption of technology to take care of distributions.
Ardian: A win-win for wealthInnovation within the private wealth space will bring wider benefits to the private equity industry at large, say Ardian’s Jan Philipp Schmitz and Erwan Paugam.