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Side Letter: MAC clauses and virtual meetings, Golden Gate's secondaries play, Actis's impactMACs may become the order of the day depending on how the coronavirus outbreak continues. LPs and GPs are also discovering the joy of video conferencing. Plus: a Golden Gate portfolio company is tapping the secondaries market and Actis has spelled out its impact credentials. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
PEI Awards 2019: EMEA winnersFind out who took the plaudits in Fund, Deal and Exit of the Year, plus the different markets and geographies across the region.
PEI Awards 2019: Americas winnersWhich investor took Large-cap Firm, Exit and Fundraise of the Year?
CDPQ invests record $7.9bn in 2019, as PE strategy continues shift to directsFollowing a significant re-weighting of CDPQ's private equity portfolio, direct investing represents more than three-quarters of all activity.
Side Letter: Predictions video, Baring's billions, TA doubles downA must-watch video on the secondaries market in 2020, plus CFOs and COOs Forum kick off and Baring's billions in context. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Life after Abraaj, Eurazeo's credit line, CDPQ people moveVisit PEI later for a fundraising market update. Spoiler alert: it contains the phrase "post-crisis high"... again. In the meantime we catch up with a former Abraaj regional chief, reflect on the growing link between ESG and cost of capital and add some new funds to the private equity Hall of Fame. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Asia's GPs warm to OPs, Japan's regional banks pile into PE, Orbe joins FirstPointGPs in Asia address value creation differently; Japan's regional banks are piling into PE; and South Korea is a thriving VC hub. It's a lot of Asia for us today. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Coller's barometer, co-investment thirst, no trade-off in diversityIt's surveys galore with Coller Capital and Rede Partners having published LP reports in recent days. Luckily they're distilled in today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
EisnerAmper: The need for transparency in GP-led secondariesMany LPs are being called on to make significant decisions about whether to hold or sell positions in older funds. EisnerAmper’s Robert Mirsky discusses the potential for conflict
Cov-lite debt cushions PE industry against downturn aheadCheap, borrower-friendly loans proved a comfort to LPs and GPs at SuperInvestor, despite sentiment indicators ticking down this year.