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MJ Hudson's Eamon Devlin steps down from law firmDevlin, a prolific commentator and prominent lawyer in the private equity industry, has advised some of the market's biggest players on secondaries, M&A and co-investment deals.
Side Letter: US election perspectives, UBS and Partners Group join forces, Greenhill's exodusNot signed up for our Women in Private Markets Summit yet? It starts tomorrow. In the meantime, we have briefings on the US election, a Partners Group-UBS tie-up and more.
Side Letter: Warburg and Adams St offshoots, CalPERS's bet, placement agent scoopsScoops today on placement agent movers; CalPERS's bold allocation manoeuvers; Warburg Pincus and Adams Street spawn new firms; and curious goings on at Malaysia's PNB. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Credit lines and ESG, Adams Street's $5bn, little covid-19 impact on impactILPA's expanded sub credit lines guidance shines a light on illiquidity blindspots; plus Adams Street Partners' fundraising update and GIIN's latest survey. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Listed PE funds: Thoughts turn to takeovers as discounts go deepVehicles such as HarbourVest Global Private Equity, Pantheon International and Neuberger Berman Private Equity Partners are trading at discounts as wide as 43%.
Side Letter: Dyal gets dialled, NJ ups allocation, Fortress OzNew Jersey has jacked up its PE allocation, while GPs are looking to jack up their investment capabilities. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
The slow democratisation of private equityThe challenge of getting individual investors into the asset class is spurring plenty of innovation, yet the simplest solution – listed private equity – appears to be losing its shine.
- NorthEdge moves southward
Rob Freer and Andrew Skinner will lead the Northern England-focused private equity firm’s new Birmingham office, which will target the East and West Midlands.
- PE Brexiteers hail ‘new era’ of economic growth
Industry veteran and erstwhile Tory donor Edi Truell called referendum outcome a ‘phenomenal result’.
- Moulton: 'We’ve got some years before the end'
After a difficult few years, the private equity veteran’s turnaround firm has decided not to raise a successor to BECAP12, but it is not shutting up shop just yet.