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Partners Group senior execs forgo salary in response to covid-19 crisisThe firm’s co-chief executives and board of directors have pledged 100% of their base salaries over the next six months to support portfolio companies.
Side Letter: The crisis-era IR challenge, secondaries market stop, how GPs are helpingCommunicating with LPs becomes even more important in a crisis ... it also becomes very difficult. Plus: some insight into the steps PE firms are taking to combat the crisis, and how the secondaries market is – for the moment – frozen. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Assistance funds to public donations: How PE firms are doing good under covid-19We look at just some of the ways private equity firms are helping portfolio companies and wider society as the industry grapples with the coronavirus-led business slowdown.
Side Letter: Tikehau on remote DD, Denominator II, CalPERS' portfolio painThe global experiment in PE investing from home is underway. Institutions are wrestling with asset allocation targets. Managers are thinking about fundraising schedules. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
BlackRock on why long-holds and less leverage can be 'compelling'Dag Skattum, Europe head of the asset manager's Long Term Private Capital fund, says family- and privately owned companies are attracted to a more flexible type of capital.
PEI Awards 2019: Global winnersWe honour specialists across the globe in areas including healthcare, technology, impact and long-term.
Climate change waits for no onePrivate capital is starting to feel the force of the climate crisis tipping point.
Side Letter: Texas Muni's European plan, Vanguard's arrival, Temasek on GPsVanguard just sailed into PE's harbour, but it looks like it comes in peace. Plus: A US public pension's plans for Europe, sub lines in a downturn and how Temasek views its PE partners. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Temasek: 'Increasingly GPs are competing with us'Others are aping the firm's strategy of holding minority position for a long time, said head of PE fund investments Benoit Valentin.
Side Letter: Cannes arrival, scapegoating PE, Neuberger Berman's Nordic exposurePEI reports from the French Riviera this week; Carl Thoma says PE should focus more on the value it creates than talking about itself; and Neuberger opens in Stockholm. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.