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Side Letter: Blackstone's deployment driveBlackstone's deployment drive looks set to continue as interest rates fall. Plus: Harvard's university endowment is still seeing private equity underperform public markets; and a politician calls for the asset class to aid rebuilding efforts after a series of devastating hurricanes. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Rightsizing co-investment riskHow LPs can evaluate whether their GPs are maximising the potential of their fund exposure versus co-investments. Plus: Private equity defaults are on the rise, says Moody's; and Apollo is the latest to enter the evergreen secondaries party. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
What happens when ESOPs meet continuation funds?The treatment of co-investments in continuation vehicles could provide guidance on how things may play out when PE-backed portfolio companies with a broad-based employee stock ownership plan are rolled into a CV.
Fund performance: Due for a reboundDisruption in the consumer sector in the wake of the global pandemic took its toll on fund IRRs. Today, there are green shoots of recovery.
Why the PE industry is taking a holistic view of its value creation effortsWe run through the key ways in which the industry is seeking operational excellence in an increasingly complex market environment.
Creating an ownership cultureSome of the world’s biggest private equity firms are taking employee engagement and talent management to the next level with broad-based equity ownership programmes.
Side Letter: BCI's healthcare hireCanadian investment giant BCI has appointed a senior managing director to lead its healthcare efforts. Plus: BCI's compatriot AIMCo has lost its CIO; and GLP-backed Hidden Hill holds a final close. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Japan’s Longreach taps 'aggressive' domestic LP appetites to reach final closeJapanese institutions contributed 54% of the newly closed Fund IV – the largest proportion of any Longreach fund to date, partner Mark Chiba tells PEI.
Private wealth is a 'battleground' as distributors add fewer firms – Partners GroupThe strategy is the firm's fastest growing unit from a headcount perspective, according to chief executive David Layton.
Next Gen Leaders of Secondaries: Class of 2024Now in its ninth iteration, we reveal this year's most impressive secondaries individuals under 36.