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Side Letter: Disaggregating carryThere are concerns that GPs may be using continuation funds to protect their carry from underperforming assets. Plus: sports investing just got even more lucrative. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: CPP's fund fanaticCPP Investments' decision to promote its PE funds head could tell us something about its intentions for the asset class. Plus: EQT wants to raise $12.5 billion for APAC; and Triton has wrapped up a 2009-vintage vehicle. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Europe-focused wealth platform ROYC eyes evergreen and sector-specialised fundsROYC, launched in 2022 by former senior executives of Blackstone and Nordea, is one of a growing number of digital platforms hoping to capture Europe’s private wealth opportunity.
KKR targets Japan and Europe as next steps for private wealth businessThe private equity giant is ‘very excited about Japan’ while seeking to boost its wealth presence in Europe.
Side Letter: Key person pressureKey person clauses are coming under pressure at the negotiating table as LPs take advantage of fundraising headwinds. Plus: Who are the world's biggest impact allocators? Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
How LPs are pushing back on key person clausesA difficult fundraising environment is giving LPs more leverage to negotiate issues such as key person time requirements and automatic termination of investment periods.
Side Letter: Brookfield's trillionBrookfield has become the latest alternatives giant to join the trillion-dollar-AUM club. Plus: climate fundraising in 2024 has already overtaken last year's total; and another group of financial institutions has left a climate initiative under pressure from Republican lawmakers. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
No fundraising target, no problem?An uptick in the number of funds closing above target belies the fundraising challenges facing a swathe of the industry.
Japan’s newest buyout shop eyes 2025 fund launchSession Private Equity was launched in July by Hiroaki Wakashita, a former Tokyo-based partner at Orchestra Private Equity and 15-year veteran of The Riverside Company.
Digital wealth platforms for private markets: Who’s offering what?Everything you need to know about the tech-enabled platforms meeting the needs of advisers, HNWIs and asset managers.