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Side Letter: Ardian's leadership update; Blackstone wants EU; Apax's small-cap successorDetails on who's leading the world's largest secondaries firm's European business. Plus: Blackstone is targeting wealthy Europeans with a new vehicle just as the tussle for talent heats up industry-wide; and France's Apax is plotting the launch of its next small-cap fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Three tips for private wealth clients when adding PE to portfoliosBNP Private Wealth Management, which has around €421bn in AUM, has revamped its digital platform to help individual clients access private equity and other offerings.
Burnout prompts PE professionals to consider leaving the industryReasons cited for wanting to quit include heavy workload, manual processes, long working hours, tight deadlines and increasing demands from management.
Recent initiatives place MetLife in the GI 100 vanguardThe $639bn insurer has made headway in recent years across co-investments, emerging managers and the secondaries market.
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Side Letter: Private equity's future; SEC eyes individuals; Apax's Italy headMonday is a public holiday in the US – Side Letter will return to your inbox on Tuesday. This morning's edition looks at how one of Europe's largest wealth managers is using tech to streamline PE processes for individual investors. Plus: The US regulator has turned its attention to the definition of accredited investors and France's Apax has named a new Italy head. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Interest rate hikes and PE; AP6's impact returns; PE's performance debateThe Fed's rate hike is a silver-lined cloud for PE. Plus: Sweden's AP6 believes impact investing needn't come at the sacrifice of returns – quite the opposite; and does new research settle private equity's age-old performance debate? Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: MetLife's GP pointers; UK's private markets bulls; Sequoia's $3bn haulInsurance giant MetLife says fund commitments will likely get smaller and adding new managers will become trickier, given the state of fundraising dynamics. Plus: why the UK's local government pension schemes are bullish on the private markets; and Sequoia India has unveiled a war chest for the region. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Oakley eyes multi-billion raise; NAV loan tips; Blackstone's innovation machineLondon's Oakley Capital is within spitting distance of almost doubling capital for its latest flagship. Plus: What GPs should expect when seeking NAV financing; and how Blackstone comes up with its myriad product launches. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.