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Side Letter: Temasek in America, Blackstone and Apollo's holy grail, PEI's Global Investor 100Temasek's Americas head has given us a rare walk-through of how the giant government-owned fund plans to play a meaningful part in the world's biggest PE market. Plus: Apollo and Blackstone's permanent capital, liquidity in German VC, Stirling Square's long haul and more. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Blackstone collects record $134bn as perpetual capital drives inflowsPerpetual vehicles, which require no mandatory return of capital, are transforming the firm's asset base and earnings, president and COO Jonathan Gray said on a Q4 earnings call Thursday.
Fundraising start-up Xen in talks with UN over impact platform – exclusiveThe start-up is expected to reach $100m of total fund commitments later this month.
Side Letter: Hong Kong carry, BX's insurance chief, EQT's target, ADIA saleChinese GPs are getting pushed on terms; carry in HK is getting an overhaul; Blackstone has a new insurance boss; EQT has a target; ADIA is selling a giant PE portfolio; and more. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Blackstone brings in new head for insurance businessGilles Dellaert will lead Blackstone Insurance Solutions, a part of the business with a lot of growth potential.
Side Letter: Fundraising smash, Oaktree dismissal, buying listed stocksInvestors continued to flock to PE in 2019, say our data. Also: a dismissal at Oaktree; news from the Asian conference circuit and listed strategies. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Private equity fundraising reaches post-crisis highCapital raising by PE firms across all strategies rose $74.5bn from the previous year as Asia-Pacific gave Europe a run for its money.
Side Letter: Life after Abraaj, Eurazeo's credit line, CDPQ people moveVisit PEI later for a fundraising market update. Spoiler alert: it contains the phrase "post-crisis high"... again. In the meantime we catch up with a former Abraaj regional chief, reflect on the growing link between ESG and cost of capital and add some new funds to the private equity Hall of Fame. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: GPs hold onto assets, Australia in context, new home for NewQuestGPs don't want to let go of good assets and are tweaking the model so they don't have to. Also: more PE context on the Australian fires; a new office for NewQuest; December's largest funds and more. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Which firms raised the largest funds in December?The 10 largest capital raises for the month gathered nearly $31bn among them.