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Apax writes down $1.4bn from its 2016-vintage fund – updatedFirms including Blackstone, Carlyle Group and KKR have reported falls in their private equity portfolios this year due to the combined impact of covid-19 and a rout in oil prices.
Side Letter: Listed PE for the picking, Qiming's timing, re-ups are WellcomeShould secondaries funds be eyeing London-listed private equity trusts? Plus, Wellcome Trust's focus on existing managers and the timing of Qiming's latest fundraise. Side Letter will be back again on Tuesday. Until then, here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Carl Thoma: Private equity has become 'self-centred'The 40-year private equity veteran on Thoma Bravo’s meteoric scale-up and why the industry started to attract negative headlines.
Side Letter: Covid-19's effect on deals, Apollo travel ban, UK consultationHow coronavirus is hitting private markets across the world. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: MAC clauses and virtual meetings, Golden Gate's secondaries play, Actis's impactMACs may become the order of the day depending on how the coronavirus outbreak continues. LPs and GPs are also discovering the joy of video conferencing. Plus: a Golden Gate portfolio company is tapping the secondaries market and Actis has spelled out its impact credentials. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Coronavirus vs PE, Hg's £6bn haul, how to build an IR functionThe coronavirus could be the next major episode in the evolution of private equity. Plus: KKR update, Hg fund closes revealed and a podcast on how to build your IR function. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Awards winners in full, Performance polemics, Europe's biggest buyoutThe results are in: you can now see who won in the 76 categories of our annual awards. Plus: a round-up on Thyssenkrupp, new hires for Advent and IK, and a clash over performance. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Berlin despatch, Tata's retreat, SoftBank's MisraThere is a lot going on in PE land at the moment. While delegates in Berlin are being forced to make decisions about contagion, we have updates on CDPQ, Tata, SoftBank, Investindustrial ... oh, and the PEI 300. Here’s today's briefing, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: ATP in the spotlight, ILPA on diversity, corporate debtShould individuals get rich if they make lots of money for public pension funds? It's not the first time the debate has reared its head. This time it has happened in Denmark. Plus: ILPA's diversity roadmap, corporate loan alarm bells and why credit – not equity – holders could be the best drivers of ESG. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Q1 a ‘write-off’ for exits as coronavirus fears hit Asia’s consumer sectorBusinesses such as McDonald’s China, which is owned by the Carlyle Group and CITIC Capital, have announced temporary closures in certain regions.