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Side Letter: Happy holidays; IMCO's PE injection; Africa's $1.5bn LP opportunityWhat a year it has been! Side Letter is taking a break over the festive period and will return fresh-faced in January. Plus: Canada's IMCO is ahead of schedule with plans to triple its PE portfolio, and why West Africa has untapped LP potential. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Coller barometer; Apollo's $25bn; PennSERS’ peopleColler Capital’s latest barometer suggests 'private' equity is a misnomer amid wider scrutiny of the asset class. Plus: the five firms targeting $22 billion or more for their latest flagships, and another staff member departs PennSERS. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: PE IPOs; MassPRIM's $1bn co-invest capacity; Primavera's SEA pushWhat's the best way to monetise your management company: stay private and sell to a GP stakes firm, or join the ranks of private equity's listed elite? Plus: the $97 billion MassPRIM wants to double down on private equity co-investments and China's Primavera appears bullish on Southeast Asia. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: NPS's PE conviction; Tenzing's £100m companion; Hunter Point's BX hire – updatedKorea's $773 billion pension giant is devoting a larger proportion of its alternatives bucket to private equity. Plus: Europe's Tenzing has raised a companion fund to facilitate larger acquisitions and Bennett Goodman's GP stakes firm, Hunter Point, has recruited a former Blackstone executive. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: EU's ELTIF overhaul; PE's movie premiere; Didi to delist?The European Commission wants to help more retail investors access the private markets. Plus: Invest Europe has produced a new film series exploring the ways private equity touches lives and LP appetites for China might have suffered another setback. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Brookfield's $15bn potential; Level 20's chair; ESG's lucrative talent warBrookfield is upping the stakes with its latest private equity flagship. Plus: industry non-profit Level 20 has appointed a new chair and in-demand ESG specialists are making seven-figure salaries. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Eaton's Asia reshuffle; PE's liquid replicators; Railpen MD's next stopAnother senior executive is set to depart Eaton's Asia business. Plus: how to replicate private equity-like returns in the public markets and a former Railpen boss has launched his own strategic consultancy. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Blackstone's $5.6bn GP stakes raise; Coller's China launch; PE's newest lenderBlackstone has built a $5.6 billion arsenal for GP stakes investing. Plus: Coller Capital is looking to tap Chinese secondaries and meet private equity's newest fund finance provider. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Carlyle's Asia fundraise; CalPERS' PE proposals; OTPP's VC departureCarlyle Group has lofty ambitions for its next Asia mega-fund. Plus: California Public Employees' Retirement System is pondering a hefty allocation increase for private equity and Ontario Teachers' Public Pension Plan has lost its global head of VC funds.
Side Letter: PE's dry powder keg?; GA's wealthy LPs; ILPA's template tweaksAn insight into the amount of dry powder held by private equity's blue chips. Plus: General Atlantic taps wealthy individuals and ILPA tweaks its DE&I template. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.