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  • Side Letter: 21.3 reasons to fee-l good
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 17 September 2025

    CalPERS' latest PE results underscore the likely pressure on managers to offer 'fee-advantaged' strategies. Plus: What L&G's GP stakes withdrawal tells us about the investor's priorities; and European stakeholders want merger guideline reform. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: Swords and ploughshares
    InvestorsPEI Staff- 15 September 2025

    Why GPs should stop worrying and learn to love defence. Plus: Future Fund's CIO is heading to the Middle East; and investors are increasingly hungry for small-cap CVs. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: LACERA's performance pain
    PEI Staff- 20 August 2025

    LACERA is taking measures to improve its private equity performance. Plus: StepStone says secondaries will help to normalise PE's distribution rate. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: CalPERS' latest LP-led
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 18 August 2025

    CalPERS is shopping another multibillion portfolio less than a year after closing one. Plus: CVC discloses the expected launch date of its next flagship buyout fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • KKR returns to market with latest APAC flagship
    FundsAlex Lynn- 5 August 2025

    The firm's last regional flagship – the 2021-vintage KKR Asian Fund IV – is the largest pan-Asian buyout fund to date.

  • India insight: 4 homegrown GPs you should know
    FeaturedKatrina Lau- 10 July 2025

    With LP interest on the rise, PEI profiles four of the country's most notable private equity managers.

  • Global Investor 150: This year’s top 10
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 1 July 2025

    This year’s Global Investor 150 top 10 has a collective $976bn allocated to private equity.

  • Side Letter: Evergreen shock absorbers
    Private Equity News & AnalysisStaff Writer- 16 June 2025

    A Swiss private bank corroborates claims that individual investors weren't spooked by April's tariff turmoil. Plus: PSP Investments slashes its private equity allocation. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: Ardian on geopolitics
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 9 June 2025

    Ardian says Asian investors are keen to invest more in Europe as a result of the US tariffs. Plus: CalPERS' PE performance, and a €700 million debut fundraise. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • ILPA chief exec: LPs keen to understand litigation risk under anti-DE&I push
    FeaturedAdam Le- 30 May 2025

    There are ripple effects for domestic and global investors under the new US administration's executive order, says Jennifer Choi, chief executive at the Institutional Limited Partners Association.