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Under pressure: LPs face barrage of liquidity demandsGPs now are doing all they can to distribute capital back to LPs. It’s all about finding paths to liquidity.
Employee Ownership Programmes: How do they affect returns for LPs?Employee ownership programmes, which seek to build wealth among company workers, are gaining traction in the private equity industry. Are investors losing out on upside, or benefitting from increased value creation?
BofA, Ford Foundation, other big LPs pile into diverse-led Kapor Capital's third fundFund III raised $126m from about 70 LPs, including Bank of America, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Cambridge Associates, Ford Foundation and Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.
Market weathers an LP dry spellFortune does not always favour the biggest firms.
Investing in the certainty of innovationA number of seismic shifts are underway that are transforming the global economy and presenting vast opportunity for both entrepreneurs and investors, writes Ed Knight, president of Antler.
Fundraising sees $122bn drop in the first half of 2022Sizeable closes by large funds, including those by Advent International, Insight Partners and KKR, accounted for nearly 40% of capital raised for the period, as the number of vehicles closed sank to its lowest since 2017.
Fundraising Frenzy: Why PE’s mega-fund madness isn't such a bad thing for LP returnsDuring a recession, private equity mega-funds deliver returns similar to those of their peers and with less selection risk for investors.
Fundraising Frenzy: Why 2023 won’t be any less manic for PE fundraisingLPs have been asking must-have GPs to keep their funds open into the new year, eating into allocations for those planning a return to market in 2023.
US managers hit the gas in the race to net zeroAmerican firms have been slow out of the gate, but major players are now making climate commitments. Buyouts asks can GPs can make credible plans to decarbonize their portfolios.
Side Letter: Management co. must-haves; ILPA's Nelson departs; Tackling VCs' 'implicit bias'How to stay on top of management company admin at a time when the task has become more difficult, and the stakes have become higher than ever before. Plus: ILPA CEO Steve Nelson is leaving the industry body at a pivotal moment; and FountainVest's latest fund close will come as welcome news for China fundraisers. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.