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Ten years on: how PEI covered the financial crisisThe September 2008 issue of PEI has some unexpected similarities with today.
WATCH: Talking fees, returns and diversity with Cambridge AssociatesHead of global private investment research Andrea Auerbach discusses a market in which fees are becoming harder to track and GPs are on the front foot, in this in-depth 25-minute video interview.
- WATCH: How developments at Abraaj will affect due diligence
Watch the short (2-minute) clip or full-length (25-minute) interview with Cambridge Associates’ Andrea Auerbach on due diligence, fundraising and PE after Abraaj.
Andrea Auerbach knows you are going to spin out before you doCambridge Associates’ head of private markets Andrea Auerbach makes it her business to know all about your business – including whether your best dealmakers are heading for the exit.
US family offices shun Europe, emerging marketsDomestic PE was at least 10 times as popular, according to Schroder Adveq data.
Openspace Ventures wraps up second fund at $135 mlnOpenspace Ventures has closed its second fund at a hard cap of $135 million. Fund 2's investors include Stepstone Group and Temasek as well as pension funds, university endowments, insurance companies and family offices. Based in Singapore and Jakarta, the venture firm invests in tech companies in Southeast Asia.
WATCH: Cambridge's Auerbach says GPs are returning to market too earlyManagers coming back to market and raising ever larger vehicles present a red flag, according to Andrea Auerbach, global head of private investments at the investment consultant.
Canadian tech companies secure $2.5 bln of VC in first halfVenture capital investment in Canadian technology companies continued at a strong pace in the first half of 2018, with $2.5 billion deployed to 282 financings, according to final data released by Thomson Reuters. In dollar terms, this marked the strongest first half in 17 years and the sixth time in the past seven quarters that companies raised more than $1 billion. Foreign funds played a key role in the first half as activity by Canadian funds slumped to 46 percent of total VC invested. Dealmaking in information technology sectors reflected $1.7 billion at the end of June, while investment in clean technology sectors hit $462 million. Life sciences sectors, however, saw a sixth consecutive quarter of declining activity, netting only $250 million.
Oz on the move: 7 key trendsA new crop of ‘hungry GPs’ is increasing the spotlight on the Australian private equity market.