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More data pleaseBoth the Institutional Limited Partners Association and several large firms have backed a new database that will provide LPs with additional information on funds.
- Friday Letter: Keep Talking
Picture the scene. A crowded roundtable discussion at a busy private equity conference in central London yesterday. A man in the audience asks the two panelists, both distinguished buyout partners, if they are concerned by the potential for complaint from public market investors, should a recent public-to-private trigger a spate of similar deals.
- Friday Letter Renewing the vows
GPs who need a little more time to find deals are asking for extensions. LPs should use these requests as a chance to ‘re-underwrite’ the relationship.
- Friday Letter: Unlimited burden
Delegates at PEI’s Active Portfolio Management Forum in New York this week made clear that GPs must work much harder to prove their worth to LPs already burdened with huge unfunded commitments.
- Friday Letter Money in, money out
Friendlier debt markets have helped revive private equity deal and exit activity this year, just in time for impending fundraisings.
- Friday Letter Let the Games begin ...
Over the next few weeks, competitors will strive to demonstrate their skill and proficiency, finely honed in some cases over many years. There’ll also be some athletes competing in the Olympics.
- Friday Letter Why Leon Black likes India
Buying equity is not the easy way of making control investments in Indian companies.
- Friday Letter Careful what you wish for
LPs love the US mid-market at the moment – but there are genuine concerns that the amount of capital flooding into this segment could depress returns.
- Australian PE outperforms public market
Australian private equity distributions have outperformed returns from the country's top 300 listed companies during the fiscal year.
- IFM strengthens Australia PE team
The Melbourne-based asset manager has hired Steven Lipchin to lead its co-investing and direct investing initiative.