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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.
- Australian PE Posts Steady Returns
The Cambridge Associates Australia Private Equity and Venture Capital Index rose by 2.90 percent in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest quarterly report released by The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Ltd. In the twelve months leading to 30 September 2012, a total of AU$2.2 billion ($2.3 billion) was distributed back to LPs while $2.3 billion was drawn down.
PE and VC Returns Were Positive in Q3U.S. private equity and venture capital funds posted positive returns in the third quarter. But both asset classes lagged public market returns, according to a new report from Cambridge Associates.
- 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.
- Venture Performance Remains Far Cry From 1996 Heyday
How are U.S. venture capital funds performing? Depends on which time frame one looks at, and whether one focuses on portfolio value or cash returns. But overall, new data from Cambridge Associates shows VC performance improving over a 10-year time frame but third- quarter write-downs weighed on results.
- 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.