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‘Intimidated’ LPs demand private sessionsLPs more than ever are asking GPs to officially sanction 'private meetings' without managers where investors feel more comfortable speaking openly.
- Another banner year for secondaries
The first six months of 2011 were record-breaking for the secondaries market, which is poised to hit an all-time high this year, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
- NYC’s Miller: Opportunity in secondaries for pensions
Secondaries provide large pension funds the opportunity to 'move the battleship' - nimbly reposition themselves, in other words, according to the head of New York City's pension fund.
- Asian LPs to ramp up secondaries activity
The latest Global Private Equity Barometer conducted by Coller Capital shows that 68 percent of Asia Pacific LPs will be buyers in the secondaries market over the next two years, while 42 percent of them will be on the sellers' side.
- LPs change their tune but fundraising will suffer
The reasons may have changed, but the outcome is still the same. Fewer LPs cite fund terms as a reason to shed relationships with GPs, but an overwhelming majority still plan to refuse managers’ re-up requests in the near future.
- Study: Brazil steals China's momentum
A recent study of LP appetites found Brazil has taken China's place at the top of the podium as the place LPs regard as the most attractive destination for private equity dealmaking.
- 'Extraordinary is the new ordinary' for MENA
Political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa has 'stymied' economic recovery, but the region is in a strong position for future growth, according to delegates at Private Equity International's seventh Middle East Forum.
- Emerging market funds grant concessions
Terms and conditions of emerging market funds are being influenced by two counterbalancing forces: appetite for the region and risk, says Geoffrey Kittredge of Debevoise & Plimpton.
- PE giants sign on to ILPA principles
Pantheon, Apax, Oaktree, First Reserve, Warburg Pincus, Hellman & Friedman and Adveq are the latest firms to endorse the best practices guidelines put forth by the Institutional Limited Partners Association.
- KKR throws weight behind ILPA principles
The private equity veteran is the latest to endorse the best practices guidelines put forth by the Institutional Limited Partners Association.