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  • Side Letter: IPEM talking points
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 29 September 2025

    Dispatches from IPEM in Paris last week. Plus: a UK foundation is losing its private markets director; and secondaries continues to gain ground among family offices. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: 'Dumb money'
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 8 September 2025

    A potential influx of 'dumb money' has ruffled feathers among some existing LPs. Plus: A look at how tariffs disrupted H1 investment values; and a $43 billion pension is doubling down on private equity. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Side Letter: LP allocation uplifts
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 14 August 2025

    A quick look at some LPs keen to get more private equity exposure. Plus: A multi-purpose GP-led secondaries deal emerges in the US; and a newcomer to Canada's pension scene is ramping up its private markets deployment. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Colonial First State: ‘This is a great time to increase unlisted exposure’
    InvestorsDaniel Kemp- 11 August 2025

    KKR-owned Colonial First State, which manages one of Australia’s 10-largest superfunds, will make its inaugural private equity allocation this month, PE head Chloé Brayne tells PEI.

  • How the Trump presidency could impact the PE industry
    Editor's ViewHannah Zhang- 14 November 2024

    Some large LPs have already started to tweak their investment focus to align with the priorities of the Republican administration.

  • Australia Special: How to find value in a high-priced environment
    Private Equity News & AnalysisAmy Carroll- 15 June 2021

    High entry multiples are forcing private equity firms to get creative Down Under.

  • PEI Awards 2020: Asia-Pacific winners
    FeaturedPEI Staff- 1 March 2021

    One firm won the Large-Cap, Deal, Fundraise, Australasia, Korea and South-East Asia awards this year and came second in India.

  • KKR: ‘Asia business can be as big as North America franchise’
    FeaturedIsobel Markham- 4 August 2020

    The firm raised a record $16bn in the second quarter, including bringing its latest Asia fund up to $11bn.

  • Australian private equity: Down Under, but not out
    FeaturedAlex Lynn- 30 June 2020

    Australia's private equity market has struggled to find exits and certain sectors have taken a beating from the coronavirus, but there are reasons for Australian firms to be optimistic.

  • KKR’s Asia head: We need to adapt to the new geopolitical environment
    Private Equity Deals & TransactionsAlex Lynn- 29 June 2020

    Geopolitical tensions, talk of decoupling and reshuffling supply chains are the private equity giant's biggest concerns, its head of Asia-Pacific tells PEI.