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Side Letter: Vista's Smith wipes student debt, Morgan Stanley's Tikehau stakeRemember your college graduation speech? A group of Morehouse College students who graduated on Sunday certainly will after Vista's Robert Smith said he'd wipe their student debts. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
5 things we learned at the IFC’s Global Private Equity conferenceTechnology, fundraising challenges and trade wars were on the menu at the pre-eminent gathering of emerging markets private equity insiders.
- Side Letter: EM despatches, Lex's $10bn, Navab's instant mega-firm
What's going on in emerging markets private equity? Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
IFC: Technology gains boost EM investmentsSectors that have benefited the most from tech include logistics, cold storage, consumer branding, healthcare and fintech, according to the IFC's global head and chief investment officer for private equity funds, Maria Kozloski.
- European VC closes on Silicon Valley
Europe has delivered 30 unicorns over the last decade and the region's tech ecosystem has blossomed to the best the industry has ever known.
PEI Awards 2018: Americas winnersThe Americas champions, including firms, limited partners, lawyers and many more.
PEI Awards 2018: KKR, EQT and Blackstone dominateGrowth investing is front and centre in this year’s awards as veteran winners were joined by new faces.
Blackstone prepares to ramp up growth investingThe firm expects to launch its debut dedicated life sciences fund this year and is racing toward a large first close on its latest private equity flagship fund.
Blackstone CFO: PE is the 'least disruptable' area of asset managementFor Michael Chae, private equity fees are 'still justified' by the industry's value creation and performance.
Growth investing set to take off in 2019Blackstone is the latest manager to launch a strategy targeting companies that are still in the growth stage.