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Future 40 Leaders – 2022: Dealmakers40 under 40: Future Leaders of Private Equity. Meet the dealmakers showing ingenuity and originality beyond their years.
Mega-funds: How big is too big?Fund sizes ballooned across the board last year, averaging $530m, nearly a 50% increase in merely five years, according to PEI data.
Side Letter: Northern Trust's PE ETF; Hong Kong's SPAC dreams; new BVCA chairNorthern Trust is giving investors access to private equity, ETF-style. Plus: Duke Street exec named BVCA chair and why being a night owl could be the key to a PE career. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
What Blackstone, Carlyle and abrdn look for in GP-led dealsSponsors must ensure their own interests align with those of their existing LPs and the buyers to combat a rise in 'conflict washing', panellists at last week's Invest Europe forum warned.
Side Letter: Partners Group highlights; Advent's $23bn target; Adams Street's Joost boostHighlights from Partners Group's annual earnings call this morning. Plus: Advent International is expected to close its latest and largest mega-fund next month and Adams Street Partners has tapped BlackRock for its Benelux business. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Advent International on course to wrap up $23bn Fund X next monthAdvent's prior flagship fund was showing outsized performance with a 3x net multiple and a 129.4% net IRR as of September.
Side Letter: PE's dreaded denominator; PSERS' conflict concerns; Healthcare recordsStretched allocations and market shocks have raised concerns in some quarters over the dreaded denominator effect. Plus: Private equity set new records in healthcare last year and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is the latest to seek $20 billion for its latest mega-fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Bain & Co: Macro uncertainty is the biggest enemy of dealmakingInflation and rising interest rates, as well as the uncertainty surrounding the Ukraine conflict, could cause a turn of fortunes in the industry, says Bain’s EVP of private equity.
PEI Awards 2021: Americas winnersHellman & Friedman picks up the award for fundraise of the year for its $24.4bn Fund X
Side Letter: Hellman & Friedman's timing; KTP's 34% return; Shell turns sellerHellman & Friedman is wary of LPs being overallocated as it gears up to raise another mega-fund. Plus: Korea Teachers' Pension is reaping the benefits of its hefty alternatives portfolio and Shell is looking to shed some weight. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.