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Friday Letter Who cares?PEI’s Responsible Investment Forum this week underscored the rapidly growing momentum now behind the implementation of ESG practices in private equity. But it also flagged the many challenges facing GPs and LPs in pursuing ESG-related goals.
- Friday letter testing boundaries
With its two RMB fund launches, TPG has joined firms like Carlyle and Blackstone in throwing itself wholeheartedly behind an untested and pioneering private equity vehicle.
- 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.
- Friday Letter No time for turkey
For anyone who wasn’t quite convinced: the anticipated pick-up in LBO activity has arrived.
- Friday Letter Clear as mud
Australia's determination this week that private equity profits may – in certain circumstances – be taxed as income rather than capital gains has left more questions than answers.
- Friday Letter Raging bull
Whether Guy Hands can recover from the brutal blow of the EMI loss depends on how much of a fight he has left in him.
- Friday Letter Enough already: mega-fund bashing misses the point
As limited partners continue to debate the merits of large buyout funds, evidence grows that they may not turn out to be the poor performers some had assumed.
- Friday Letter LPs need to stand up for private equity
At PEI's Responsible Investment Forum in New York this week many limited partners applauded GPs' efforts to enhance environmental, social and governance policies -- they ought to do so publicly more often.
- Friday Letter In the dock again
The past week or so has shown that the days of labour unions and politicians painting private equity firms as evil asset strippers haven’t passed – and threaten to undo much of the industry’s good work over the past few years in improving its public image.
- Friday Letter It's spin out time
LPs are right to be paying attention to the latest wave of new managers attempting to establish themselves.