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PEI 300 2021: China’s one-stop shopsMega-firms in China with vast arsenals of fund strategies may soon rival those in North America.
PEI 300 2021: Will secondaries become the new primaries?Eight of the top 20 largest firms in the PEI 300 already manage secondaries funds or are working on the strategy.
PEI 300 2021: Growth equity offers best of both worldsA lot of capital is swirling around growth equity, a sign of the strategy’s growing appeal beyond buyouts and venture capital.
PEI 300 2021: Immune response to covidWhat pandemic? The industry’s 300 largest firms raised a record $2.25 trillion in fresh capital over the past five years.
Minnesota SBI approves $750m in commitmentsThe organisation has backed four private equity vehicles in its second round of commitments in 2021.
Side Letter: Aus SWF rallies troops for inflation battle; $83bn pension's new CIOAustralia's $139 billion sovereign wealth fund is nearly doubling its investment team in anticipation of rising inflation. Plus: the UN's $83 billion pension has named a new CIO and HarbourVest is setting up shop in Singapore. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
NBA Africa deal mixes sports and emerging marketsHelios Investment Partners has backed a deal that values NBA Africa at $1bn in enterprise value.
Fubon Life Insurance confirms $65m commitmentThe Taiwanese insurance company has backed KKR's latest North American buyout fund.
ESG: An increasingly critical value-creation leverAs sustainability concerns affect consumer behaviours, aligning portfolio companies with future trends is an opportunity to create value.
Side Letter: Tokenised PE; EMPEA takeaways; CalSTRS' new CEOA Singaporean platform is using blockchain to help bring PE one step closer towards democratisation. Plus: dispatches from this week's EMPEA conference and CalSTRS has named its first female chief exec. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.