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Side Letter: KKR's 2021 macro view, LACERA stresses the 'S' in ESGIt looks like sustainability (in various forms) will be a big winner from the global pandemic. Investors will be less tolerant of managers who don't consider their wider impact, while governments' fiscal looseness will provide an ESG boost, notes KKR's asset allocation chief Henry McVey. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Story of the Year: Diversity takes center stageThe industry stepped up its diversity efforts this year, with major players setting new targets for women and minorities, hiring diversity and inclusion champions and signing onto an ambitious DEI initiative.
Story of the Year: PE firms donate $100m-plus to help those hurt by virusFrom Blackstone to Eurazeo to Partners Group, PE firms and their executives stepped up in response to the pandemic, forgoing salaries, setting up employee assistance funds and shifting capital to pandemic response companies.
What's in store for European take-privates in 2021?For GPs, teaming up with strategic buyers and tapping assets on smaller listed indices could lead to an increase in public-to-private deals over the next year, say industry practitioners.
Value Creation Forum: Beware companies with ‘covid steroids in the system’Businesses that should seek new ownership aren’t being listed for sale during coronavirus, Tim Sims, founder of Pacific Equity Partners, tells delegates at PEI’s Value Creation Forum: Asia.
Side Letter: Investors' 2021 priorities, Navab alumni, SPACs in Europe, Mumbai highAn early look at Probitas's investor survey; tracking the Navab Capital Partners alumni; SPACs in Europe; plus much more. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Perspectives 2021: Seven LP opinions that matterPrivate Equity International’s LP Perspectives 2021 Study takes the temperature of the investor community as it looks to the year ahead.
Covid-19 adds fuel to India’s private equity explosionSome Indian business owners have become more receptive to private equity capital during the pandemic, Neeraj Bharadwaj, a Mumbai-based MD at Carlyle, told PEI.
EMPEA: 'Asia is most attractive region'EMPEA is looking to get deeper into Asia, say its chief executive Cate Ambrose, and Julie Ruvolo, managing director of venture capital.
Covid-19 calms Vietnam’s feeding frenzyPandemic travel bans have reduced competition for the country’s domestic firms after a period of intense spending by regional and global players.