Livingbridge

With some managers looking offshore, and a general election on the horizon, the UK mid-market is undergoing something of an evolution.

21 Changemakers: from KKR’s Pete Stavros to Wol Kolade of Livingbridge.

Though the market largely concurs that diversity of talent drives value, enacting meaningful change at the portfolio level is something of a journey.

The London-based investment firm has held a final close on its seventh private equity vehicle.

The private equity firm's managing partner Wol Kolade says private equity must scale and become more mainstream to become a 'must-have'.

Livingbridge, LDC, and Maven Capital have all announced investment team additions in recent weeks.

The firm, led by Wol Kolade, has created the board to provide advice and an external perspective on critical issues that impact Livingbridge’s business and investment strategy.

The deal for the UK's largest family law firm is the lower mid-market firm's first in the legal sector.

Side Letter unearths fundraising details from the likes of Thoma Bravo, Cinven and Apollo. Plus: why the UK's diversity data is more complex than the headline figures suggest; and a former HIG head launches his own firm. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The UK's £76 billion Universities Superannuation Scheme is eyeing smaller opportunities as it prioritises managers that can remain disciplined. Plus: LGT Capital Partners reckons this is the first decade in which private equity won't grow; and Rede looks to the Middle East. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

There's sunlight through the clouds as PE execs gather in Cannes. Plus: one of the industry's biggest investors has turned cashflow negative for the first time since 2008 and a bullish superannuation fund has a new head of private markets. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

An explosion of GP-led secondaries is prompting LPs to ensure their no-fee co-investments won't become more expensive down the line. Plus: Why minority recapitalisations are in vogue; and how AI can improve GP operations. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

As domain expertise becomes a differentiator in an increasingly crowded PE market, managers are taking varying approaches to building industry know-how.

Industry leaders on where they see the private equity industry in the future, and how they'd like to shake up the asset class.

Industry leaders share their most valuable career lessons, and their views on how private equity has evolved as an asset class.

The investor seeks to be the partner of choice for GPs and businesses in today's tough market, says the Ontario pension’s head of PE for Europe.