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Side Letter: What next for ESG in PE?This year's Responsible Investment Special explores the 30 Big Ideas driving innovation in ESG and impact. Plus: Carlyle's fundraising inflows climbed 42 percent last year and Canadian pensions have big plans for PE. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
The long, long-holdSilver Lake’s launch of a multi-decade strategy is the latest example of a private equity industry grappling with how to hold on to assets outside of a traditional 10-year fund model.
Side Letter: CPPIB in venture, Summit's big move, Visma's epic PE journeySummit seeks to do something big in fund restructuring; more barriers to US-China capital flows; Vista's Smith under investigation; and inside CPPIB's venture programme. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Global Investor 100: CPPIB's Feeney on managing the top-ranked PE portfolioThe $324bn Canadian pension plan’s private equity portfolio stands head and shoulders above the competition in our inaugural ranking. Global head of private equity Shane Feeney talks through its approach to the asset class.
UMich approves $181.2m in commitmentsThe U.S. endowment has backed eight private equity funds.
Side Letter: Evercore's game-changer, LPs and net zero emissions, diversity in FranceTalk of the responsible investing town is all about climate change: any manager not thinking about this in an organised way should be warned. Also today: PE Game Changer of the Year, France's positive moves on gender equality and various firms reacting to the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Wellcome Trust's Love for ventureHow Wellcome Trust's Geoffrey Love learned to thrive in an asset class that has left many LPs bruised and bloodied.
Meet the Silicon Valley firm bringing impact to IndonesiaThe UN Development Programme in Indonesia has selected 500 Startups to jointly launch an impact investing accelerator.
Private equity bets big on India despite election slumpFewer deals are being done, but more capital is being deployed, according to data from Grant Thornton.
SWFs go big on tech, healthcare directs – reportSovereign wealth funds want more exposure to disruptive, tech companies and doubled early-stage investments last year, according to an industry body.