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Side Letter: Cannes arrival, scapegoating PE, Neuberger Berman's Nordic exposurePEI reports from the French Riviera this week; Carl Thoma says PE should focus more on the value it creates than talking about itself; and Neuberger opens in Stockholm. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Heard at the CFOs & COOs Forum 2020Some of the key talking points and takeaways from the largest gathering of private equity finance and operations professionals.
Side Letter: Predictions video, Baring's billions, TA doubles downA must-watch video on the secondaries market in 2020, plus CFOs and COOs Forum kick off and Baring's billions in context. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: BlackRock's back, Partners Group's milestone, Lex on fireBlackRock has put key person issues behind it and its plans for domination are back on track. Partners Group, meanwhile, has reached a private markets milestone and Lexington has become secondaries largest fundraiser... probably for a short while only. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Life after Abraaj, Eurazeo's credit line, CDPQ people moveVisit PEI later for a fundraising market update. Spoiler alert: it contains the phrase "post-crisis high"... again. In the meantime we catch up with a former Abraaj regional chief, reflect on the growing link between ESG and cost of capital and add some new funds to the private equity Hall of Fame. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Advent and Vista named in Hall of Fame PE fund rankingFour additional entrants have been welcomed into the HEC Private Equity Value Creation Hall of Fame, launched in 2017 by associate professor Oliver Gottschalg.
Side Letter: European fund rush, Hollyport and VIG closes, Thoma Bravo's new nicheEurope is braced for a bunch of mega closes, while Hollyport and VIG are celebrating their own fundraising achievements. Plus: predictions from Blackstone and Thoma Bravo's new offering. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
CPPIB commits to Silicon Valley funds as the market warms to its new VC strategyCanada’s largest pension fund with net assets of C$410 billion ($309 billion; €279 billion), has so far made commitments to three Silicon Valley managers. It aims to deploy an initial $1 billion to funds in North America and Europe in early-stage and growth-stage vehicles.
Side Letter: Chasing Inventis, returns pessimism, key person debateInventis's claims that it was China's largest PE growth manager turned out to be not what it seemed, as we reported last year. A year on, fresh sources have got in touch.
What Latin American pension funds are looking forSecondaries firms and mid-market tech funds are among the beneficiaries of the region’s increasingly sophisticated pension systems.