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Friday Letter Capital and legimacyIncreased opportunities in emerging markets are being acknowledged as a key ingredient to the further maturation of private equity. But in markets within Latin America and Asia, the industry's advancement also hinges upon domestic investors investing meaningfully in the asset class.
- Friday Letter political pressure cooker
New Jersey’s young but growing private equity programme has been halted pending review by an incoming governor – let’s hope the asset class is not made a scapegoat for the state’s budgetary and political issues.
- Friday Letter 12 unusual months
PEO takes a look at some the year's top challenges to the industry, as well as some encouraging indicators.
- Friday Letter Going once, going twice
Auctions are back, with large firms lining up eagerly to deploy their capital.
- Friday Letter: Powered up
KKR’s recent East Resources exit – coupled with HitecVision’s specialist energy fund close this week – is further evidence that the energy sector remains active and vibrant for private equity investors.
- Friday Letter It's back but it's different
Ask a dozen US and European private equity and leveraged finance professionals if credit markets are open again and you'll get 15 different answers. But all agree conditions have vastly improved from 2009 lows.
- Hong Kong's GCS to buy €80bn asset manager
GCS Capital has agreed to buy Dexia Asset Management, which had reportedly drawn interest from firms including Advent, Bain, CVC, Permira and Warburg Pincus.
- GPs strengthen lender relationships
While some private equity firms have had capital markets teams for years, it is only relatively recently that other GPs have added in-house staff dedicated exclusively to financing activity.
- Florida pledges $700m to private equity
The $122.5bn pension system has committed to Ares Management, Warburg Pincus, RCP Advisors, AXA PE and Crescent Capital as it works to deploy $6bn over the next three years.
- Warburg Pincus and Cinven offload more Ziggo shares
The two firms, which have already made respective returns of 4x and 2.7x, are selling an additional 37 million shares worth a total of €916m.