Private Equity

Commentary

Covid-19 heralds hard decisions on sustainable investment

The private equity industry must decide how its long-established fiduciary duty fits with a crisis like this.

2 min read · 08 October 2020

The long, long-hold

Silver 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.

2 min read · 01 October 2020

Early insights into the MM&K 2020 PE and VC Compensation Survey

Nigel Mills is seeing firms take a bullish view of the near-term future and growth in the size of investment teams.

2 min read · 30 September 2020

Covid-era fundraisings: Longer and harder to read

Don’t be fooled by the headline numbers; raising private equity funds has become more difficult.

3 min read · 24 September 2020

DOWNLOAD: Eight charts that matter for emerging managers

Covid-19 is changing the private equity landscape beyond recognition. Here are key findings every emerging manager should know.

1 min read · 21 September 2020

Africa: A long-term PE play just got even longer

Our annual Africa Special showcases the opportunities ahead for the continent and some large bumps in the road.

2 min read · 17 September 2020

As pandemic taxes connectivity, GI Partners sees ripe environment for investment

Something that became apparent with millions of Americans at home relying on local network infrastructure for their livelihoods – back-end network infrastructure could use a lot more upgrading.

3 min read · 11 September 2020

A people business that will have to change

For better or worse private equity fundraising will have to be conducted with less of a human touch.

3 min read · 10 September 2020

Bertrand Millot of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec talks climate change

'Climate risk is real. Even if you have a fluorescent green portfolio you will still incur climate risk.

3 min read · 04 September 2020

Three takeaways from our biggest SI 30 ever

The $257bn collected by the 30 firms comprising our latest ranking of the secondaries market's biggest fundraisers could be small fry in years to come.

2 min read · 03 September 2020

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