Private Equity
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms have been very busy so far in 2014, raising more than $51.4 billion in capital commitments from institutional investors. The latest year-to-date fundraising figure far exceeds the amount raised this time last year, when fund managers managed to secure only $31.1 billion.
1 min read · 21 April 2014
<p>Given skyrocketing US IPO volumes, this might seem like a good time for sponsors to be plotting a public offering for their portfolio companies. But the picture may not be as rosy as these numbers suggest.</p>
3 min read · 18 April 2014
According to a report that summarizes its private equity program activity, the New York State Teachers Retirement System overwhelmingly prefers buyouts for its private equity portfolio as of the quarter that ended Sept. 20, 2013.
1 min read · 11 April 2014
<p><span>The industry needs to work with the new SEC taskforce – whatever form it may take – to make sure it doesn’t end up with a solution that’s worse than the problem.</span><span></span> </p>
3 min read · 11 April 2014
2 min read · 07 April 2014
U.S.-based financial sponsors kept up a strong pace of exiting via M&A during the first three months of the new year. But buyout-backed IPOs fell sharply in the first quarter as public equity markets cooled.
3 min read · 07 April 2014
<p>A new report suggests co-invests are likely to underperform. But surely this is an execution issue, not a structural issue?</p>
3 min read · 04 April 2014
In the same study as our previous chart of the week, EY and PEI found that nearly two-thirds of CFOs believe that the regulatory environment will continue to have a “major impact” on their operations over the next two years.
1 min read · 28 March 2014
<p>Headline fees have barely come down since the crisis. That may be because LPs ultimately don't care enough about them.</p> <div> </div> <div> </div>
4 min read · 28 March 2014
2 min read · 24 March 2014
