Private Equity
The industry remains too wedded to the traditional fundraising model. That needs to change.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Turkey has been tipped for some time to become a hotbed of private equity activity, given its geographic position between Europe and Asia and its strong supply of founder- and family-owned companies ripe for expansion. Now, nearly a decade since Turkish private equity got its start, and with GDP growth forecast to hit 5% in 2013, PEI talks to four of the market’s key players to find out if Turkish private equity is finally set to take off.
10 min read · 21 September 2013
Eric Mason, head of the $10bn Church Pension Fund's Asia office, elaborates on the institution's investment strategy in Asia.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Eric-Jan Vink last year became head of private equity at PGGM, the pension fund service provider for Dutch healthcare and social service workers. He talks to PEI about PGGM's activities and strategy.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Different crises have led to evolutions of the secondaries market, none more so than the global financial crisis of 2008. The market today is more vibrant, diverse and integrated than ever before, write Jeff Hammer and Paul Sanabria (pictured).
6 min read · 20 September 2013
Investments based solely on a leverage strategy, absent of significant operational improvements, are not only passé, but also unwise.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Credit-related funds are starting to appear in Asia. Chris Chia, managing partner at mezzanine and growth capital firm Kendall Court, discusses challenges PE firms may face moving into this market.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The Pension Protection Fund, which pays out compensation to UK workers when their employer goes bust, has grown threefold over the last three years. The PPF’s Alan Goodman explains what this means for the LP’s private equity investment strategy.
4 min read · 20 September 2013
AXA PE recently announced it entered into an agreement to spin out from its parent organisation, AXA, through a transaction that will keep management in control.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Ex-CalPERS board member Al Villalobos has finally been indicted by the DoJ over the pay-to-play scandal – and yet Apollo still refuses to explain why it continued to use his services even after CalPERS investment officials said it wasn’t necessary, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
4 min read · 20 September 2013
