Private Equity

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Friday Letter Private equity's new centre of the universe

Despite turmoil in Western markets, GPs in India are feeling good about the future.

2 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter The world of energy still turns

<p>PEI 's recent Energy Forum in New York revealed a still-growing appetite for non-US opportunities.</p> <p> </p>

3 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter Even placement agents can’t stem this tide

<p>Exactly how severely the wild public market swings and various financial sector government interventions worldwide will affect private equity activity remains to be seen. But their impact on fundraising can already be felt. </p> <p> </p>

3 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter Not sexy but essential

<p>Billions of dollars are needed to fund infrastructure projects in the US, Europe and Asia – and in the current economic downturn, governments will increasingly look to private investors to get things done.</p>

3 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter The upside of write-downs

<p>Many GPs have long considered mark-to-market accounting a fiend. But now that fair value write-downs of private equity portfolios seem inevitable, they may well bring relief for over-weighted LPs suffering the denominator effect.</p> <p> </p>

2 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter A chorus of concern – and an optimistic look ahead

<p>Economic decoupling now looks a romantic notion of the past – made plain this week by GPs and LPs at the PEI Emerging Markets Forum in London. But while not immune from the problems plaguing global markets, private equity in emerging markets is also hoping to benefit from the fallout.</p> <p> </p>

2 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter Management, not mayhem

<p>The Wellcome Trust’s move to rebalance its portfolio reminds that not all limited partner actions in these turbulent times signal distress.</p>

2 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter Lights, camera, action

<p>Emerging markets private equity is the star attraction in the first PEO Video offering launched this week.</p> <p> </p>

2 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter The voting starts now

<p>Which firms, funds and deals stood out from the crowd in 2008? Cast your vote now in the only global private equity awards that are voted on entirely by the industry – not by editors.</p> <p> </p>

1 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter Job cuts and ramp-ups

<p>The news flow this week confirmed that private equity is by no means an island unaffected by the global financial crisis. Parts of it are under water, but elsewhere industry professionals are getting excited by the opportunities this crisis will produce. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

3 min read · 31 January 2013

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