Private Equity

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Friday Letter Relentless pressure on fees

<p>GPs must accept and manage around a new era of diminished fee income. </p> <p> </p>

2 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter Success in the downturn

<p>The results of our eighth annual global readers’ poll remind that which firms are in favour will fluctuate as the industry confronts its greatest challenge. </p> <p> </p>

3 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter: Looking past the gloom

<p>Private equity in the Middle East and North Africa is seeing ways to a lucrative future. </p> <p> </p>

2 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter Beware the regulator

<p> Friday Letter: Beware the regulator 2009-03-20 Private equity investing is a long-term business that uses patient capital, but it’s still hard for a lot of GPs to shake that “just can't win” feeling in the short term. Credit remains scarce, industries and markets across the globe have contra</p>

4 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter: Regulation rollercoaster

<p>For private equity, Obama administration policy proposals this week were big news – some of it good, some of it worrying.</p> <p> </p>

3 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter: Merger madness

<p>The manager consolidation industry insiders have been predicting kicked off this week with two very different deals united by a common thread: a solution for the seller equals a break into new markets for the buyer. </p>

2 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter: Involve your investors

<p>The orderly sell-off of various Lehman Brothers private equity assets has included one overriding feature GPs across the industry should carefully note - the inclusion of limited partners in decision making.</p> <p> </p>

2 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter: Ban the politicians

<p>The way to avoid any future ‘pay-to-play’ scandals is not to ban placement agents, as some public officials have called for, but rather to ban the politicians themselves from the investment process. </p>

3 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter Eyes on Asia

<p>Whether the Western LP/GP relationship model is truly suitable for Asia was one of the many hot topics to surface at this week’s PEI Asia Forum in Hong Kong. </p>

4 min read · 31 January 2013

Friday Letter The need for fuel

<p>The amount of private equity cash destined for investment in the energy sector is just a drop in the ocean compared to what’s needed globally.</p> <p> </p>

2 min read · 31 January 2013

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