Private Equity
<p>Committing to a fund because your peers already have is not a good investment rationale. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>Britain’s new budget is kind to venture capitalists but buyout investors are not being wooed by government in the same way. They should be. </p>
2 min read · 29 January 2013
<p>GPs that rose with the credit bubble and fell when it burst, and that are coming to market this year to raise funds, are unlikely to gain the kind of support necessary to hit their targets.</p>
2 min read · 29 January 2013
<p>It’s the right trend for the times – manager contributions to their private equity funds are growing larger.</p>
3 min read · 29 January 2013
<p>Some US public pensions may be moving toward policies to monitor or punish GPs that support the restructuring of public employee benefits plans – but their focus is misplaced.</p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 29 January 2013
<p>How a still-emerging private equity firm in China is building an institutionalised investment platform right from the start.</p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 29 January 2013
<p>PEI’s proprietary ranking of the world’s largest private equity firms highlights a number of firms and niche strategies that continue to win investor interest despite a general slowdown in fundraising post-financial crisis.</p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 29 January 2013
<p>A cursory trawl of our archives demonstrates just how intimately tied Skype has been to venture capital and private equity firms during its short lifetime, and how profitable it has been for those firms which took a punt on the business. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 29 January 2013
<p>Private equity professionals are a competitive bunch. But many were likely toasting Cinven’s sale of Phadia this week as further evidence that boom-era buyouts can prove profitable.</p>
3 min read · 29 January 2013
<p>With pre-crisis funds bouncing back, LPs can thank private equity’s inherent illiquidity for stopping them from getting out too soon. </p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 29 January 2013
