Commentary

LPs remain overstressed, overworked and overburdened.

This will be our last newsletter column of the year as we go on break next week. We’ll be back in early January with our insider view of the inner workings of firms and funds. We hope you enjoy the holiday season and actually get some sort of a break, before the January rush.

Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, JPE is a provider of aftermarket solutions for the commercial aerospace industry.

Edgewater Capital Partners V's LPs include corporate pension funds, funds of funds, endowments, insurance companies, and other institutional investors, based primarily in North America.

Knowing exactly why you want to co-invest, formalizing your strategy and making sure all the key ingredients are built into your program will go a long way toward making you a reliable, sought-after co-investor, write Meketa Investment Group's Steven Hartt and Ethan Samson.

The continuation fund was formed to acquire four companies from across Green Equity Investors VI and Green Equity Investors VII, both of which are managed by Leonard Green.

Based in New York City, Achieve invests in software and tech-enabled services across the education spectrum, from K-12 through higher education and workforce development.

APE V's limited partners include pensions, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices.

Fund II's limited partners include corporate and public pension funds, endowments and foundations, asset managers, funds of funds, and family offices as well as high-net-worth individuals.

GPs are desperate to show their LPs they know how to deliver the goods. And if they can’t do it through traditional exits, they’ll seek other methods.