Private Equity
4 min read · 28 December 2015
8 min read · 07 December 2015
4 min read · 23 November 2015
6 min read · 09 November 2015
7 min read · 26 October 2015
LPs have pumped $22 billion into infrastructure funds since 2014, chastened by some big failures following the global financial crisis.
6 min read · 14 September 2015
Big private equity players are pursuing different paths to scale a mountain of capital offered by wealthy individuals and other retail investors, with fresh initiatives under way this year.
8 min read · 23 February 2015
Dry powder abounds. So where is the explosion of deals?
8 min read · 23 December 2013
Have-nots, zombie funds, bottom-quartile performers. These are the labels sponsors desperately tried to avoid in the post-crisis years. Now that a fundraising recovery is in full flower, some sponsors are being showered with a more positive set of labels. One-and-done funds, premium-carry firms, rock stars.
7 min read · 23 December 2013
Bain Capital may well have had its finest moment in turning around the performance of its ninth fund, an $8 billion pool invested speedily during the pre-crisis days of late 2006 and 2007. The successor pool, whose investment period straddled the financial crisis, has been a more complex story to tell. But the buyout shop believes that investors will still end up multiplying their money two and a half times.
6 min read · 09 December 2013
