Private Equity

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The $175trn potential LP market you can't afford to ignore

Carlyle Group’s partnership with distribution platforms iCapital and Allfunds this week is the latest example of firms wanting to tap the private wealth market.

3 min read · 03 February 2022

Team efforts can accelerate PE’s ESG progress

Industry stakeholders are recognising the advantages of working together to develop standardised frameworks for ESG target-setting, data collection and reporting.

3 min read · 27 January 2022

Blurred lines: A semi-private market could help bring PE to the masses

Proposals for a new UK exchange that would allow privately held businesses to list and trade their shares on a periodic basis could have exciting implications for retail investors and DC pension schemes alike.

3 min read · 20 January 2022

Why the UK’s answer to CFIUS could be more bark than bite

The UK’s National Security and Investment Act is unlikely to translate into diminished overseas appetites for domestic assets.

3 min read · 13 January 2022

Emerging markets: Down, but by no means out

A subdued fundraising environment belies soaring investment activity as the pandemic catalyses many of the dynamics that have traditionally drawn private capital to emerging markets.

2 min read · 06 January 2022

No crystal ball but... here's what key industry figures predict will happen in 2022

Read up on what executives from Vista, Blackstone, Skandia, Advent and more want and expect from the year ahead.

3 min read · 16 December 2021

Best of Friday Letters 2021

In a year when there was no shortage of developments to dissect, here are five of our favourite editorial commentaries from the last 12 months.

3 min read · 09 December 2021

Three takeaways from PEI’s Women in Private Markets Summit

Topics du jour included LP sentiment around today’s heady fundraising environment and frenetic dealmaking; the pervasiveness of continuation vehicles; and the democratisation of private markets.

3 min read · 02 December 2021

Rule Britannia? The opportunities and challenges ahead for UK buyouts

Private equity firms need to be cautious about how they are leaving a lasting mark in a market fertile for takeovers.

2 min read · 25 November 2021

Why 2022 will be a time for discipline

Unslakable investor thirst for the asset class has contributed to some of the best fundraising conditions in history and led to concerns over how managers are putting that money to work.

3 min read · 18 November 2021

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