Private Equity

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Trade wars and Canada's $1.6trn pension industry – should GPs lose sleep?

There are concerns over how welcome foreign capital will be in the US and the knock-on effects this could have on capital allocations.

3 min read · 20 March 2025

On a ring and a prayer: notes from NEXUS 2025

Talk of disruption and dislocation amid a turbulent new US administration reigned supreme.

4 min read · 13 March 2025

Asian insurers: the next fundraising frontier?

As GPs ramp up their efforts globally to raise capital from insurance firms, Asia presents particular challenges in this regard.

2 min read · 06 March 2025

LPs mustn’t sleep on geopolitical risk

Attempting to mitigate these risks – particularly in ways that can serve to add value, as well as protect it – could soon become less of a rarity, and more of a fiduciary duty.

2 min read · 27 February 2025

This portfolio approach could prove a catalyst for LPs' PE exposures

The biggest public pension in the US is considering a more holistic investment strategy – one others may follow.

3 min read · 20 February 2025

Placement firms are playing survival of the fittest

As natural selection intensifies among placement agents, those who can broaden their scopes geographically and strategically look set to benefit.

2 min read · 13 February 2025

Tariffs could have a thin silver lining for the mid-market

Trade levies – if those on Mexico and Canada eventually materialise – are still likely to be a net negative for the US private equity industry.

2 min read · 06 February 2025

Meaningful DE&I progress requires everyone to be on board

The challenge for diversity advocates is getting their message to new audiences.

3 min read · 30 January 2025

The problem with UK private equity

To reach its full potential, the UK’s private capital ecosystem must battle through public misconception, an incoming tax increase and ‘quirks’ not shared by other markets, UK MP Gareth Davies told PEI staff this week.

3 min read · 23 January 2025

High-profile exits offer glimmer of hope for APAC PE

Evidence of a thawing exit environment could help restore some confidence to LPs that remain sceptical of the region, and unlock capital to back new funds.

2 min read · 16 January 2025

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