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GPs eyeing potential capital from the fund of firms market are building out legal requisites to ensure such transactions could happen without LP consent.

PEI caught up with Neil Stanford, head of PE at the A$45bn superannuation fund, to discuss its push into Aussie VC and its aversion to large domestic buyouts.

Credit lines are contentious but their ability to improve IRR appears limited to the most strongly performing funds and funds early in their life, writes Christoph Jäckel of Montana Capital Partners.

The world’s 20 largest sovereign and public pension funds allocated 22% of their assets to alternatives and cash last year, according to Willis Towers Watson.

East Africa Venture Capital Association executive director Esther Ndeti gives her tips for first-time visitors to the Kenyan capital.

Popular offshore fund destinations are requiring more ‘substance’ and stiffer regulations. TMF Group’s Anastasia Williams discusses what this means for US mid-market GPs hunting for deals and investors globally.

Firms are having to work longer and harder to achieve attractive returns, but sourcing capital to drive growth late in a fund’s life can be challenging, says Tom Glover, head of fund finance, Investec North America.

There may be plenty of opportunity in the US upper mid-market buyout arena, but there’s also a lot of competition. European entrants need to stand out from the crowd, says Ardian’s Thibault Basquin.

As protectionist trade policies impact supply chains of mid-market American businesses, private equity firms are both winners and losers, argue Baker McKenzie partners Michael Fieweger and Mark Mandel.