Limited Partners

Calls are growing for the standardisation of the limited partnership agreement, but moves towards uniformity are fraught with difficulties, lawyers say

Attempts to look into the future can conjure up images of a disturbing, even dystopian world, but observers of the private equity market offer a rather more reassuring picture. Technology will be important, but so too will human input

The pension has to ask funds it invested in before 2017 if it can make their fees and expenses public, and almost half said no.

Clearlake expects to close its second opportunities fund by the end of May, according to Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds documents.

LPs will push for more transparency and customisation of their investments, liquidity will play a greater role but robo-advisors won’t negate the need for trust between LPs, GPs and service providers

South-East Asia retains the top spot as the most attractive market for investment, while China has overtaken India to claim second place, according to the latest investor survey from EMPEA.

Private equity is expected to deliver the highest returns in the next 12 months by 43% of respondents, the highest of any asset class, according to GSAM research.

Today’s tech revolution will reshape private equity in major ways, leading to greater specialisation, transparency and rigour, according to eFront’s Thibaut de Laval. That will make it easier than ever to discern the best from the rest and will open up alternative investing

Private equity firms should direct as much energy in maximising the potential of their teams, cultures and business-of-the-business as they do in generating investment alpha, if they want to secure a competitive edge for the next decade, suggests Goldman Sachs’ Chris Kojima