Limited Partners

PE's exit drought is prompting LPs to rethink their long-term allocations; Ares strikes its first PE deal Down Under; CVC's 12-year hold comes to fruition.

'How we did it,' says Craig Ferguson, IMCO’s head of private equity and global credit, is a 'magical story' grounded in the 'luxury of being able to focus and distil the signal from the noise'.

How to raise capital from Gulf investors; the war for secondaries talent shows no sign of abating; China shows further evidence of a fundraising thaw.

Large investors from North Asia are ‘doing a lot more work in India’ than before, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund's Saloni Jhaveri tells PEI.

European governments have sharply ramped up defence budgets this year, leading to LPs and GPs alike undergoing a mass sentiment shift in favour of the sector.

For GPs seeking to access retirement capital, key challenges will include setting up the right fee structures and balancing their retail and institutional LP bases.

MetLife IM sees 'room for improvement in aligning interests and increasing transparency' in the asset class, head of international PE Nick Milnes tells PEI.

A volatile year has prompted some LPs to rethink their geographic private equity exposure.

Institutional LPs also stand to benefit from innovative evergreen fund structures, according to panellists at PEI Group’s Women in Private Markets Summit.

All signs point to another record year for continuation vehicles, yet some investors still think its increased use could backfire.